Walk-a-thon proceeds will exceed $15,000

NARROWSBURG, NY and MILANVILLE, PA - Over the last four years, $14,750 generated by the Bud Rue Memorial Walk for Social Justice has been distributed among local charities, according to organizational treasurer, Ann Rue. Exceeding the $15,000 mark seems a sure thing this year, organizers said. The walk is sponsored by the Upper Delaware Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (UDUUF) of Milanville.

The public is invited to participate in the 1997 event. Each walker collects pledges from generous individual and organizational donors. Those who can not walk themselves, who would like to contribute, may mail donations to UDUUF, PO Box 123, Milanville, Pa. 18443.

The fifth annual 10k walk will be held Sunday, October 19th.

The walk will commence at 1:00 PM in the parking lot of the Tusten-Cochecton Library in Narrowsburg. Walkers will cross the Delaware River bridge, turn right on River Rd., and walk at their own pace upriver to the UDUUF meeting hall in Milanville.

With zero administrative or professional costs, all donations collected from the 1997 walk will be distributed equally among the following five organizations:

Delaware Highlands Conservancy

Habitat for Humanity of Sullivan County

Interfaith Outreach United

Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office

Victims Intervention Program

The event is named in memory of a retired teacher from Milanville who organized the first such walk in 1993, and died of heart failure while that walk was in progress.

For information, call UDUUF president Joe Walker at (914) 482-5049; or see the home page of the Bud Rue Memorial Walk for Social Justice.

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