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Autism Speaks To Host 12th Annual 5K Wednesday

The annual Potomac charity race will take place July 4, power outages or no.

 

Though thousands of Montgomery County residents still sit in the heat and the dark without power following Friday’s derecho storm, staff at Autism Speaks anticipate a full race day.

Nearly 2,000 people are already registered for the organization's 12th annual 5K charity race, and more have called into the offices for information about day-of registration. Prerace warm-up begins at 7:30 a.m. outside the . The charity has raised a total of $240,650 according to its website.

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Glenolden and Counselman Drive will be blocked for the race. Participants will be provided with food and music following the race as door and race prizes are awarded.

For more information on registration and race events visit the Autism Speaks July Fourth 5K website here.

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