Rockets Foundation 5K

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417 Chestnut St, Mount Carmel IL

Saturday, February 28th, 2026

📅 Date & Time

Sat Feb. 28, 2026 at 2pm CST

🏃‍♂️ Registration Information

Register Early: SAVE!
Packet Pickup and Start Line: at St. Mary's Church
Entries Received before or on February 9, 2026:
- Rockets 5K, T-Shirt - $25
- Kids Fun Run, T-Shirt - $12
Entries Received after February 9, 2026:
- Rockets 5K - $30
- Kids Fun Run - $15

Prizes & Awards

Prizes: awarded to the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place mens & womens 5K runners & walkers.
Overall Winners: age group winners will be entered in a drawing to win a portable speaker.
Cash Prizes: for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place overall winners.
Raffle Baskets: overall age group winners will be placed in a drawing to win fantastic raffle baskets.

🏅 Winner Categories

Age Groups: 1-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

Entries must be received by the February 5, 2024 deadline in order to guarantee a shirt on race day. Limited sizes and quantities of t-shirts will be available to those turning in entries after January 29. Extra shirts will be ordered and will be assigned as the registrations come in after that date. Register for door prizes by picking up your packet at registration! Last year we had 72 winners!

🙏 Thank You

The Rockets Foundation would like to thank you for your support! This year our goal is to update 20 iPads in the school and provide 3rd grade with Chromebooks. YOUR donations from the previous years events have already had a huge impact on SMS!

Special Thanks: to GOD for the absolutely perfect day.
Volunteers: who have worked for the entire last year to make this event a great success.
Sponsors: who donated time and money to our event.
Participants: who make this event possible.