By Mike Moore
Journal Times
Monday, February 16, 2009 12:24 AM CST
MOUNT PLEASANT — The course for the new 5-kilometer race will be clearly marked. The young men and women it will benefit have a murkier path ahead.
The nonprofit group A Full Life Inc. plans a 5-kilometer run and walk April 18. The Run to Spring fundraiser is designed to help orphans in developing countries who have “graduated” from the institutions where they were raised.
Kevin Cookman of Wind Point is president of the U.S. arm of the charity. He got involved after he and his wife adopted two orphans from Ukraine several years ago.
A Full Life provides shelter, medical care and job skills for orphans making the transition to life on their own. Because they often cannot attend mainstream schools, Cookman said the teenagers don’t otherwise receive that training.
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