Lace up your running shoes and help a good cause as multiple 5K events are planned in coming weeks.
The annual Augusta University Run For the GreenJackets 5K will be at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28.
The event benefits the Augusta University Cross Country and Track and Field programs.
The route goes round the Greeneway and finishes by the main entrance of SRP Park.
Registration is $45 and includes registration big, a GreenJackets’ collector’s item and a ticket to the Aug. 29 Comic Book Hero night game.
For race information, visit https://www.strictlyrunning.com/index8.asp
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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, visit https://www.gshg.org/en/donate/Signature-Events/s-morevivor.html
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.
For more information, go to https://glm2.life/event/4th-annual-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 https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Augusta/TunneltoTowers5KRunWalkGreaterAugustaGA
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, https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Augusta/ADCRunForHope
