We are once again ready to welcome a new year in style with the New Year's Day Dash 5K Fun Run/Walk on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, beginning at 9am at the Elizabethtown Sports Park (Covered pavilion, super runner-friendly course, and HEATED bathrooms)!
Proceeds from this race benefit all the great community work of the Elizabethtown Lions Club.
Race registration is $30, and runners will receive a finishers medal and a race long-sleeve t-shirt (to be guaranteed a shirt on race day, participants must register by December 20, 2024)
Kids 9 and under run FREE!
We'll give prizes to our best-dressed Male and Female participants, the Most Spirited Runner and the Oldest Runner, and the Top 3 Male/ Female finishers. All runners will receive a finisher award to celebrate the new year!
Race InfoNew Year's Dash 5K Run/Walk
199 spots left. Registration ends January 1, 2025 at 9:00am EST
New Year's Day Dash Kids 9 & Under Run FREE
About The E-town Lions Club
Chartered on September 25, 1941, The Lions Club funds projects for the betterment of our community, such as:
EYESIGHT CONSERVATION
Eye Exams and Glasses, along with Eye Screenings and Eyeglass Collection Boxes.
Campaign Sight First II, Kid Sight, Lions Camp for the Blind Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation, and Lions Patrons Fund for Eye Surgeries
YOUTH PROGRAMS
Student of the Month for EHS, CHHS, & JHHS, along with Academic Scholarships for EHS, CHHS, and JHHS students.
Big Brother/Big Sisters, Hardin County Youth Theater, and Hardin County 4-H Lions Camps for the Deaf & Blind Youth at Lion Camp Crescendo
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Feeding America Kentucky's Heartland, Community Health Clinic
Greenspace, Hardin County Habitat for Humanity, Helping Hand of Hope Project LEARN, Springhaven Domestic Violence, and Hosparus
Special Race Day Awards
We'll award our Top 3 Male/ Female overall finishers.
Also, awards to our Most Creatively dressed Male and Female participants, so come wearing your party best, or straight-from-the-bed look.
NEW this year is the Most Spirited Runner, the Oldest Runner