Celebrate Mother’s Day with a Horse Gulch run

The Mother’s Day Telegraph Run 10K and 5K will benefit African orphans and widows through the Step Up Uganda organization.

There will be a 5-kilometer run, 10K and a one-mile run from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at the Horse Gulch Trailhead.

Interested participants can register online at active.com or in person at Brown’s Sport Shoe.

It costs $20 for adults, $12 for children ages 9-13 and children age 6-and-under are free. The fees will go up to $30 for adults and $20 for children on race day.

Volunteers are needed, and those interested can contact Kathy Darnell at kathydarnell@hotmail.com.

Parks and Recreation to host Dream League

The Adaptive Slow Pitch softball league needs help making dreams come true.

Adaptive Sports and Durango Parks and Recreation are putting together a Dream League for anyone age 12 and up with disabilities and needs volunteers.

The league will take place at 6:30 p.m. Monday nights June 2-30, with warmups starting at 6 p.m.

It costs $25, which includes a hat and shirt.

Volunteers are needed to be announcers, coaches, umpires and to assist players catching, fielding and running.

A volunteer orientation meeting will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. May 19 at the Durango Community Recreation Center.

The registration deadline for players and volunteers is Monday.

Online registration is available at durangogov.org.

For more information, contact Chris Clements at 375-7324 or chris.clements@durangogov.org.

Track for tykes: Try the Hershey on Wednesday

Durango Parks and Recreation is hosting the Hershey Track Meet for preschool to eighth graders May 14 at Durango High School.

Registration will start at 3:15 p.m.

There will be runs ranging from 50 meters to one mile and relays in addition to a softball throw and standing long jump.

The meet will qualify competitors for regionals in Denver with the goal of nationals in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

There also is a summer track camp June 9-11 and June 16-18.

For more information, call Ann Camp at 375-7313 or Gerry Geraghty at 375-2882.

Durango Herald