awareness. Leo Hernandez Garza, Eddie Garcia, and A. McKinney appeared on the airwaves on
KEAN 105.1 and 92.5 The Ranch with the help of Rudy \u201cFearless\u201d Fernandez at Townsquare
media here in Abilene. The “Fearless\u201d in his name comes from his own challenges like being
literally buried alive for a few days to raise funds and awareness for important community
causes like Drug Use in Teens. Makona enjoyed front page coverage and radio advertisements
during peak travel hours. The Makona executive team also visited the Abilene Southwest Rotary Club last
week on Tuesday October 21st at the Beehive to connect with local business leaders who share
their mission of public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Flamingo 5K\u2019s timing within Family Weekend helps make it a centerpiece of the university\u2019s The Flamingo 5K will also award medals in the following categories for both races to encourage As McMurry University prepares for Family Weekend, one of the annually anticipated events onthe schedule is set to bring the campus and community together in a show of color, compassion,and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-issue-44","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/9E2A9677-min-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1438,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435\/revisions\/1438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
fall festivities each year. Friday\u2019s schedule includes event check-ins and preregistration for the
Flamingo 5K in Mabee Room A\/B, while Saturday\u2019s race will lead into a day of activities like the
Greek Life Classic Car Show, campus tailgate, and the McMurry vs. Texas Lutheran football
game. Families visiting from across and outside of Texas will have the opportunity to see
firsthand how passionate student leadership and a loving community\u2019s sponsorship coalesce
into one event dedicated to giving back. General family weekend registration can be found here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
all kinds of runners to register:
\u25cf Youth Overall Male Flamingo 5K
\u25cf Youth Overall Female Flamingo 5K
\u25cf 19-30 Overall Male Flamingo 5K
\u25cf 19-30 Overall Female Flamingo 5K
\u25cf 31+ Overall Male Flamingo 5K
\u25cf 31+ Overall Female Flamingo 5K
\u25cf Overall Youth Male Makona Mile
\u25cf Overall Youth Female Makona Mile
\u25cf Overall Adult Male Makona Mile
\u25cf Overall Adult Female Makona Mile
If you are up to the challenge of a medal or just wanna join the fight against breast cancer sign
up today at https:\/\/secure.qgiv.com\/for\/studentaffairs\/event\/makona5k25\/<\/a> or contact Leo
Hernandez Garza at hernandezgarza.leo@mcm.edu. Registration will remain open until race
check-in, but T-shirts are limited, so do it fast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"