The annual Hope for the Homeless 5k trail race benefit for the Grassroots Day Resource Center raised $3,600. The center provides services, meals and limited medical care to people who are chronically homeless.

The 5k trail run featured a shady one-loop course with beautiful scenery in the woods on low impact surfaces in Rockburn Park. 

The Hope for the Homeless event was coordinated by the Grassroots Day Resource Center, Bethany Lane Baptist Church, Mid-Maryland Baptist Association, CrossLife Community Church, County Council member Calvin Ball of District 2, and the Columbia Lions Club.

Volunteering at the Hope for the Homeless 5k were (from l.) Elkridge Horizon Council member Rita Chelton, Grassroots Day Resource Center coordinator Anne Dunn and Horizon Councils coordinator Cathy Smith.