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October 8 and 15, 1998


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Bud Rue memorial walk for social justice takes a new turn



BEACH LAKE - Walkers in this year's Bud Rue Memorial Walk for Social Justice will tread a new path in the October 18th event, which starts at 1:00 PM. The walk will begin at the fellowship's new meeting place, the Beach Lake Community Center.

This will be the sixth such walkathon held by the fellowship. Past events have brought in more than $15,000 for local environmental, housing, and human rights groups, mostly made in small contributions by individual donors.

The precise route of the walk will be announced the morning of the event. In past years, the 10k walk went from Narrowsburg to Milanville. This year, walkers will begin and end at the community center.

A retired math teacher and community organizer, married to the same woman for 37 years, and the father of four children, in the summer of 1993 Bud Rue proposed to the UU fellowship that the small congregation do something to serve the upper Delaware River valley community, in addition to meeting for worship services as the group had then been doing for six years. It was agreed the fellowship would sponsor a fund-raiser to benefit causes which were consistent with the fellowship's statement of purpose.
The first annual walk for social justice was October 24, 1993.

The chief organizer of the first walk," Rue fell victim during the 1993 walk to a cardiopulmonary arrest, brought on by an asthma attack. At the initiative of the fellowship and Rue's family, the event has since been held annually, named in his memory, benefiting the same original groups plus a few more.

Local people, businesses and organizations, friends and family of fellowship members, and others who want to contribute, have given generously each year.

Groups which have benefited from past walks are the Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Habitat for Humanity of Wayne and Sullivan counties, Interfaith Outreach United, the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, and Victims Intervention Program.

All proceeds collected for the walk benefit the charitable organizations named, with no administrative costs or salaries taken. Contributions are tax-deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fellowship, which has met regularly since 1987, worships in the Beach Lake Community Center, Sunday mornings at 11:00, and is affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. For more information about the 1998 walkathon, call Jerry Eno at 717/253-2793, or visit [this site] on the web.