Care Net 5K Reindeer Run/Walk

🎅 Event Overview

The 10th Annual Care Net 5K Reindeer Run/Walk is a family-fun event open to runners and walkers of all types so grab your family members, friends, or co-workers and join the fun!

🎁 Fundraising Opportunities

• Involvement: This year we are adding a fundraising option to our race so that your friends and families can get involved and help support the work of Care Net Owensboro!
• Rewards: Race participants and non-participants who choose to raise funds for CNO will have the opportunity to earn a CNO beanie, a $30 registration refund, a hoodie, and a chance at other exclusive prizes including a six-month family membership to the YMCA for the top individual fundraiser!
• Team Challenge: For more fundraising fun, create a team and set the goal to be the team that raises the most for recognition in our January Newsletter!

🏃‍♂️ Race Details

• Timing: 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, bells, fun socks, etc.).
• Fun Activities: Visit with Santa, sip hot chocolate or coffee from Overflow Cafe, enjoy a nibble from Great Harvest Bread Company, and be entered into our door prize drawings!

💵 Registration Fees

• Early-bird Fee: $30 through 9/30/24.
• Standard Fee: $35 until 11/30/24, then $40.
• Shirt Inclusion: Race entry fee includes a long-sleeved race shirt if registered by 11-18-24.
• Registration Notes: Participants registering after 11-17-24 will not receive a race shirt.

🦌 Reindeer Dash

Don’t forget about the Reindeer Dash for children 7 and under. This short dash down Veterans Blvd. from Frederica St. to Saint Ann St. is a chance for young ones to run with Santa and his reindeer to the finish line! Dress your little one up in Christmas attire and enjoy the fun. All little runners will receive a winner’s medal at the finish line. The Reindeer Dash has a separate entry fee and the start time is 8:00 a.m. (Race t-shirts not included with Reindeer Dash registration but may be purchased through the Merch store!)

🏆 Awards

• Top Overall Time: male & female
• 1st & 2nd Division Times: male & female: 10 & under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+.

🕒 Event Starting Times

• Kids Reindeer Dash: 8:00am
• 5K Reindeer Run/Walk: 8:30am

📦 Early Packet Pickup

• Date: Friday, December 6th from 12 noon – 6pm
• Location: Care Net Owensboro, 425 East 18th Street, Owensboro, KY 42303
• Race Day Pickup: Packet pickup will also be available on race day at Smothers Park starting at 7:30 a.m.

❤️ Event Purpose

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.

🔗 Registration Link

For more details and to register, visit Care Net 5K Reindeer Run/Walk.