Cherry Pickin 5k
Saturday, May 20, 2023
Past event
10:30 AM PDT
Palmdale, California
$16.90–$32.80 · 2 races
5km
Event summary
Get ready for an exciting day of fun and fitness at the second annual Cherry Pickin 5K, happening on Saturday, May 20, 2023, in the charming town of Leona Valley, Palmdale, Los Angeles! Starting at 7:30 AM, this family-friendly event features a newly added Youth 5K for participants aged 14 and under, making it a perfect opportunity for everyone to get involved. Join fellow runners on an accurately measured course that winds through the scenic roads of Leona Valley, and enjoy the thrill of a chip-timed race.
But this event is more than just a run; it’s a chance to make a difference! Your registration will support Smile Train, the world's leading cleft charity, dedicated to providing life-changing surgeries for children suffering from cleft lip and palate. After the race, take some time to celebrate by enjoying breakfast and perhaps even picking cherries at local farms. Participants will receive custom-designed medals and T-shirts, so don’t miss out on this wonderful occasion to run for a cause and help create smiles for children in need!
But this event is more than just a run; it’s a chance to make a difference! Your registration will support Smile Train, the world's leading cleft charity, dedicated to providing life-changing surgeries for children suffering from cleft lip and palate. After the race, take some time to celebrate by enjoying breakfast and perhaps even picking cherries at local farms. Participants will receive custom-designed medals and T-shirts, so don’t miss out on this wonderful occasion to run for a cause and help create smiles for children in need!
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Races
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Cherry Pickin 5k
Incl. $2.80 Fee & T-Shirt
Entries closed10:30 AM PDT
$32.80
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Youth 5k
Incl. $1.90 Fee & T-Shirt
14 years and under
Entries closed10:30 AM PDT
$16.90
Organiser's description
NEW - Youth 5K added this year. 14 and under.
This is the second annual Cherry Pickin 5K race that will take place at 7:30 AM on Saturday, May 20, in the Little town of Leona Valley Your registration for this event will go toward creating a SMILE on a childs face and change that childs life forever, through the charity Smile Train. This will be a great time for the whole family to come out and run for a cause. After the race take the time to stop for breakfast before going to pick Cherries at one of the local Cherry picking farms.
Smile Train is the worlds leading cleft charity. They partner with doctors and hospitals around the world to provide free surgery for children suffering from cleft lip and palate. If you arent familiar, clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are more than one million children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. They arent allowed to attend school or hold a job. Some children are even abandoned and left to die. Children born with clefts are forced into lives of isolation and shame- all because of the way they look. And their clefts usually go untreated because they are poor. Too poor to pay for a simple surgery that costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minutes.
AWARDS: Custom designed Medal for the first 125 people and T-shirts for first 73 participants.
COURSE:
We will start the race at Westside Christian Fellowship. The course will be on the road. Basically 1.5 miles up Leona Ave and back down with a turn up a side street. The 5K is an accurately measured course. This 5K is a chip timed event.
NUTRITION:
Water for all participants. Grab one before you go to carry, or when you get back.
PACKET PICKUP:
Race morning at Westside Christian Fellowship from 6:30-7:25
RACE DAY REGISTRATION:
Westside Christian Fellowship 6:30 to 7:25a.m.
SPONSORSHIP:
The first Leona Valley Cherry Pickin 5K is sponsored by Iron Rootz Screen Printing, and the High Desert Runners. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact us.
This is the second annual Cherry Pickin 5K race that will take place at 7:30 AM on Saturday, May 20, in the Little town of Leona Valley Your registration for this event will go toward creating a SMILE on a childs face and change that childs life forever, through the charity Smile Train. This will be a great time for the whole family to come out and run for a cause. After the race take the time to stop for breakfast before going to pick Cherries at one of the local Cherry picking farms.
Smile Train is the worlds leading cleft charity. They partner with doctors and hospitals around the world to provide free surgery for children suffering from cleft lip and palate. If you arent familiar, clefts are a major problem in developing countries where there are more than one million children who are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. They arent allowed to attend school or hold a job. Some children are even abandoned and left to die. Children born with clefts are forced into lives of isolation and shame- all because of the way they look. And their clefts usually go untreated because they are poor. Too poor to pay for a simple surgery that costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minutes.
AWARDS: Custom designed Medal for the first 125 people and T-shirts for first 73 participants.
COURSE:
We will start the race at Westside Christian Fellowship. The course will be on the road. Basically 1.5 miles up Leona Ave and back down with a turn up a side street. The 5K is an accurately measured course. This 5K is a chip timed event.
NUTRITION:
Water for all participants. Grab one before you go to carry, or when you get back.
PACKET PICKUP:
Race morning at Westside Christian Fellowship from 6:30-7:25
RACE DAY REGISTRATION:
Westside Christian Fellowship 6:30 to 7:25a.m.
SPONSORSHIP:
The first Leona Valley Cherry Pickin 5K is sponsored by Iron Rootz Screen Printing, and the High Desert Runners. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact us.
Location
Westside Christain Fellowship 9306 Leona Ave, Leona Valley, 93551, CA, United States
Cherry Pickin 5k
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