Outrun Hunger 5K race - and 1-mile fun walk
About this race
Join Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts to outrun hunger! This year’s 5K race and 1-mile fun walk helps us to race to fill the bowls of those in need! Funds go directly to programs that feed people in Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin Counties. Those programs include 987,000+ pounds of food annually donated and delivered, purchased and gleaned, and our Growing Gardens program, where we mentor and support those most directly impacted by food insecurity to grow their own culturally meaningful and desired food!!! Our goal: Nourish Western MA - one delivery, one glean, one garden at a time.
Your participation in this race or walk, in person in Forest Park (parking in the park itself is $3, volunteers will be reimbursed) or virtually, makes the difference, truly, whether our neighbors are fed or not. Please run or walk, invite your friends, create a team, enjoy the day.
You can also REALLY help us by peer-to-peer fundraising - asking friends and family, near and far, to support your race or walk. Help us raise funds beyond your registration by donating to RTWM! The link to create your fundraising page is on the top of this page – called “Become a Fundraiser” or you will have an option to become a fundraiser when you register. If you register to run or walk and raise $100 or above as part of your fundraising efforts, you will be refunded $25! See details below.
Fun walk - special props if you come in a costume!
Please visit our website to see our impact: feedwma.org/our-impact/
Participants are invited to bring non-perishable food. After the event, all food will be donated to one or more of Rachel’s Table's 65+ agencies feeding those who are food-insecure in our Western MA community.
Join fellow runners on April 13, 2020 for the Outrun Hunger 5K race - and 1-mile fun walk. It's a fantastic 1.6K, 5K featuring a flat and fast course in Springfield.
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"Let's Get Moving!": Walk, step or other self-challenge ($20 donation added during registration)
You are welcome to do your own self-challenge and post it on social media right away so others can join in too, and you are also invited with our compliments to Let’s Get Moving!!! – our gift to you to enjoy this multi-generational, multi-level creative movement class. We hope you will register, free of charge, to play and dance with Joe, a great human being as well as accomplished dancer. Let others know of this opportunity – we can move together, apart, while we move mountains to feed people at this critical time. “Let’s Get Moving!!! is a creative movement class for ALL ages – for those of us at home and in need of some fun exercise and a creative outlet, for families wanting to move together, or to learn from and play with acclaimed professional dancer Joe Bowie, former long-time dancer for Mark Morris Dance Group and the Paul Taylor Dance Company. This event was created to engage everyone in a healthy activity while doing something good for their community—feeding hungry people during this crisis. The event is also part of Rachel’s Table mission to fight hunger and is done in partnership with PJ Library of Western Massachusetts, NextGen and Women’s Philanthropy. Please note that this event will also be live-streamed to Facebook and recorded; if you do not want your family visible/audible please turn off your video and/or keep "mute" on. Thank you from Rachel’s Table, NextGen, Women’s Philanthropy, and PJ Library of Western MA – all a part of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts. Below is Zoom invite to register: Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: May 24, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItc-utpzgqHdTvJHXzeKhDduJWOdNHMZJd After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Competitive: Virtual 5K (Price = event fee + $20 donation)
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About Springfield
Outrun Hunger 5K race - and 1-mile fun walk takes place in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. The local timezone is America/New_York.
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