Walk for Jenna's Joy: A Mental Health Awareness Walkathon
About this race
This event is a walkathon on April 24th, 2027 in El Dorado County (EDC). This walkathon will raise money for the non-profit Jenna Sue Souza Furst Memorial Scholarship Fund which provides scholarships and a free therapy session to local high school students within EDC. The walkathon aims to spread mental health awareness with an emphasis on our youth. The trail will start at the Placerville Town Hall, go through main street, and loop back to Placerville Town Hall, utilizing the EDC trail at the end.
The registration at the event will begin at 8am and will close at 9am. The walk will begin at 9am. T-shirts and raffle tickets will be available for purchase on this website and at the event. Local businesses will be donating fantastic and generous raffle prizes.
If you would like to attend, but not walk, please consider donating $20 and join us at 10:30am at the Placerville Town Hall. We will have light refreshments available.
Please buy raffle tickets through the store above.
We will walk rain or shine.
EIN: 93-2430026
Parking:
Placerville Parking Garage & other downtown parking lots
-2 hours free
-Pay after two hours
Placerville Station
-Free parking
Address: Mosquito Road and Clay Street & Placerville Station Transit Center, Placerville, CA 95667
NOTE: Participants may not park at the Town Hall
Schedule for the day:
8:00am-9:00am Registration is OPEN (Stretching/yoga available)
9:00am 5k Walkathon begins
10:30am-1:30pm Celebration (Lite lunch, guest speakers, scholarship awards, and raffle)
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Walking
Walk for Jenna's Joy: A Mental Health Awareness 5k
Registration will be open from 8am-9am. Walk begins at 9am. Celebratory ending at Placerville Town Hall with light snack+beverages beginning at 10:30am. We will be welcoming mental health professionals to join us for our celebration at the Town Hall.
Typical race-day weather
Based on 3 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Placerville, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:14 AM and sets at 7:48 PM local time (PDT) in Placerville on April 24, 2027 — 13h 34m of daylight.
Course
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 2 Placerville events
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