Last year’s Running for Recess 5K drew about 75 runners and walkers to Ship Bottom for the first fundraising event for the new nonprofit Raising Hands & Hopes, developed by Southern Regional student Henry Sodt as a means to raise some $50,000 to build two schools in Ghana, Africa.

Now a year into the venture, Sodt is hoping for an expanded field for this year’s Running for Recess 5K, which is scheduled for Sunday, May 5, starting at 9 a.m.