Fundraiser

OGDEN — The United Way of Northern Utah’s annual Bravo Night to honor distinguished community and corporate leaders and volunteers will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the ATK Conference Center in Ogden Canyon.

LAYTON — What began with a sea of runners in white T-shirts, ended with a brightly colored cloud of dust filled with hundreds of smiling faces.

East Layton Elementary School held a 5K “Color Blast” fun run Friday night as a fundraiser for their Parent-Teacher Organization.

More than 400 runners lined up on the school grounds to participate in the race that required them to be “blasted” with colored starch throughout the race. Runners ran through the neighborhood surrounding the school, as volunteers tossed handfuls of the colored substance in their direction.

SALT LAKE CITY — With nearly half a million babies in this country, one in nine in Utah still being born too soon each year, Associated Retail Operations (Macey’s, Fresh Market, Dan’s, Lin’s and Dick’s Markets) has the goal of fundraising $44,000 for the March of Dimes.

The cutout campaign coincides with March for Babies, the March of Dimes signature event that occurs in four locations around Utah in April and May.

Team members will sell the cutouts at checkout registers through May 13 and ask customers to sign their name or the name of a baby they love, creating an impressive in-store display.

FARR WEST — New Life Church is having a yard sale from 8 a.m. to noon today at 3581 N. Highway 126 (2000 West).

Proceeds will go toward a missions trip to Mexico with Hands Across the Border.

OGDEN — Second Baptist Church, 227 27th St., in Ogden, will have a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 20.

The event is sponsored by the Young Adult Ministry, and proceeds will go toward building of the new Basketball Sports Court at the church Camp in Paradise, Utah.

OREM — Greyson Brown was not expected to live past six months old. Today he is 4, and while his health is precarious, he is surviving against the odds.

The boy with a rare disease has muscular problems, making it difficult for him to do such simple things as eat. He requires daily treatments — sometimes up to 12 per day — to keep oxygen in his system. Nevertheless, he remains a good-natured, happy child.