Veterans Day 5K Fun Run or Walk

Past Event

Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston SC

Saturday, November 9th, 2024

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

We will be conducting a fun run or walk to honor Veterans, on Veterans Day Weekend, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

📍 Location

WHERE: Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29403

🕘 Date and Time

WHEN: November 9, 2024 at 9 AM

👕 Registration and Participation

Participants can run or walk in beautiful Hampton Park, Charleston, SC, or they can participate virtually at the time and place of their choosing. All registrants will receive a long sleeve shirt commemorating the event. Participants at the event in Hampton Park will pick up their shirts at the event. Virtual participants will receive their shirts by mail (to a US, APO or FPO address). TO BE GUARANTEED A SHIRT, YOU MUST REGISTER NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 9, 2024.

IMPORTANT: Virtual participants can run or walk a 5k distance (or shorter, or longer) distance at a time and place of their choosing.
TIMERS: There will be no timers, no medals, and no awards.
FUN RUN: The event this year will be a fun run, without timing or awards, but with shirts and bottled water for participants.
VIRTUAL OPTION: It may take a month, or more, for the virtual participants to receive their shirts, depending on the number of registrations.

🎖️ Support for Veterans

Participants can donate to help our veteran community. Donors who give $10 or more will be able to make their donation “in honor of”, or “in memory of”, the name of a veteran. For each named veteran, a 4"x6" flag, with the veteran’s name, will be prepared. Participants in the event at Hampton Park can pick up their flags at the event and any flags that are not picked up will be donated for use on veteran graves. For virtual participants, their flags will be included in the package with the t-shirt, which will be mailed to them. To make a donation to support our veterans, please click on the DONATE icon at the top of this page.

📊 Why This Matters

Many Low Country veterans are in need of food and other basic essentials. There are about 2,500 veterans living below the poverty line in Charleston, and one out of every five Low Country residents getting food at local food banks is a veteran. Further, over 11% of veterans, from ages 18 to 64, report food insecurity: that’s more than twice the rate for non-veterans. Recently, these problems have worsened significantly for our veterans, due to the termination of COVID-related government aid, combined with high inflation. Additionally, many local veterans need support for their mental well-being due to the stresses from military service.

❤️ Community Impact

This Veterans Day 5k event will help Low Country veterans who need -- and deserve -- our support. Proceeds from this event will go to organizations that provide direct support to Low Country veterans: the Food Pantry at Charleston's Veteran's Hospital: and the Lowcountry Veterans organization. If we succeed in raising sufficient funds, we may donate to other veteran service organizations or scholarships that help veterans in the Lowcountry.