Great Western Freedom 4 Run & Walk adds Kids Dash & Diaper Dash
Bring the family out Monday, July 4, for the 10th annual Great Western Freedom 4 Run & Walk at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, 37W700 Dean St. in St. Charles.
New this year is a Kids Dash & Diaper Dash, sponsored and hosted by Hosanna! Lutheran Church and Preschool. No preregistration is being offered for the dashes, just show up Monday, July 4, and visit the Hosanna tent at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve to register your child.
Registration will open at 6:30 a.m. and run through 8:45 a.m. for the children's event. A $5 donation to Lazarus House per child is requested.
Diaper Dashes will start at 9:15 a.m. with the age category dashes immediately afterward. First, second and third place awards will be issued by age categories and all children will receive a participation gift. Thrivent T-shirts will be handed out to the first 25 registered children.
Registration is open for runners and walkers who wish to participate in the 2016 July Fourth Great Western Freedom 4 Run and Walk at www.signmeup.com. Check-in starts at 6:30 a.m. for runners and walkers with the race starting at 8 a.m. The run is a competitive 4 mile race on a USATF certified course and is part of the Fox River Trail Runners Circuit. The walk is two-miles suited for the whole family.
A $3 preregistration race discount if offered to Fox River Trail, Dick Pond Fast Track, CARA and Performance Runner members. Preregistration for runners is $28 and the walk is $20 through Friday, July 1. Children, age 9 or younger, are free for the walk only. Event-day registration is $35 for runners and $25 for walkers.
All participants are encouraged to help their neighbors in need by collecting pledges, forms are available with a link from the registration Web page. All proceeds benefit Lazarus House, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit emergency shelter, Center for Transitional Living, and outreach program for men, women, and children who are homeless or in crisis from Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles or western rural Kane County.
Information can be found online at www.lazarushouseonline.com on the GWF4 tab or by calling Darlene at (630) 587-2144.