Loaves and Fishes & Veteran Services of the Carolinas Run for Recovery

Addiction to alcohol and drugs and homelessness are at epidemic portions. Two great Christ-centered non-profit partners have come together to sponsor this year’s Loaves and Fishes & Veteran Services of the Carolinas Run for Recovery 5K in Beaufort.

Loaves and Fishes of Beaufort is a Beaufort-based, Christ-centered, residential, substance abuse recovery program. They provide counseling, shelter and treatment to men at no cost to them. They have just opened a Transition Home where men who have graduated from the six month program can stay 12 to 18 months while they work and learn more life skills that help them move back into the community. www.loavesandfishesnc.org

Veterans Services of the Carolinas (VSC) supports our nation’s Veterans and their families by implementing essential assistance programs in communities across North Carolina. Through Housing, Employment, Outreach, Suicide Prevention, and Call Center Service Coordination, we collaborate with community partners and faith communities to engage with Veterans and meet their critical needs called Social Drivers of Health. For civilians, living unhoused, The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) granted VSC the PATH Program which provides intensive peer support services. Through their HOPE/PATH Outreach program, VSC helps unhoused individuals, attain the hope that recovery is possible and to get into addiction recovery programs such as Loaves and Fishes; help them find training and employment and community mental health services. www.abccm-vsc.org

This year we will be offering both in-person and virtual events! The in-person for run/walk is Saturday, November 9th.  Runners and Walkers start at 8:00 AM.  Virtual participants can enter their time on the Racejoy app anytime between Friday, November 8 and Sunday, November 10.

Registration Fees/Dates/Categories:
Individual (In-person or Virtual): $25 per person (by 11/1), $30 thereafter
Group/Team of four or more, $15 per person (savings until 11/1).  $30 per person thereafter
We love active military - discount: $15 per person

*Anyone who signs up by November 1 will be entered into our raffle.  Sign up now! 

Packet-Pick Up Information:

Race packet pick up: Packets can be picked up at Beaufort By the Sea Community Church (214 Turner St) on Friday, November 8 from 5pm-7pm.

Race Day packet pick up and awards ceremony will be at John Newton Park across Front Street from Clawson’s Restaurant.

Awards/Categories:
Top three finishers overall will receive trophies and 1st, 2nd and 3rd place medals as well as their age group medals.

Top male and top female finishers for each age group will receive medals as follows: Ages 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

Participation awards for Kids 50-yard Dash

Course:
Beaufort has been voted “the coolest small town in America" by Southern Living Magazine. The Race Course is down historic Front Street with its beautiful homes and the oft-seen wild banker ponies across the waterfront. Course certified USATF #NC19005BM.

Make this a family getaway. Go to Cape Lookout Lighthouse shell collecting. See dozens of ponies on Shackleford Island. Discover dolphins. Kayak islands and waterfront. Beach. Surf fish. Fort Macon.