The UB Child Care Center (UBCCC) will hold its fourth annual Friends & Family 5K Fun Walk on May 21 on the North Campus.  

The walk raises money for and awareness of UBCCC, which offers full-time and part-time child care for the children of UB faculty, staff and students, as well as other state employees and families from the community. A private, non-profit organization, UBCCC has sites on St. Rita’s Lane on the North Campus and in Butler Annex A on Main Street on the South Campus.

The walk will begin at 10 a.m. at the entrance to the bike path on St. Rita’s Lane. After the walk, participants can enjoy live music, a basket raffle, magic show, face-painting, tie-dye and balloon animals at a party, which will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food and refreshments will be provided.  

Those who wish to participate must hand in a registration form and pay their registration fee at either of the UBCCC sites. Registration on the day of the walk will take place from 9:15-10 a.m. outside the North Campus site.     

Registration fees are $20 for adults, $10 for children 12 and under. The fee for a family of four is $45, plus $5 for each additional child.

Those who register will receive a reusable water bottle. Registered families will receive a free roll-up picnic blanket.