Run for Heroes (COVID-19)

Virtual Races: 1 mi, 5k, & 8k 
Overview: Virtual Costume Fun Run to benefit our local COVID-19 Heroes and businesses in Carteret County & surrounding areas impacted by the pandemic
(costumes optional, but encouraged)
Location (Start/Finish): Your front door 
Date & Time: Anytime Between Monday, April 13 7:00 am - Saturday, June 13, 2020 10:00 am 
Registration cost: $10.00 - $15.00 

Physical Races: 1 mi & 3.5 mi through Taylor Notion Rd. & Star Hill 
Overview: Costume Fun Run to benefit local COVID-19 Heroes and businesses in Carteret County & surrounding areas impacted by the pandemic
(costumes optional, but encouraged) 
Location (Start/Finish): The GYM Cape Carteret Aquatic & Wellness, 300 Taylor Notion Road Cape Carteret, NC 28584 
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2020
Start: First Wave 7:00 am - Wave starts to encourage social distancing and small gatherings 
(Date/Time are subject to change depending on local pandemic restrictions)
Registration cost: $20.00 - $25.00

Participants are encouraged to dress up as our COVID-19 heroes
(costumes include, but not limited to - doctors, nurses, first responders, teachers, grocery store workers, hazmat suits)
+Most Creative & Most Difficult to run in costumes win prizes 
+1st male and female finishers win prizes
Prizes include gift cards/certificates to local businesses

To ensure as much of the money raised goes to our local COVID-19 heroes and businesses, there will be no participation swag offered for participants in this event.

Proceeds support COVID-19 heroes in the form of gift cards/certificates to local businesses such as restaurants and other businesses struggling to keep their doors open during the pandemic. This benefits the community two-fold by using funds raised to purchase gift cards/certificates from local businesses and gifting them to our local COVID-19 heroes such as Carteret Health Care Employees, First Responders, Grocery workers, and other front line workers. 

Thank you for your compassion and support for these heroes, front line workers, and local businesses in these trying times. We are all getting through this the best we can, we might as well do some good along the way. We look forward to seeing your running selfies on our social media and hope to see you on in June dressed up as a hero!