Help & Hope 5K

Race will start and finish at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles.

Race Start: 8:00 AM

Race Day Registration and Packet Pick Up: 7:00 AM

Pre race day packet pick up: Saturday, April 24 from 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM at Intermission Therapies, 22 Crissey Avenue, Suite 200, Geneva

Register early! Registration fees increase on April 11!

Second Act/Scene 2 is a non-profit charity offering mental health counseling services.

Who We Are

Second Act | Scene 2 is a faith-based 501c3 organization providing our less fortunate community members with high-quality, professional counseling and social work services at reduced cost to those in need in the Fox Valley area and surrounding communities.

Our Mission

Compelled by God’s boundless love, we offer a safe, soothing environment where the under insured affected by mental illness and troubled lives can find hope, healing and regeneration.

We are fortunate to live in a thriving community where many enjoy prosperity. But mental illness knows no boundaries and many among us have reached a dead end, seeing no light at the end of the tunnel.

Second Act | Scene 2 offers light in dark places when resources are thin and all hope appears lost.

We Need Your Support

At a time when services are getting harder to come by and funding is drying up, Second Act | Scene 2 is stepping in to fill the gap. We provide those blessed with prosperity in our community with a chance to give back. Your donations enable us to continue our work to provide counseling services to those in need. Together we do make a difference! Read about our success stories here . . .

Can't make it to our event in person? No problem - below are details on running our race virtually!

• Run anytime between April 18 and April 25, 2021.
• Choose your own course
• Most importantly….have fun and enjoy the time outside!

All participants will receive our Help & Hope Race Shirt!

Follow these easy steps to prepare for your tracking:

TRACKING STEPS 1. Download the ASICS Runkeeper™ app to your phone and create an account or scroll down to log into an existing account 2. Follow this link and click "Start Virtual Run" button to add the Help & Hope 5K to your in-app virtual events 3. To record your run between April 18 and April 25, simply click the flag icon in your app, select the Help & Hope 5K and follow prompts to start recording Once you have completed your 5k distance in the app, save your workout and it will automatically post to Race Roster results. (This step must be followed from your mobile device)

VIEWING AND POSTING MANUAL RESULTS If you plan to record using another software or tracking device or post manually from what is recorded on your watch, simply head here and "Submit Virtual Result" between April 18 & April 25,

FAQS:
- To record with tracking on the ASICS Runkeeper™ app, you will need to run or walk with your phone or with a connected wearable (see instructions below)
- You do not have to track with these technologies, it is optional!
- More detailed end-to-end instructions (with images) for using the ASICS Runkeeper™ app to track your virtual event are linked here
- Instructions to link a recent activity recorded on a FitBit, Garmin, or Apple Watch linked here
- Steps to connect your FitBit, Garmin, or Apple Watch to the Runkeeper™ app are linked here
- Steps to manually post your results on Race Roster (not using the app) are linked here

If you have any technical questions, please reply to this email and the Race Roster team will support you. Take pictures out there! get creative with your finish line - share your images and stories with us in the Facebook group and tag us on social!

We look forward to seeing your name on the results board.

MARATHON SPONSOR LEVEL

HALF MARATHON SPONSOR LEVEL

Race Day Safety Guidelines:

Please understand our goal is to provide a family friendly, fun event where everyone can “Come and Run/Walk Safely”.

With that in mind, please observe the following guidelines;

• If you have a fever, are feeling ill or have been in recent contact with someone unrecovered from COVID-19, please do NOT come to the event.

• Per the Illinois Department of Public Health recommendations, it is requested a face mask or face covering be worn by everyone when not on the race course and social distancing should be observed.

• NO SPITTING! Participants should carry their own tissues or hand towel for spitting, blowing nose, wiping sweat, etc., before, during and after their race.

• If family members or friends are attending the event with you, they must wear a face mask at all times and we ask that the do not congregate around the finish area.

• Unless you are with someone living in the same household, participants should not engage in traditional forms of physical contact such as handshakes, high-fives, hugs, partner stretching, etc.

• Water stations on the course and finish lines will be self serve. Volunteers will not be handing out water to eliminate contact.

The following must be followed at all times by all participants:

• Maintain Social Distancing
• Stay home if filling ill
• Use hand sanitizing stations
• Wear Masks
• Agree to temperature checks

Participants whose actions do not meet the above expectations, and/or are creating a risk for themselves or others, will be asked to leave the event.

Help & Hope 5K Course

LeRoy Oaks Forest Preserve

Start and Finish at the Barn

99.8% Asphalt/.02% Grass

Three internal forest preserve loops led by lead bike