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Penn State's campus in McKeesport will hold a five-kilometer run/walk to benefit a local charity.

The run begins at the Greater Allegheny Campus' residence hall parking lot at 9 a.m. April 9. Registration is $25 for adults and Penn State staff and $15 for students. The registration fee includes a T-shirt, and participants can register online.

A campus spokeswoman says the 5K will benefit McKeesport-based Sonshine Community Ministries. The ministry provides clothing, food and counseling services to area residents. The event was created to provide students at Penn State Greater Allegheny the opportunity to be challenged both physically and mentally while contributing to their surrounding community.

The 5K is being hosted by the Penn State Greater Allegheny Student Government Association and is sponsored by the Penn State Greater Allegheny Alumni Society.

Check-in will be held from 8 to 8:30 a.m. and runners will be timed by Runner's High of Grove City.

For more information, contact Sara Holtzman via email at snh14@psu.edu or at (412) 675-9223.

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Speaker to Discuss Human Trafficking: Slavery and exploitation remains a problem throughout the world, says a Carlow University who will deliver a lecture at Penn State's campus in McKeesport next week.

Mary Burke's presentation on "modern day slavery" begins at 12:15 p.m. March 22 in the Ostermayer Room of the campus' Student Community Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Burke is director of Carlow's doctoral program in counseling psychology and also serves as affiliate faculty in the Department of Counseling and Human Services at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

A graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., and the University of Memphis, Burke's primary teaching interests are in counseling, clinical techniques and the mental wellness of underserved groups. But Burke also founded and directs the Project to End Human Trafficking, a non-profit group that works regionally, nationally and internationally to raise awareness about the enslavement and economic exploitation of human beings.

She currently represents the Association for Women in Psychology on the United Nations Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on Mental Health.

Burke's appearance is a part of the Globalization and Sustainability Speaker Series sponsored by Penn State Greater Allegheny's Teaching International, Greener Allegheny and Honors programs.

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Churches Host Wednesday Lenten Services: The McKeesport Ministerium is sponsoring ecumenical Lenten community services on Wednesdays through April 13.

Services are held at 12 noon and a light lunch is served following each service. A free-will offering is collected.

Upcoming services will be held:

• Wednesday: St. John's Lutheran, 329 Ninth Ave.


• March 23: McKeesport Presbyterian, 1510 Versailles Ave.


• March 30: Rainbow Temple, 536 Shaw Ave.


• April 6: Faith Lutheran, 1656 Lincoln Way, White Oak


• April 13: Auberle, 1101 Hartman St.

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