Neighborhood Co-op Feed Your Neighbor 5K

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

The Co-op Feed Your Neighbor 5K is a family-friendly event supporting the Good Samaritan House of Carbondale. The race will be held Friday, April 10, 2026.

📍 Course Details

Our 5K course is professionally certified: the course begins and ends at Turley Park on Old West Main and Glenview, Carbondale, IL. The route runs through the residential area behind the Murdale Shopping Center.

• Location: Turley Park, Carbondale, IL
• Certification: Professionally timed and certified course
• Participation: Participants can run or walk
• Registration: Opens at 4:30 PM, race starts at 6 PM

💵 Registration Fees

• Cost for Adults: Only $20
• Cost for Children: $10 for those 14 and under
• Day of Race Prices: $25 for adults, $15 for children
• Food Drive: Please bring nonperishable food for the local pantry

🥇 Prizes

Top overall female and male will win a $100 Co-op gift card! Top male and female of each age category will be a bread winner! Yes, you will literally win a loaf of bread. It's just a fun way to reward our runners! Additionally, every participant will be entered for door prizes.

🤝 About Good Samaritan House

Good Samaritan House of Carbondale serves a wide variety of people, including persons with mental and physical disabilities, families evicted from their homes, veterans with nowhere to go, and persons who have lost their jobs. They have an Emergency Assistance Program to assist clients in paying rent or utility bills to prevent them from becoming homeless.

• Emergency Assistance: Helps with rent, utility bills, and prescriptions.
• Transportation: Provides transport to interviews and doctor appointments.
• Transitional Support: Aids in making a smooth transition to independent living.
• Local Impact: All donations stay local!

🙌 Support Options

Since 1999, more than 2,000 race participants have been part of this great event, supporting Good Sam. Not a runner? Alternatively, you can help and not have to participate in the race. This year our goal is to have 200 people donate $10 each! Donations go directly to Good Samaritan and can be done online, see below.

🌟 Get Involved

All proceeds will support Good Samaritan House of Carbondale, which provides a food pantry, soup kitchen, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and emergency assistance to the area’s most vulnerable citizens.

• Emergency Shelter: Provides temporary housing for those in need.
• Food Pantry: Offers food and commodities.
• Soup Kitchen: Serves balanced meals three times a day.
• Transitional Home: Aids individuals in regaining independence.

For more information and to register, visit the race page: Neighborhood Co-op Feed Your Neighbor 5K.