United Way has collaborated with Central Indiana high school and college students, community partners and early childcare centers to host a 5K walk/run to support youth health and fitness programs. On Saturday, April 22, Indianapolis and surrounding communities are invited to partake in the festivities at White River State Park from 12:30 - 3 p.m. Registration is $10 or bring a children’s fitness item.

As longtime United Way donors and members of the Tocqueville Society, Steve and Becky Schenck often described themselves as proud “givers, not takers.” Then, one day, Becky woke up, unable to speak. The diagnosis:  terminal brain cancer. Doctors believed she might survive a year or less.

Desiree loved her son the second she laid eyes on him, but realizing she alone was responsible for him was overwhelming for the young mother. And shortly after he was born, both her parents passed away unexpectedly. So there she was – coping with the loss of her parents, while trying to navigate single motherhood with no one to turn to. Until one day everything changed.