Lace up your running shoes and help a good cause as multiple 5K events this month.
The third annual S’morevivor to benefit the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia will begin at 7:30 a.m. Sept 10 at Camp Tanglewood on Columbia Road.
The event features an open house and a variety of activities including a 3.1 mile trail run followed by a four-person challenge at different stations including canoeing, archery and low ropes course.
The event raises money to support programs offered through the Girl Scouts. The entry fee for the 5K is $35 per person or $150 per team.
To learn more, click here.
The fourth annual Courage to Rise Fun Run/Walk features both a virtual event as well as an in-person one.
Benefitting the GLM2 Foundation, a nonprofit which helps women and children build their lives after sex trafficking and domestic violence, the virtual event begins Sept. 17 and will be held through Oct. 1 with the in-person walk scheduled for Oct. 1 at the Saturday Market at the Riverwalk
Sign in on Oct. 1 will be from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. with the walk beginning at 10 a.m.
Run or walk in memory of someone, and those attending the in-person event are encouraged to bring their dogs to walk along with them.
Registration is $35, and daily drawings for door prizes will be held from Sept 17-Oct. 1.
More information can be found by visiting the website for Courage to Rise Fun Run/Walk.
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The 2022 Steven Siller Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk will be at 8:46 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Augusta University.
The run commemorates New York firefighter Steven Siller, an off-duty firefighter, who when he learned about the 9/11/2001 attacks on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers rushed to the site. He abandoned his vehicle at the tunnel because it was blocked, grabbed his 60-pounds of gear and ran to the towers where he lost his own life.
“The Tunnel to Towers Foundation builds mortgage-free smart homes for our most catastrophically injured veterans and first responders. Each home is designed to address the unique needs of each individual,” according to the foundation’s website.
To sign up, visit Tunnel to Towers Foundation website.
The Augusta Dream Center’s Annual Run for Hope will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the center on Peach Orchard Road.
The Augusta Dream Center serves low income, homeless and underserved individuals and families in the Augusta/South Augusta communities.
For more information, click here.
The second annual Miles of Miracles 5K Color Run to benefit Katherine’s Way, which helps women recovering from addiction, will be Sept. 24 at Savannah Rapids Pavilion.
“Our Scholarship Program allows these women to receive treatment at no cost and achieve our goal of reuniting mothers with their children. Last year’s race allowed for 24 women to receive treatment at no cost of their own,” according to a Facebook post.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the race starting at 10 a.m. More information is available by following this link.
For more information about Katherine’s Way, visit https://www.facebook.com/katherinesway143.
