ALONE TOGETHER RUN - CALGARY RUN FOR WATER
- FREE VIRTUAL RACE -
5K | 10K
JUNE 13 - JUNE 20
In order to slow down the spread of COVID-19, Run for Water Calgary has decided to move our June race online!
The Calgary Run for Water is a premier community running event open to individuals of all ages and abilities, to promote physical fitness & community spirit, and raise funds for clean water development in under-privileged communities in rural Ethiopia. In this unprecedented time, our fundraising efforts will instead be focused on helping our partner communities in rural Ethiopia fight COVID-19. More info can be found here.
Registration fees
Prices are inclusive of mandatory charges, items, and fees
5K or 10K Virtual Run - Adult Closed
We will be turning our June 13th run into a Virtual Run! So, we are no longer meeting up at St. Patrick’s Island to run together. From June 13 until June 20th, you will run the 10K at whatever time you choose and on whatever course you choose. You could run on your treadmill, you could run in your neighbourhood, on your favourite piece of river pathway, wherever you choose. You run independently or with the people you are self-isolating with.
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Free
5K or 10K Virtual Run - Youth Closed
Youth Run (Maximum age: 15 years old) We will be turning our June 13th run into a Virtual Run! So, we are no longer meeting up at St. Patrick’s Island to run together. From June 13 until June 20th, you will run the 5K or 10K at whatever time you choose and on whatever course you choose. You could run on your treadmill, you could run in your neighbourhood, on your favourite piece of river pathway, wherever you choose. You run independently or with the people you are self-isolating with.
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Free
Additional Information
You will
be able to track your own results through your personal log in on Race Roster!
Stay tuned for additional information on how this will work!
SCHEDULE
You can run anytime between June 13 and June 20.
LOCATION
You can run anywhere as long as you are respecting the federal and provincial guidelines regarding physical distancing and other preventative measures surrounding COVID-19 . You can run on your treadmill, in your backyard, quiet trails...etc. Wherever it is, make sure you are at least 2 metres away from other people who may be on your path.
TIMING
DONATIONS AND FUNDRAISING - COVID-19 RESPONSE IN ETHIOPIA
The race is free so we are encouraging you to donate and/or raise funds during or after your registration to help us stop the spread of COVID-19 across rural Ethiopia. Over the past decade, you have helped us bring clean water and education to these communities who were at the margins of society. These amazing men and women have stepped up and transformed themselves against all odds, and we feel it is essential that we do whatever we can to help them prepare for the pandemic.
COVID-19 is expected to be more deadly in places like Ethiopia where there is already high levels of poverty and inequalities including malnutrition, poor health, water and sanitation infrastructure and services, and unequal access to information.
Food for the Hungry, Run for Water and our Ethiopian partners are working together to put together an emergency COVID-19 response plan which includes:
- Developing and distributing informational pamphlets and posters to teach physical distancing and proper hand-washing techniques. This information will also be disseminated through local radio and TV stations.
- Distributing hygiene kits which will include wipes, hand sanitizers and soap.
- Establishing hand-washing stations in communities where clean water and soap are not readily available.
- Distribution of masks and gloves to emergency personnel and healthcare workers in neighbouring towns
Our goal is to first focus on the 12 different villages that we have brought water to over the past 5 years and to give these communities the necessary information to help slow the spread of the virus.
100% of your donation will be matched, and will be going to support this COVID-19 response plan in communities you have helped us empower with clean water over the years.
For more information, please visit Run for Water COVID-19 Response + Food for the Hungry Emergency Response
Contact information
- Event contact
- Calgary Run for Water
- info@runforwater.ca
- Website
- Visit website
