Volunteers Needed for July 17 5K

Newsweek's Eleanor Clift has signed up to run in the Beat the Deadline 5K race Saturday, July 17. Clift is a long-time Press Club member also regular on The McLaughlin Group.

If you want in on the 5K fun but don't want to run, sign up as a volunteer to help along the race route. To sign up, contact Michelle Licht at 202/662-7502 or [email protected].

Packet pick-up and registration starts Friday, July 16, from noon until 7 p.m. On-site registration begins at 6:45 a.m., Saturday, July 17. The pre-race P90X warm-up kicks off at 7:45 a.m., and the race starts at 8 a.m.

Race proceeds benefit training and scholarship programs of the Club's non-profit Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. To register even if you can't attend, go to www.press.org/5K.

-- Melissa Charbonneau, [email protected]