Great Chesapeake Bay Wellness Race LIVE 10K & 5K, & Virtual 10K-5K-3K

On line registration closes at midnight on May 6. Day-of race registration will be available on site starting at 7:00 am. Cash or checks accepted. 

Join us for the 19th Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Wellness Race - Now a LIVE Race with a Virtual Component. We are back to our traditional spring date! This race is organized by Eastern Shore Hospital Center and takes place at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge, MD

"Be Thankful for Your Mental Health!"

• LIVE 5K, 10K - Saturday,  May 7, 2022 -  5K & 10K to be timed by Blue Cheetah Sports Timing
  • 10K start - 8:00 am 
  • 5K start - 8:00 am
• Virtual 10K & 5K, 3K - Saturday,  May 7 - Saturday May 14

 
May is National Mental Health Month!
For the last eighteen years, approximately 300 community members have joined our patients and staff in May to help reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. The National Mental Health Association seeks to create awareness about this illness and the possibly disabling consequences of this disease. A way to participate locally and promote good physical and mental health is with the Eastern Shore Hospital Center Auxiliary event.

The challenges of 2020 were accomplished through a virtual race, and 2021 was modified to include a live and virtual race, just prior to Thanksgiving.

In 2022 we again bring you the best of both!  A live, timed 10K & 5K Run or walk event on Saturday, May 7, 2022 and a virtual 10K/ 5K event with results submissions available from May 7 through May 14. During these uncertain time, we encourage you to be aware of and thankful for your mental health!  Participate in person with us on the grounds of the beautiful Hyatt Resort, or from wherever in the world you may be, with your family and friends.

The Eastern Shore Hospital Center celebrates over 100 years of community-linked, recovery-focused care for mental illness. All proceeds directly benefit our patients, residents and special programs.

Participation fees for the race for adults are $25 pre-registration for the 10K run, 5K 100th Anniversary Run/Walk. There is no fee for youth under 12. The fee includes a commemorative tee shirt and race bib, and a chance to win prizes. The price has been reduced in 2022 as we are not providing the indoor hot breakfast. Pre-packaged snacks and water will be available. 

The ESHC Auxiliary is a totally volunteer, 501 (c) 3 organization whose sole purpose is to provide patient services at the hospital.  The Auxiliary sponsors many special activities throughout the year. Approximately 69% of ESHC patients are deemed indigent and it is the Auxiliary’s goal to raise $10,000.00 a year in order to give those patients approximately $1.00 per day to use in the center’s café or gift shop.  100% of the proceeds from the Run/Walk will be given directly to our patients and patient programs.
The Eastern Shore Hospital Center us a regional acute-care psychiatric facility, under the jurisdiction of the Maryland Department of Health. The ESHC Auxiliary was chartered in 1952.  As a not for profit organization, our Auxiliary has a parallel mission with the Eastern Shore Hospital Center.  This mission is to provide the highest quality recovery-based continuum adult inpatient and transitional mental health services for eighty patients on the Eastern Shore.  We serve citizens of the counties of Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline, Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester.  
The hospital is geographically located in Dorchester County.  However, our primary service area for in hospital patients is the lower shore counties of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
To register, volunteer, become a sponsor, please contact the ESHC Auxiliary at 410-221-2358 or email: Judith.slaughter@maryland.gov
 
After you register, please watch  your email for further information about the race.

When registering more than one person: enter information for person #1, then ADD ANOTHER REGISTRANT.  For groups of 5 or more,  use MULTIPERSON PRICING option. The whole group must be registered at the same time and using a single payment. Combination of distances are allowed within groups.