Veterans Day 5K Fun Run or Walk at Hampton Park

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Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston SC

Saturday, November 8th, 2025

🏃‍♂️Event Overview

We will be conducting a fun run or walk to honor Veterans, on Veterans Day Weekend, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025.

🌳Location and Participation

Where: Hampton Park, 30 Mary Murray Drive, Charleston, South Carolina 29403
Participants: Can run or walk in beautiful Hampton Park or participate virtually at the time and place of their choosing.
Shirts: All registrants will receive a long sleeve shirt commemorating the event.
Pickup: Participants at the event will pick up their shirts at the event: virtual participants will receive their shirts by mail.

📅Date and Time

When: November 8, 2025 at 9AM

💚Supporting Veterans

Participants can donate to help our veteran community. Donors who give $10 or more will be able to make their donation “in honor of”, or “in memory of”, the name of a veteran. For each named veteran, a 4"x6" flag, with the veteran’s name, will be prepared. Participants in the event at Hampton Park can pick up their flags at the event and any flags that are not picked up will be donated for use on veteran graves. For virtual participants, their flags will be included in the package with the t-shirt, which will be mailed to them. To make a donation to support our veterans, please click on the DONATE icon at the top of this page.

🤝Why Participate?

Many Low Country veterans are in need of food and other basic essentials. There are about 2,500 veterans living below the poverty line in Charleston, and one out of every five Low Country residents getting food at local food banks is a veteran. Further, over 11% of veterans, from ages 18 to 64, report food insecurity: that’s more than twice the rate for non-veterans.

🆘Veterans' Needs

Many local veterans also need support for their mental well-being. Multiple deployments and other stresses of military service have left many veterans with invisible wounds: injuries to their mental health. The rate of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among soldiers is nearly 15 times higher than the rate for civilians. For veterans currently leaving military service, it is estimated that: 30% have, or will have, PTSD symptoms: 20% suffered a traumatic brain injury: and 10% have an addiction to substances. The homeless rate for veterans is twice that of non-veterans, and the suicide rate is 1.5 times greater than that of non-veterans.

💼Event Benefits

This Veterans Day 5k event will help Low Country veterans who need -- and deserve -- our support. Proceeds from this event will go to organizations that provide direct support to Low Country veterans: the Lowcountry Veterans organization: a local veteran scholarship: and the Food Pantry at the Charleston VA Medical Center.