Our BE THE LIGHT 5K will be a COLOR FUN RUN this year!
This years event will be held on Saturday, December 7th beginning at 4:00pm. This will be a HUGE family event for the holidays at Creekside Park! The event will start off with a COLOR fun run/walk through the park and end with the annual Creekside Tree Lighting as well as many activities for families including: chili cook off, snow globe, Santa, Ice Skating, petting zoo, a train and lots more!
There will not be age group awards and/or prizes for this years event. Everyone wins with lots of Color!
Packet pickup will be at Creekside Park on Friday, December 6th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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The big day may have come and gone, but keep in touch as we’re always up to something new and exciting.
To every single person, company, volunteer, prayer warrior and vendor, THANK YOU!
Our mission could not be carried out without any of you. Because of you, we have been able to do what we do for 11 years!
We are so grateful to be a part of such a giving and supportive community.
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In case you don't know who we are ... Run 5 Feed 5 is a 501c3 organization that hosts events throughout the year to fund programs that feed hungry children as well as stock a pantry for local schools. We only utilize volunteers to carry out our mission and we are very grateful and blessed for every one of them. We also welcome any one or any company looking for sponsorship opportunities. Click here to find out more abut our sponsorship opportunities.
Run 5 Feed 5 is a 501c3 organization and relies heavily on our volunteers to plan, organize and hold events throughout the year to be able to fund programs that provide food boxes to food poor children in Randolph County. Two of our bigger events include a 5K walk/run in the Spring and in December we partner with SerCo of Archdale to hold the "Be the Light 5K" that coincides with the lighting of the the Christmas tree at Creekside Park.
Our mission started in 2014 with the hope of raising money and awareness for the childhood hunger problem in our communities. Right now, in North Carolina, 1 out of every 4 children go hungry. Most of these children only get the nutrition they need when they are at school. Because of that, we currently offer grants for schools to buy lunch or snacks for children who would otherwise go without.
PACK THE PANTRY
Each school has a pantry that helps provide food for children that might show up to school hungry, without lunch, can't afford lunch or might need food for the weekend. Pack the Pantry is a program that fills those pantries of 42 local schools in Randolph County. Our volunteers pick up food boxes once a month and delivers them to the schools.
SUMMER & CHRISTMAS FEEDING
Because of the food insecurities in the homes of children, during the summer & Christmas breaks our volunteers deliver food boxes to over 500 food insecure children in the community on a bi-monthly basis. Our volunteers pick up 2 weeks worth of food from the pantry and delivers them to the homes of those children that are more likely to go without eating properly while not in school.
BACKPACK PALS
We continue to support the Backpack Pals program provided through COAT (Community Outreach of Archdale-Trinity), who sends bags of food home every Friday for local food insecure children.
Chicken Noodle/Tomato soup, cereal bars, granola bars, Pop Tarts, Vienna sausage, can ravioli or Spaghettios, slim jims, fruit cups, lance crackers, rice crispy treats, box mac & cheese cups, ramen noodles, jelly, and 18 oz. peanut butter
Mail check to: R5F5 - PO Box 453 Trinity, NC 27370
(designate “Summer Feeding Program” on the memo line)
Donate Online: https://run5feed5.org/donate
PLEASE HELP US WITH FOOD DELIVERIES!!!!
We will email and post the link each week prior to the upcoming delivery. Please let us know if you are able to deliver. We will continue the drive-thru pick-up at our new location. Thank you in advance for volunteering!
*** NEW LOCATION FOR PICK-UP
Pick-up Address: 11234 N Main St, Suite 301, Archdale (Dug Out shopping center)***
For more information, please contact us at run5feed5@gmail.com
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