More than 150 partipants ignored the clouds this morning to run in the Second Annual Rescue Childhood's 5K run.

Starting out at the Intramural building, the 3.1 mile race followed the route of the Blue Loop bus, ending back at the starting line.

"It's a good thing to do on a Saturday morning for exercise," said Allison Salvitt (sophomore-nutrition), a participant.

The proceeds of the race will go to benefit four children's rights organizations: Amnesty International, GlobeMed, Invisible Children and Rescue Childhood, said Rescue Childhood's President Quinn Dwyer (junior-arts education).

She said there were 165 participants in the race this year, but the total amount of money raised has not yet been calculated.