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Next month, runners and walkers from across western Wayne County will gather to race and raise money for the Community Assistance Foundation (CAF5). The 5K race will be a family fun event for the entire community. In addition to the race, there will be free hot dogs, a kids tour of a Van Buren Township fire truck and police car, face painting and more on Aug. 14 at VanBurenPark. The CAF5 organization pro-vides financial assistance to chil-dren in need of prescription drugs and eye glasses within the five communities of Belleville, Van Buren Township, Sumpter Township, Romulus and Huron Township.

CAF5 also does special fundraising for families with chil-dren who have catastrophic ill-nesses. This will mark the third race that CAF5 has sponsored in VanBurenTownship.

“Our mission has been to assist families that are in crisis when no other resources are available for short-term help. Most are referred to us by the three school districts serving these five communities. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit. Our tag line is 'Making a difference one child at a time',” CAF5 board member BobThorne explained.

“We also help lead clients to additional long termhelp. For the last five years we have been help-ing with paying for prescription drugs and eyeglasses for students that are deemed eligible by the

school social worker or principal. We have seen significant increas-es in the need for help in the last couple of years. For longer term help we refer to a free/low cost government funded clinic in Inkster and Taylor. We also step in to help with longer term needs for children with medical issues like leukemia,” Thorne added. The 5K Summer Fun Run/Walk event has been met with tremendous community sup-port. Local businesses and organ-izations including Sumpter Market, EQ, Garden Fantasy, Twisted Rooster, Pinter's Flowerland, Accurate Analytical Testing LLC, The Envelope Printery, Environmental Testing & Consulting, Johnston Lithograph, Michigan Education Foundation, Acho Tshirts, VBASA, VBEA and Coca-Cola are sponsoring the race.

The 5K race takes place at Van Buren Park at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m., followed by a Kids 1K race at 8:15 and the 5K race at 8:30 a.m. Following the races, the community is invited for free hot dogs and activities. To download registration form visit http://van-b u r e n - m i . o r g / P D F _ files/AUG14RACE.pdf or contact Tabitha Pinter at PinterTS@gmail.com or 734-732-8857. Race t-shirts will be provid-ed to those who pre-register and on race daywhile supplies last. Sponsorships are still avail-able and information is available at blthorne@aol.com.

The 70th Annual Jones Subdivision Festival and Reunion will take place at the T.J. Coleman Community Center in Romulus July 29-31.

The event will include a Meet and Greet event from 5-9 p.m. Friday, July 29. There will also be a community talent show at 5 p.m.

and games and refreshments. Disc jockey Roy Williams will be on hand for entertainment the entireweekend.

The reunion will continue from noon until 9 p.m. on Saturday with games and music and from 2-8 p.m. Sunday there will be a gospel celebration fea-

turing church choirs and other guests.

Those attending are urged to bring their own lawn chairs, a spokesman advised.

For vendor booths, raffle tick-ets or information, contact Jean Tilmon, (734) 728-9904 or Lloyd Coleman, (734) 775-7866.

There were huge smiles all around in the Romulus Library Monday when city officials, staff members, Friends of the Library and residents celebrated the grand re-opening of the facility. The library was closed May 1 whi le the Friends of the Library, and city officials worked to reorganize and find funding to keep it operating. Sylvia Makowski, presi-dent of the new five-member Romulus Municipal Library Board and the Friends of the Library group, said there is now enough money to keep the library through this year. Huron Township has now joined the Romulus library and will pay a portion of the annual budget.