**EVENT IS RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 17TH**

DACC Student Engagement Health & Wellness alongside SGA is hosting a suicide prevention 5k with a 1-mile walk/run on November 17th, 2024. The course will run along the NMSU/DACC campus with the start and finish on the DACC Espina campus. This run offers you a chance to help a great cause with all earnings going to Las Cruces Suicide Prevention Task Force in New Mexico. There will be t-shirts for the first 100 to sign up. As well as medals for finishing the race. Registration is $20 for the community and free for students.

About DACC Health & Wellness

DACC Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness is a department at DACC that is focused on all aspects of health to provide our DACC community with comprehensive support, resources, and programs aimed at promoting physical, mental, and emotional well-being. As a team, we serve the DACC community to keep you healthy in all kinds of ways. For example, you can utilize our counselor for mental health, our social worker for times of crisis, or attend wellness events hosted by public health outreach. We Provide mental health support, health education/promotion, wellness activities, preventive measures, support for students, and overall community health.

About DACC Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Name: Suicide Prevention 5k
Start: 2024-11-17T09:50:00-07:00
Location: Doña Ana Branch C.C.Main Building, South Espina Street, Las Cruces, NM

The Student Government Association of Doña Ana Community College, or SGADACC, is the college’s student government organization. SGADACC strongly supports the various student organizations on campus, because these organizations enable students to broaden their interests through participation in different activities. SGADACC financially supports the Student Activities Office. Additionally, SGADACC assists recognized student organizations with various activities and financial support.

SGA is a place where you can:

Meet new people
Build your resume
Learn more about DACC and the issues that impact you as a student
Find out about free resources available to you as a DACC Student
Keep updated about events and activities at DACC
Learn how to participate by volunteering in DACC sponsored events to help your community
Develop communication and leadership skills
And much more…

If you are interested in getting involved in your student government, please stop by Espina Campus, DASH 114, or call us at (575) 528 - 7237.

Proper Bib Placement

All participants will be assigned a bib number.

For us to properly time your race, our staff and video camera (if available) needs to be able to read your bib number as you cross the finish line.

Race bibs must be worn on the outside of your clothing on the front of your jersey/shirt (as shown in the picture to the right).
Please do not, crimple or fold the bib.
If you do not wear the bib as requested, your finish may not be read properly, and no time will be recorded in the results.
You may keep your bib following the race. It does not need to be returned.

Refunds / Transfer Policy / Disqualifying

NO Refund on race entry fees. Suicide Prevention does allow for race fees to be transfer to other race events if available with a transfer fee.

We strongly suggest you purchase the race insurance during the registration in case you are unable to attend the race or race is cancelled. You can only purchase the insurance during registration!

Disqualifying participants for using other someone else Bib. Any participant who runs under someone else’s bib will be disqualified and will not be scored. For the safety of our runners, and in case of a medical emergency, it is imperative that the registration data associated with the race number belongs to the person wearing the bib. If race organizers become aware that a runner has participated in one of our events with a bib that is not registered to that runner, both the runner and the person to whom the bib is registered will be prohibited from participating in subsequent Suicide Prevention 5k events for a minimum of two years.

Picket Pick up

Packet pick-up before the event will be on November 14th-15th, 8 a.m.- 7 p.m., at 3400 South Espina Street, Espina Campus in the Alex Sanchez Hall (dash building), room 114 (next to the information center). Please come pick up your packet so we can be ready to race on November 17th.

We will also have packet pickup on the race day starting at 8:30 a.m. at 3400 South Espina Street, Espina campus.

Registration fees

DCAA/NMSU student 5k Closed

Current DCAA / NMSU students register here

Student Pricing

Access code

DCAA/NMSU student 1mile Closed