The third annual Make New Friends 5K and 1-Mile Daisy Dash will raise funds for Aiken area Girl Scouts who want to travel and learn.
Proceeds from the races, scheduled for Sept. 25 at Citizens Park, will be used to provide financial support for local participants in the Girl Scouts Destinations program.
Girl Scouts from the Aiken area journeyed to Boston, Wisconsin, Germany and Spain this year.
"There is an application process, and the girls have to get references and write essays," said Bridget Ricks, a Girl Scouts volunteer. "My daughter, Sammie, went to CampHERO in Wisconsin in July and had a fabulous time. She got CPR and rescue training, and she rappelled off a four-story building."
The fee for the Daisy Dash, which will start at 6 p.m., is $10. The cost for the 5K, which will begin at 6:30 p.m., is $25.
Training sessions for the 5K are being held at 7 p.m. at the H. Odell Weeks Activities Center each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday before the race.
To register for the 5K and Daisy Dash, visit www.active.com.
For more information, visit the Make New Friends 5K page on Facebook.
Representatives of organizations interested in becoming sponsors can call Patrick Krohn at 803-220-9209 or email katie@millersnack.com.
Dede Biles is a general assignment reporter for the Aiken Standard and has been with the newspaper since January 2013. A native of Concord, N.C., she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.