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ScrubJay 5k On Coastal Connection

In this edition of Coastal Connection hear about the ScrubJay 5K – 5k run-walk and USAT Duathlon - to benefit Promise in Brevard, January 27th in conjunction with the Birding and Wildlife Festival. Highlights of the interview follow:

Terri Wright: We are going to start out by talking a little about Promise.

Sue Carlson:  Promise in Brevard will be a residential community in West Melbourne on 39 acres of land, which will be for young adults with special needs to live in a community where they have other peers, similar to themselves, to live there and work there if they need to.

TW: It’s the perfect opportunity for these people to reach out, to expand and to grow; have freedom and still live in a somewhat controlled environment.

SC: Yes, somewhat controlled, but they will have a lot of freedom just that they never thought that they would have before.

TC: That brings us to the ScrubJay 5k this is the inaugural event, tell us all about it.

Nancy Palmer: The ScrubJay 5k and Duathlon will take place January 27 and we are partnering with the space coast wildlife and birding festival that the Brevard nature alliance puts out … Its 5k a 12.4 mile bike ride and then another 5k.

TC:  And they can preregister on the website?

NP: Right, at scrubjay5k.com On the website it shows where you can register for the 5k or the Duathlon.

Terri Wright held the position of General Manager at WFIT from 1998-2023.