Building Healthy Communities 5K Run/Walk and Wellness Expo

🏃‍♀️ Event Overview

Come join us for the 11th Annual Building Healthy Communities 5K Run/Walk & Wellness Expo. The 5K run/walk will raise funds to benefit the MUSC Children's Health Wellness Works Program. Come run or walk a USATF-certified 5K course to help us in our work of supporting healthy lifestyle habits for kids and their families. We also have a lot of exciting raffle prizes to offer, so bring cash or a card to purchase raffle tickets and participate in the drawing after the race (no checks will be accepted).

Your registration fee includes:

• T-shirt: A themed shirt to commemorate your participation.
• Race Packet: Exciting freebies and water.
• Healthy Snacks: Nourishment to keep you energized.
• Timing: Official timing with awards for top finishers.

📍 Location Details

Address: Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, SC 29403

The Wellness Expo, day-of registration, and on-site packet pick-up begin at 8:00 am. A mandatory pre-race meeting is at 8:45 am, group warm-up kicks off at 8:50 am, and the run/walk starts at 9:00 am. The finish-line party including food truck (food for purchase), face painting (free), Wellness Expo, prize raffle, age-group awards, and healthy snacks will follow!

You can pick up your packet (timing bib, t-shirt, freebies) on Friday, February 13th from 1:00-6:00pm at Fleet Feet West Ashley (1401 Sam Rittenberg Blvd Suite 5, Charleston, SC 29407).

You do not have to be a paid and registered participant to enjoy the Wellness Expo and raffle--everyone is welcome. Please come and enjoy the Expo. Portable toilets will be available at the event for your convenience.

🏥 Wellness Works Program Information

MUSC Children's Health Wellness Works program is a wellness/weight management program and lipid treatment clinic for kids and teens. We work with kids and their families to promote healthy habits through individualized clinic visits, group education sessions, and a fitness program. We have had fantastic success and we currently have over 600 families enrolled from all over the state!

Since we are a non-profit program, we rely heavily on fundraising events that also promote our healthy message through exercise and health promotion.

For more information: Visit www.MUSCKids.org/WellnessWorks and check our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/MUSCkidsWellnessWorks.

🎉 Sponsors

Let’s thank our sponsors for this event:

• Platinum Level: Coastal Kids Dental and Braces
• Gold Level: Shelbourne and Associates Oral and Facial Surgery
• Silver Level:
• SeaCoast Sports and Outfitters
• The Little Gym, West Ashley
• Essence2 Aesthetics and Wellness
• Lime Micromobility
• Renewal by Andersen
• Coastal Vending and Food Service
• Joints in Motion
• GEICO

🎁 Raffle Prizes

Exciting raffle prizes you can enter to win (subject to change):

• An Awesome Birthday Bash from The Little Gym, West Ashley - $450 value
• A Family 4 Pack of tickets to the Charleston River Dogs - $120 value
• Eight tickets to a Saladmaster cooking class from Habits for Health - $280 value
• Stainless steel insulated bowl from Habits for Health - $60 value

More exciting prizes to be included on the day of the event!

🛍️ Vendors and Booths

Interesting and informative booths/vendors:

• Girls on the Run
• Health Fund for Children (HF4C)
• Epitomy of Epilepsy
• Coastal Kids Dental and Braces
• The Little Gym, West Ashley
• Habits for Health (Saladmaster)
• Essence2 Aesthetics and Wellness
• Lighten Up Charleston
• ISI Elite Training Johns Island
• MUSC Wellness Center
• MUSC Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
• IVY Energetic Studio
• Lowcountry Food Bank
• Crunch North Charleston
• Jefferson Wellness and Consulting
• Renewal by Andersen
• MUSC Population Health program
• MUSC Department of Public Health Sciences
• Bravenly Global
• Leveling the Fields
• GEICO

We also will have Tracy Yancey with Without Limits for the pre-race warm-up, a visit from Charlie the RiverDog, AND the fabulous Black Girls Run cheerleaders! Snacks provided by Morrison Healthcare and Costco.

💬 Important Note

The views and opinions expressed by the vendors at the wellness expo are solely those of the individual presenters and do not necessarily reflect the official policies or positions of the Wellness Works program, MUSC Health, MUSC Children's Health, their affiliates, or any other individuals or entities associated with these organizations.

🔗 Registration

For more details and to register for the race, visit this page.