Steppingstone, Inc. held its 14th annual 5K Walk & Run for the Homeless on August 13, 2015, to raise funds for the First Step Inn at 177 North Main Street to enable it to continue to provide emergency shelter for the area's homeless population. This year's event was moved to the quiet streets of the City's North End around the B.M.C. Durfee High School were the race began and ended. Olympian Judi St. Hilaire, 7th place winner of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics was on hand to champion the race that race participants along with dozens of walkers on the 3.6 mile course. "The new building on Durfee Street is currently being rehabbed to accommodate all of the homeless individuals in Fall River," stated Steppingstone Executive Director Kathleen Clark. The annual event raises funds to provide counseling, proper nutrition, bedding and other services to help the homeless stay clean, sober and safely sheltered. Click here for a 13-minute video of the event. Click here for pictures of the last year's event and here for pictures of the 2014 event. Click here photos from the recent Homeless Connect event at Bristol Community College. .For further information or to make a donation anytime, contact Kathy Clark at 508-674-2788, Ext. 110.  

(Top row) Dave Clark and Steppingstone Executive Director Kathleen Schedler-Clark welcome the crowd next to the Luke Urban Fieldhouse at B.M.C. Durfee High School before Greg Medeiros of Fitness Fusion leads the group in a warm-up. (Row two) Participants finish their warm-up and head over to Elsbree Street where Michael Amarello of 3C Race Productions is waiting to start the race. (Row three) Runners line up on Elsbree street awaiting the start of the race which takes Greg Medeiros, right, past Bristol Community College. (Row four) Runners head toward Valentine Street as first place runner Judi St. Hilaire, right, heads back on the course. (Row five) Second place winner Michael Vaz, left, runs past volunteers lined up on Valentine street with cups of water. (Row six) Steppingstone Maintenance Supervisor Paul Gagne watches as Steppingstone employee Michael Brayant runs back to Valentine Street. (Row seven) Runners finish the course, including eight-year-old David Leroux in the Superman shirt, center. (Row eight) First place men's winner Chris Jordan, left, poses for a photo with UMass-Dartmouth team members Rene Dipiovanni, Cry Paquin, Rachel Frazier, Tyree Gorham, Sean Herlihy, Michael Vaz and Nick Matson as others finish the course. (Row nine) Al Araujo, left, and Kathy's mom, Shirley Schedler, center right, head back to the Durfee athletic field. (Bottom row) While Channa Guinard and Linda Just of First Baptist Church, left center, pose for a photo with friends, Dave Clark reads off the list of winners before Kathy announces a total of over $67,000 raised by the event so far.  .