Benefit run Saturday in Hiram

HIRAM — The third annual Run for Grace and Andy will take place at Hiram College at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The 5K run celebrates the lives of Grace Chamberlain of Kirtland and Andy Hopkins of Champion, Hiram College first-year students who died in March 2006 after their vehicle was struck by a drunken driver who had 11 previous DUI convictions.

Proceeds from the event will go into the Fund for Grace and Andy and will be used to support Hiram’s Andrew Hopkins Music Award and the Grace J. Chamberlain Prize in Creative Writing.

Participants may register for this event and obtain more information by going to http://www.hiram.edu/run4graceandy/.

On-site registration starts at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Martin Commons on the Hiram campus (intersection of Hayden and Bancroft streets). Parking is available on the surrounding Hiram streets.