Join the UP Shamrock Run team

November 10, 2014

Show your UP pride and help out a great cause when you join UP’s Shamrock Run team – we’ll give you free UP gear to wear at the race, Sunday, March 15 at Waterfront Park in downtown Portland.

To join the UP team, you must register online at http://www.shamrockrunportland.com/ (choose the “team” option; the UP code is 1070). Packet pick-up (race t-shirt, pins, bibs, and UP gear) will be available on campus closer to the race date – more information to come soon. Online registration for teams closes Saturday, January 31!

As an added bonus, if we have at least 75 members on the UP team, Shamrock Run will donate $5 per person to the long-anticipated Beauchamp Recreation & Wellness Center, which opens to the University community in August 2015.

Last year the UP race team consisted of roughly 160 runners and walkers and was the 7^th largest team at the race. We were able to raise nearly $800 for the Beauchamp Recreation & Wellness Center.

For more information about the UP Shamrock Run team, contact Amy Shelly, Bridget Bimrose, Roya Ghorbani-Elizeh, marketing & communications, or Sean Ducey, events.

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