New Canaan Santa Run 2025

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Waveny Park, New Canaan CT

Saturday, December 20th, 2025

🎅 Welcome to the New Canaan Santa Run!

We are excited to bring you the 12th Annual New Canaan Santa Run!

📅 Event Details

Join us on Saturday Dec 20, at Waveny Park in New Canaan CT. All ages and abilities are welcomed and encouraged to run or walk our 5K course or 1-mile course. Gather your family and friends to start your pre-Christmas weekend together in the pastoral setting of a truly scenic park.

🏞️ Course Information

Start & Finish: Our Waveny Park courses start & finish at the historic 'Castle'.
Environment: The park is home to spacious fields and groomed trails.
Experience: You'll experience a true, peaceful setting with Nature on all sides!
Directions: Our 5k course will be run in the opposite direction this year.

💰 Fundraising Information

Funds raised will help underwrite the $30,000 cost for our food packing event. Our volunteers, together with the “Feed My Starving Children” organization, will put together 100,000 meals to be distributed worldwide! This massive endeavor will take place at New Canaan High School on March 7, 2026.

🎄 Get Involved!

Volunteers Needed: It involves 500 volunteers working two-hour shifts of 180 'packers', set up and clean up staff as well.
Contact: We can always use more volunteers & donations! Please contact Bo Beatty: bo@gracecommunity.info.
Participation: Help us spread the word, invite everyone you know.
Spirit: We HO-HO-HOPE you’ll join us!

👕 Shirt Guarantee

The first 200 participants to register will receive long sleeve cotton shirts while supplies last. Guarantee your shirt and size now! After Dec 10 - or 200 registered - we cannot guarantee there will be shirts available. LAST YEAR WE SET A RECORD FOR PARTICIPANTS (over 250). Do NOT get shut out!

🏅 Awards

The Overall male and female 5K champions, along with the top M & F 5K finisher in each age group, will receive a medal or award.

📅 Event Schedule

Dec 10: T-shirt guarantee ends. After that, "as available" and we may run out.
Dec 13: Registration fee increases $5 through event start.
Dec 19: Pre-reg bib and shirt pickup from 1-4 pm.
Dec 20: Event Day starting at 7:30 am, with a full schedule.

🚗 Parking

Absolutely plenty of it, and nearby!

❤️ Donate to Feed My Starving Children

We encourage and need donations for “Feed My Starving Children”. All amounts are welcome. They all help us to purchase and pack 100,000 meals!

🌧️ Weather Policy

There is no postponement nor make-up day if weather forces park/town closures. We cannot refund any amount: all materials, shirts, etc. will have been purchased. With Christmas just four days away we cannot move our event.