Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis BUG Chase 5K

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

Join us for the 17th annual Kiwanis BUG Chase!

All proceeds benefit the Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis BUG (Bring Up Grades) program, designed to provide recognition to local elementary students who raise their grades to an acceptable range and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next, and other local club sponsored youth service projects. Schools that have been supported by the club’s BUG program include Littleton Elementary, Rayma C. Page Elementary and Orangewood Elementary.

📚 Program Support

In addition to the BUG program, the Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis Club also supports the following sponsored leadership programs:

• Aktion Club: at LARC
• Circle K International: (CKI) at Florida Gulf Coast University
• Key Club: at FSW Collegiate High
• Builders Club: at Cypress Lake Middle and K-Kids at Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Littleton Elementary School

The club funded multi-sensory rooms at Tropic Isles Elementary, NFM Academy for the Arts, Heights Elementary, Rayma C. Page Elementary and James Stephens Elementary. The club supplies a world atlas to either every fourth or third grade student at the following schools: Rayma C. Page Elementary, Heights Elementary, Orangewood Elementary, Littleton Elementary and James Stephens Elementary.

❤️ Community Impact

The Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis club also supports many other organizations including:

• Pine Manor Improvement Association
• March of Dimes
• The Salvation Army
• Ronald McDonald House

Children's Network of SWFL, Healthy Start SWFL, Gulf Coast Humane Society, Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium and more.

🗓️ Important Details

• Race day registrations: Begins at 7:30 a.m.
• Packet pick up: will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
• Race time: 8:30 a.m.
• T-shirts: Short sleeve t-shirt in performance material guaranteed to the first 200 registered.

Overall age group awards to be presented. No shirts or packets will be held after race day for pick up. Register by 12/6/2024 to guarantee shirt size. Runner registration is capped at 400 registrations.

🚗 Parking Information

Parking inside the nature center lot is limited to those that are handicapped and race volunteers. Parking is available at the Lee Health Facility across from the nature center.

⏱️ Timing Details

This event will be timed with chip tag technology. Your timing strip is attached to your race number. Do not remove this tag. Do not fold, or wrinkle the tag nor the race number. Do not cover your race number.

👥 Registration

We are happy to offer both adult AND youth registration options for our race.

To learn more about our projects, please visit our website here or Facebook page.

🏅 Thank You!

Thank you for supporting the race and in-turn our projects in the community!

ℹ️ Registration Information

REGISTRATION#: CH10442
A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE (800-435-7352) WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.

🔗 Race Details

Event Date: January 25, 2025
Location: 3450 Ortiz Ave., Fort Myers, FL
For more details and registration, visit this link.