Building Healthy Communities 5K Run/Walk and Wellness Expo

Location

Hampton Park

30 Mary Murray Drive

Charleston, SC 29403

General info/introduction

• Event: Come join us for the 11th Annual Building Healthy Communities 5K Run/Walk & Wellness Expo.
• Purpose: The 5K run/walk will raise funds to benefit the MUSC Children's Health Wellness Works Program.
• Registration: Your registration fee includes a t-shirt, a race packet with exciting freebies, water, and healthy snacks.
• Timing: We offer official timing and overall/age-group awards (top three in each group).

Event Schedule

• Check-in: The Wellness Expo, day-of registration, and on-site packet pick-up begin at 8:00 am.
• Pre-Race Meeting: A mandatory pre-race meeting is at 8:45 am.
• Warm-Up: Group warm-up kicks off at 8:50 am.
• Start Time: The run/walk starts at 9:00 am.

Additional Information

• Participation: You do not have to be a paid and registered participant to enjoy the Wellness Expo and raffle.
• Convenience: Healthy snacks and portable toilets will be available at the event for your convenience.
• Finish-Line Party: The finish-line party includes a food truck, face painting, Wellness Expo, prize raffle, age-group awards, and healthy snacks.
• Website: More information can be found on our website at www.MUSCKids.org/WellnessWorks.

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.

Sponsors

Let’s thank our sponsors for this event:

• Platinum Level: Coastal Kids Dental and Braces
• Gold Level: (No listings provided)
• Silver Level: SeaCoast Sports and Outfitters, The Little Gym, West Ashley, Essence2 Aesthetics and Wellness

Raffle Prizes

• Birthday Bash: 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
• River Dogs Tickets: A Family 4 Pack of tickets to the Charleston River Dogs (includes 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 chips, and 4 waters) $120 value
• Cooking Class: Eight tickets to a Saladmaster cooking class from Habits for Health $280 value
• Insulated Bowl: Stainless steel insulated bowl from Habits for Health $60 value

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

Special Guests

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!

Event Registration

For more details and to register, visit our event page at Building Healthy Communities 5K Run/Walk.