By Kyle Terwilliger
Variety News Staff

THE Guam Systems for Assistive Technology or (GSAT) will be hosting the 4th annual Walk, Wheel and Run 5K race on Saturday April 14th. This annual event is aimed to include those athletes that are wheelchairs and other persons with disabilities.
GSAT encourages anyone and everyone to participate in the 5K event which begins at the University of Guam’s Dean’s Circle and will spill out onto Route 15 and loop around the Community College and George Washington High School Campuses.
However GSAT has included a flat one-mile course for those who do not want to participate in the entire course. The funds raised at the event will be used to design a model home featuring some of the new assistive technologies. GSAT is aimed at showing exactly how to renovate an existing house in order to make it more accessible to everybody.
After the race, Guam Systems for Assistive Technology will then host an open house for anyone interested in learning more about GSAT, which is a federal grant program targeted on promoting the use of technology to help people with disabilities do everyday things in life. The program operates by allowing people to try out devices for thirty days free of charge and also offers demonstrations on different technologies. GSAT also shows people how to select and purchase the proper wheelchair. T-shirts will be given to the first 350 finishers, and raffle prizes include one-night stays at the various hotels here on Guam.
The raffle will also include gift certificates to different restaurants and other prizes donated by the local businesses. The event will begin at 6:00 am on Saturday April 14th, but show time will be at 5:00 am.
However, people who need special accommodations must contact GSAT at least three days prior to the event. Applications are available at Hornet Sports, GSAT, and Dean’s Circle, House #19, University of Guam.
The event will be $5 per person, $2 per person with a disability, and free for all children under the age of nine. For additional information call 735-2490/2491 or 735-2491.