Kettering College’s Annual 5k Raises Over $10,000 for Local Nonprofit
Kettering College recently donated $10,366 to the Good Neighbor House, a nonprofit organization that provides food pantry services, clothing, and household items to under-served individuals and families in the Greater Dayton Region. The money was raised during the ninth annual Spring into Health 5K, which had 475 participants this year.
Students in the Physician Assistant (PA) Department (pictured with school administrators and Good Neighbor House staff) have been the primary organizers of the event since its start in 2009.
“The weather was perfect for this event!” said PA student Krista Basso.
“We had a great turnout this year,” said Victor Brown, Dean for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs said, “The weather was phenomenal and it seemed like everyone had a great time.”
The Good Neighbor house, founded by eight Dayton-area Adventist churches in 1994, gives help and hope to the underserved in the Dayton community, providing food, pantry services, health promotion, clothing and household items to individual families in need.
Kettering College’s annual 5k event is a fundraiser for Dayton’s Good Neighbor House (75%) and for the college’s Physician Assistant Student Professional Development Fund (25%). The event will be held again in April of 2018.