Sophie's Run - Lake Waukomis, Missouri - Running

The Sophie's Run is a Running race in Lake Waukomis, Missouri consisting of a Kids Run/Fun Run and 1 Mile and 5K.

The Fun Run begins on the dam, heading west around the lake and ends on the dam (approximately 3.4 miles). The 1-mile walk begins at the Community Center and circles the community's South Park walking trail four times. The efforts and accomplishments of the Sophie's Run & Foundation have assisted the Park Hill School District by creating an Assistive Technology library so that trial devices are used in the classrooms to determine the needs of Augmentative Communication for students with special needs. Alternative augmentative communication provides students with expressive communication, increasing literacy, improvements in curriculum, social communication, social interaction and development, and most importantly, independence. Our goal through the foundation is to decrease the amount of time students wait on accessing a personal communication device and to assist the student's parents/guardians with training so that the augmentative communication is carried through at home, in school, and in the community.