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).

📍 Location

Hampton Park

30 Mary Murray Drive

Charleston, SC 29403

🕒 Event Schedule

• Registration: 8:00 am
• Pre-race meeting: 8:45 am
• Warm-up: 8:50 am
• Race Start: 9:00 am

🎖️ What's Included

• Registration fee: includes a t-shirt, race packet, water, and healthy snacks
• Timing: Official timing and awards for overall/age-group winners
• Finisher's medal: awarded to all who complete the course
• Finish-line party: food truck, face painting, prize raffle, and more

🌟 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. Healthy snacks and 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.

🤝 Event Sponsors

Platinum Level:

• Coastal Kids Dental and Braces

Gold Level:

Silver Level:

• SeaCoast Sports and Outfitters
• The Little Gym, West Ashley

🎉 Raffle Prizes

• An Awesome Birthday Bash: from The Little Gym, West Ashley (includes 1.5 hours of play, 2 coaches, paper goods, set-up/clean-up for 15 participants) $405 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 and a stainless steel insulated bowl from Habits for Health $340 value

📚 Informative 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)

We also will have the ever-inspiring Meredith Nelson back for the pre-race warm-up, a visit from Charlie the RiverDog, AND the fabulous Black Girls Run cheerleaders!

For more details about the race, visit Building Healthy Communities 5K.