Enrich your sports with Durango Parks and Recreation
The Durango Parks and Recreation Department’s Enrichment Guide now can be viewed online at durangogov.org/activityguide or in person at Chapman Hill, City Hall, the library, Mason Center and rec center.
It lists all adult and youth programs the department offers during the fall and winter seasons.
Registartion is available online or in person at Chapman Hill, the Mason Center and the rec center.
For more information, call 375-7300.
Help create a river of hope for orphans
Durango River Run for Orphans is hosting its seventh annual A River of People on Sept. 6 at Fort Lewis College.
Race-day registration will open at 8:30 a.m., the 1-mile run will begin at 10 a.m., and the 5-kilometer run will start 30 minutes later. The closing ceremonies will take place at noon.
All of the money raised, besides entry fees, will go to orphan projects; entry fees will go to event expenses.
In addition to race-day registration, pre-registration is available online at www.riverrunfororphans.org.
Those who register by Saturday will receive a free event T-shirt.
This event has raised $214,000 in the last five years.
For more information, contact event director Gerry Geraghty at 375-2882 or hope@riverrunfororphans.org.
Along with the race, there will be an “Orphans Around the World” expo featuring grous and individuals with projects that benefit orphans.
Learn the Ultimate sport: Ultimate Frisbee
There’s no better sport than Ultimate Frisbee; it has ultimate in its name.
In an effort to spread the sport, the Durango Parks and Recreation department is hosting the Durango Youth Ultimate Frisbee Camp, which will take place between 3 and 5 p.m. Mondays from Sept. 8 through Oct. 13 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds north baseball field.
It costs $20 for six sessions.
The program is designed to teach the fundamentals of Ultimate Frisbee, including a variety of throws and defensive and offensive strategy.
There will be scrimmages and other Frisbee-related games.
Cleats are recommended but not required, and campers should bring their own water.
For more information, call the rec center at 375-7300.
Bikes and Bands Bash merges with Durango Fall Blaze
Fort Lewis College’s annual cycling team scholarship fundraiser, the Fall Blaze, will be a part of the Bikes and Bands Bash this year.
The event will take place Sept. 27 at the Fort Lewis College Concert Hall/Center for Southest Studies Plaza.
It will be produced by the Durango Daybreak Rotary and the FLC cycling team to promote cycling and doing good in the community.
The Fall Blaze race will feature a 37-mile, 60-mile and 100-mile course and costs $69 to register.
Interested participants can register online at www.imathlete.com.
There also will be a public team relay, cyclocross race, vintage bike row, a ghost ride/huffy toss competition and FLC cycling’s 20th anniversary celebration.
It’s possible to race the 37- or 60-mile course and still make the cyclocross race in the afternoon.
Tickets for the Bikes and Bands Bash are $10 at the door, with pre-sales through Durango DEVO, FLC Cycling and Trails 2000.
Beverages and food will be available for purchase.
For more information, go to www.fortlewis.edu/cycling/bikesnbandsbash.aspx.
Durango Herald
