Building Healthy Communities 5K Run/Walk and Wellness Expo

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

Come join us for the 11th Annual Building Healthy Communities 5K Run/Walk & Wellness Expo. The 5K run/walk will raise funds to benefit the MUSC Children's Health Wellness Works Program. Come run or walk a USATF-certified 5K course to help us in our work of supporting healthy lifestyle habits for kids and their families. We also have a lot of exciting raffle prizes to offer, so bring cash or a card to purchase raffle tickets and participate in the drawing after the race (no checks will be accepted).

📅 Date and Location

• Date: February 14, 2026
• Location: Hampton Park
• Address: 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, SC 29403
• Official Website: Building Healthy Communities 5K

🎽 Registration Details

Your registration fee includes a t-shirt, a race packet with exciting freebies, water, and healthy snacks. We also offer official timing and overall/age-group awards (top three in each group)! A finisher's medal will be given to all who complete the entire 5K course. The Wellness Expo, day-of registration, and on-site packet pick-up begin at 8:00 am. A mandatory pre-race meeting is at 8:45am, group warm-up kicks off at 8:50 am, and the run/walk starts at 9:00 am. The finish-line party including food truck (food for purchase), face painting (free), Wellness Expo, prize raffle, age-group awards, and healthy snacks will follow!

📦 Packet Pickup

You can pick up your packet (timing bib, t-shirt, freebies) on Friday, February 13th from 1:00-6:00pm at Fleet Feet West Ashley (1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd Suite 5, Charleston, SC 29407).

🌟 Wellness Expo

You do not have to be a paid and registered participant to enjoy the Wellness Expo and raffle--everyone is welcome. Please come and enjoy the Expo. Portable toilets will be available at the event for your convenience.

🏥 Wellness Works Program Information

MUSC Children's Health Wellness Works program is a wellness/weight management program and lipid treatment clinic for kids and teens. We work with kids and their families to promote healthy habits through individualized clinic visits, group education sessions, and a fitness program. We have had fantastic success and we currently have over 600 families enrolled from all over the state! Since we are a non-profit program, we rely heavily on fundraising events that also promote our healthy message through exercise and health promotion.

Thank you so much for your support of these children and their families and for helping us build healthy communities! More information can be found on our website at www.MUSCKids.org/WellnessWorks and our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/MUSCkidsWellnessWorks.

🤝 Sponsors

Let’s thank our sponsors for this event:

• Platinum Level: Coastal Kids Dental and Braces
• Gold Level: Shelbourne and Associates Oral and Facial Surgery
• Silver Level: SeaCoast Sports and Outfitters, The Little Gym, West Ashley, Essence2 Aesthetics and Wellness, Lime Micromobility, Renewal by Andersen, Coastal Vending and Food Service

🎁 Raffle Prizes

Exciting raffle prizes you can enter to win (subject to change):

• An Awesome Birthday Bash from The Little Gym, West Ashley (includes 1.5 hours of play with air track rental included, 2 coaches, paper goods, set-up/clean-up for 15 participants) $450 value
• A Family 4 Pack of tickets to the Charleston River Dogs (includes 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 chips, and 4 waters) $120 value
• Eight tickets to a Saladmaster cooking class from Habits for Health $280 value
• Stainless steel insulated bowl from Habits for Health $60 value
• A $150 gift card from Frametastic to help with any of your framing needs

🛍️ Vendors

Interesting and informative booths/vendors:

• Girls on the Run
• Health Fund for Children (HF4C)
• Epitomy of Epilepsy
• Coastal Kids Dental and Braces
• The Little Gym, West Ashley
• Habits for Health (Saladmaster)
• Essence2 Aesthetics and Wellness
• Lighten Up Charleston
• ISI Elite Training Johns Island
• MUSC Wellness Center
• MUSC Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
• IVY Energetic Studio
• Lowcountry Food Bank
• Crunch North Charleston
• Jefferson Wellness and Consulting
• Renewal by Andersen

🎉 Event Highlights

We also will have Tracy Yancey with Without Limits for the pre-race warm-up, a visit from Charlie the RiverDog, AND the fabulous Black Girls Run cheerleaders!