Inaugural NextGen Mentoring 5K attracts 41 participants

Organizers would like race to be annual event

Posted 8/1/23

EVANSTON — When you help others, you can live forever in their memories. But when you create an organization dedicated to helping strangers, you can live on in the hearts of those you’ve never even met.

That’s what many witnessed at the 5k by NextGen Mentoring, held in honor of their founder Wanda Rogers, who passed away recently due to cancer. This event was the first of what the organizers hope will be an annual event. Their first 5k had 25 5k runners and 16 one-mile runner/walkers.

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