Care Net 5K Reindeer Run/Walk

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

• Event Name: 10th Annual Care Net 5K Reindeer Run/Walk
• Date: December 6, 2025
• Location: Smothers Park, Owensboro, KY
• Details: A family-fun event open to runners and walkers of all types. Grab your family members, friends, or co-workers and join the fun!

🎁 Fundraising Opportunities

• Participation: Race participants and non-participants who fundraise can earn rewards such as a CNO beanie and exclusive prizes.
• Team Fundraising: Create a team to raise the most funds for recognition in the January Newsletter.
• Top Fundraiser Prize: Six-month family membership to the YMCA for the top individual fundraiser.
• Support: Help support the work of Care Net Owensboro!

🎉 Race Day Experience

• Timeliness: This race will be a timed event for the purpose of awarding winner divisions.
• Dress Code: Participants are encouraged to come dressed in Holiday attire (ugly sweaters, Santa hats, etc.).
• Activities: Visit with Santa, enjoy hot chocolate from Overflow Cafe, and nibble from Great Harvest Bread Company.
• Door Prizes: All participants will be entered into door prize drawings.

💵 Registration Details

• Early-Bird Fee: $30 through September 30, 2024.
• Standard Fee: $35 until November 30, 2024: $40 thereafter.
• Shirt Deadline: Race entry fee includes a long-sleeved race shirt if registered by November 18, 2024.
• Important Notice: Participants registering after November 17, 2024, will not receive a race shirt.

🏅 Reindeer Dash for Kids

• Age Group: Open to children 7 and under.
• Distance: A short dash down Veterans Blvd. from Frederica St. to Saint Ann St.
• Medals: All participants will receive a winner’s medal at the finish line.
• Dash Time: Start time is 8:00 a.m. Separate entry fee applies.

🏆 Awards

• Top Overall: Top Overall Time awards for male & female.
• Division Awards: 1st & 2nd division times for various age categories.

⏰ Event Schedule

• Kids Reindeer Dash: 8:00 a.m.
• 5K Reindeer Run/Walk: 8:30 a.m.

📦 Packet Pickup

• Date: Friday, December 6th from 12 noon – 6 p.m.
• Location: Care Net Owensboro, 425 East 18th Street, Owensboro, KY 42303.
• Race Day Pickup: Available on race day at Smothers Park starting at 7:30 a.m.
• Business Sponsorship: Interested in sponsoring? Email development@careneto.org.

❤️ Mission

This event raises funds to serve the young men and women of Owensboro and the surrounding areas through Care Net Owensboro. CNO offers help, hope, and compassion to anyone who finds themselves in an unplanned pregnancy or with concerns of a sexually transmitted infection. CNO provides pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, and STI testing and treatment. Prenatal and parenting classes and material resources are also available. All of the services at CNO are confidential and at no cost to the client.

🔗 More Information

For more details, visit the official race page: Care Net 5K Reindeer Run/Walk.