To register for the second annual Peace, Water, and Wisdom Race set to be held in Bangor, Maine on October 7, 2012, please complete the form found by clicking the "Register" button below.  If you prefer, you can download the registration form available by clicking here.  Once finished, submit it and the registration fee by mail to: John Bapst Memorial High School, Attention: PWW Race, 100 Broadway, Bangor, ME 04401.  Please note that in order to be guaranteed a t-shirt and a racing bib, one must register by September 17, 2012.  A small amount of both items will be available on the day of the race but will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. 

RACE ROUTE:

• Commence the race on Front Street, then turn left onto May Street.  Next, take a left onto Cedar Street followed by a right onto Summer Street.  Turn left onto Main Street until you reach Lincoln Street.  Turn right onto Lincoln Street.  Next, turn left onto Webster Avenue, followed by another left onto Buck Street.  Turn left onto Main Street for a second time, followed by a right onto Railroad Street.  Finally, turn left onto Front Street and finish!
• To access an image of the race course, click here. 
  

9:00 A.M.       Registration begins at the waterfront.

10:00 A.M.     Registration ends for competitive runners; competitive runners commence race.

10:05 A.M.     Registration ends for non-competitive runners and walkers; non-competitive runners and walkers commence race.

12:30 A.M.       Awards ceremony for top competitive runners and top fundraisers.

2:00 P.M.      Grounds close. 

       If you are a team captain, you must register your team before other individuals can become members.  To Register a team, please complete the form found by clicking here.  

       Aid the John Bapst Memorial High School Student Environmental Action Committee (SEAC) in its quest to raise money for the BARKA Foundation.  By collecting pledges, you will be making a difference in the lives of many living in Burkina by providing them a means of obtaining sanitary water.  Download the PWW Race Pledge Form by clicking here, and be sure to bring this form, along with the money collected, to the race.   Top fundraisers will be receiving prizes donated by local businesses.

       On October 2, 2011, about 100 individuals braved the forecasted rainy weather to walk for a cause that was greater than anyone of them: an end to the Water Crisis of Africa.  Organized by the John Bapst Memorial High School Student Enivronmental Action Committee (SEAC), the first annual Peace, Water, and Wisdom Race raised $1,200 USD for the BARKA Foundation through corporate solicitations, registration fees, and personal dontations.  Featuring performances by local musicians and a variety of nourishing food, the general opinion was a job well done.  Bolstered by the success, SEAC has set its goals high this year hoping to raise $5,000 USD and would like to see 500 participants on race day.  To see photos from the event, visit our photo gallery, accessed by clicking here. 
       Results from the first annual Peace, Water, and Wisdom Race can be found by clicking here. 

        The John Bapst Memorial High School Student Environmental Action Committee (SEAC) is one of the many student-lead organizations found at the school.  Since its formation, SEAC has become one of the largest groups at the school, and boasts both a proactive history of successful events and a wide-ranging membership base that has served to provide us with varying insightful viewpoints and opinions. Specifically, SEAC, although not affiliated with the national Student Environmental Action Coalition, works to solve environmental and ecological issues on the micro level, whether it be at the school, around the community, or in the homes of its members. While SEAC completes a number of projects on a yearly basis including community street clean-ups, coat and coin drives, and city beautification initiatives, its most recent undertaking, the Peace, Water, and Wisdom Race, is surely its most wide-reaching project. Beginning with a presentation held at the school by the co-founders of the BARKA Foundation, Ina and Esu Anahata, both SEAC members and other students felt invigorated to help the small West-African country that the BARKA Foundation is affiliated with: Burkina Faso. Because of the relatedness of the philosophies of BARKA and SEAC, a natural connection was forged between the two organizations, one that would result in this project to help end the water crisis that is affecting millions of people. Through the dedication of individuals on both sides of the connection, this event has been made successful venture that, politics and financial barriers aside, works to spread a necessary natural resource to a massive deserving population.