LORAIN — About 125 runners are expected to take part in a 5-K walk-run Saturday to benefit a scholarship fund established in memory of Lorain teacher Noemi Pagan.

The run will begin at 9 a.m. from the Black River Landing in downtown Lorain. Registration begins at 7 a.m.

The event is designed to raise money for the Noemi Pagan Scholarship which honors Pagan, 38, a fourth-grade teacher at Lorain’s Garfield Elementary School teacher who died from injuries sustained in a head-on collision on South Broadway in Sheffield Township in June 2010.

“This is a way to memorialize Noemi and keep her memory alive,” Michelle Nimene, Pagan’s sister-in-law said.

Families are welcome to join the event, as are pets, Nimene said.

The fund awarded two $750 scholarships to a pair of college-bound Lorain City Schools graduates earlier this year.

To register or for questions, call Nimene at (440) 258-9203.