Loaves and Fishes and Veterans Services of the Carolinas Run for Recovery
- Date Sat 8th November 2025
- Time 8:00AM EST
- Location Beaufort, North Carolina
- Price $28.00
- Races 2 races
- Distances 5km
Event summary
Join us on Saturday, November 8, 2025, for the spirited "Loaves and Fishes and Veterans Services of the Carolinas Run for Recovery" in beautiful Beaufort, Carteret. This uplifting event aims to raise awareness and support for addiction recovery and homelessness, featuring a scenic race course certified by USATF that winds through the historic streets of Beaufort, often dubbed the "coolest small town in America" by Southern Living Magazine.
Participants can choose from various race distances, with individual registration fees starting at just $25 before November 1, and group discounts available. The event not only promises an invigorating race experience but also community spirit, as runners will enjoy a delicious breakfast at Ann Street United Methodist Church following the race, along with an awards ceremony celebrating top finishers across multiple age categories. Bring your family along for a weekend getaway filled with adventure and exploration, from shell collecting at Cape Lookout Lighthouse to spotting wild ponies and dolphins. Don’t miss out on this chance to make a difference while enjoying the great outdoors!
Participants can choose from various race distances, with individual registration fees starting at just $25 before November 1, and group discounts available. The event not only promises an invigorating race experience but also community spirit, as runners will enjoy a delicious breakfast at Ann Street United Methodist Church following the race, along with an awards ceremony celebrating top finishers across multiple age categories. Bring your family along for a weekend getaway filled with adventure and exploration, from shell collecting at Cape Lookout Lighthouse to spotting wild ponies and dolphins. Don’t miss out on this chance to make a difference while enjoying the great outdoors!
Organiser's Description
Addiction to alcohol and drugs and homelessness are at epidemic portions.
LOAVES AND FISHES OF BEAUFORT is a Beaufort-based, Christ-centered, residential, substance abuse recovery program. We provide counseling, shelter and treatment to men at no cost to them. We have just opened a Transition Home where men who have graduated from the six month program can stay 12 to 18 months while they work and learn more life skills that help them move back into the community. www.loavesandfishesnc.org [http://www.loavesandfishesnc.org]
VETERANS SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS (VSC) supports our nations Veterans and their families by implementing essential assistance programs in communities across North Carolina. Through Housing, Employment, Outreach and Peer Support, Suicide Prevention, and Call Center Service Coordination. We collaborate with community partners and faith communities to engage with Veterans and their families to meet critical needs called Social Drivers of Health.. Through the HOPE/PATH Outreach program, VSC helps unhoused individuals attain the hope that recovery is possible and to get into addiction recovery programs such as Loaves and Fishes; help them find training and employment, income assistance, housing programs, and community mental health services. https://www.abccm-vsc.org/
REGISTRATION FEES/DATES/CATEGORIES:
Individual: $25 per person (by 11/1), $30 thereafter
Group/Team of four or more, $15 per person (savings until 11/1). $30 per person thereafter
We love active military - discount: $15 per person
*Anyone who signs up by November 1 will be entered into our raffle. Sign up now!
PACKET-PICK UP INFORMATION:
Race packet pick up: To be announced
Race Day packet pick up and awards ceremony will be at John Newton Park across Front Street from Clawsons Restaurant. There will be a breakfast for runners and walkers following the race at Ann Street United Methodist Church (417 Ann St, Beaufort).
Awards/Categories:
Top three overall male and female finishers
Top male and top female finishers for each age group will receive medals as follows: Ages 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
COURSE:
Beaufort has been voted the coolest small town in America" by Southern Living Magazine. The Race Course is down historic Front Street with its beautiful homes and the oft-seen wild banker ponies across the waterfront. Course certified USATF #NC19005BM.
Make this a family getaway. Go to Cape Lookout Lighthouse shell collecting. See dozens of ponies on Shackleford Island. Discover dolphins. Kayak islands and waterfront. Beach. Surf fish. Fort Macon.
LOAVES AND FISHES OF BEAUFORT is a Beaufort-based, Christ-centered, residential, substance abuse recovery program. We provide counseling, shelter and treatment to men at no cost to them. We have just opened a Transition Home where men who have graduated from the six month program can stay 12 to 18 months while they work and learn more life skills that help them move back into the community. www.loavesandfishesnc.org [http://www.loavesandfishesnc.org]
VETERANS SERVICES OF THE CAROLINAS (VSC) supports our nations Veterans and their families by implementing essential assistance programs in communities across North Carolina. Through Housing, Employment, Outreach and Peer Support, Suicide Prevention, and Call Center Service Coordination. We collaborate with community partners and faith communities to engage with Veterans and their families to meet critical needs called Social Drivers of Health.. Through the HOPE/PATH Outreach program, VSC helps unhoused individuals attain the hope that recovery is possible and to get into addiction recovery programs such as Loaves and Fishes; help them find training and employment, income assistance, housing programs, and community mental health services. https://www.abccm-vsc.org/
REGISTRATION FEES/DATES/CATEGORIES:
Individual: $25 per person (by 11/1), $30 thereafter
Group/Team of four or more, $15 per person (savings until 11/1). $30 per person thereafter
We love active military - discount: $15 per person
*Anyone who signs up by November 1 will be entered into our raffle. Sign up now!
PACKET-PICK UP INFORMATION:
Race packet pick up: To be announced
Race Day packet pick up and awards ceremony will be at John Newton Park across Front Street from Clawsons Restaurant. There will be a breakfast for runners and walkers following the race at Ann Street United Methodist Church (417 Ann St, Beaufort).
Awards/Categories:
Top three overall male and female finishers
Top male and top female finishers for each age group will receive medals as follows: Ages 12 and under, 13-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
COURSE:
Beaufort has been voted the coolest small town in America" by Southern Living Magazine. The Race Course is down historic Front Street with its beautiful homes and the oft-seen wild banker ponies across the waterfront. Course certified USATF #NC19005BM.
Make this a family getaway. Go to Cape Lookout Lighthouse shell collecting. See dozens of ponies on Shackleford Island. Discover dolphins. Kayak islands and waterfront. Beach. Surf fish. Fort Macon.
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