Ascent Church in Monument served as the venue Saturday for a community race event now in its tenth year. The gathering marked the 10th anniversary of Run4Hope, a recurring event built around raising awareness of suicide and working to prevent it.
The organization behind the race directs its proceeds specifically toward young people in schools. Run4Hope described its mission as providing students with suicide prevention support and mental health resources, and set a fundraising goal of $20,000 for this year's event.
Whether the $20,000 target was reached, and which school programs will ultimately receive the funding, had not been reported at the time of publication.