Love for Smiles 5k
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Past event
11:00 AM PST
Palmdale, California
$11.58–$27.45 · 3 races
5km, 1 Mile
Event summary
Get ready to put on your running shoes for the 6th Annual Love for Smiles 5K taking place on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Palmdale, Los Angeles! This vibrant event not only promises a fun-filled day of fitness but also aims to make a significant impact by supporting the charity Smile Train. With a special Youth 5K for participants aged 14 and under, this event is perfect for families looking to share a meaningful experience while promoting health and well-being.
Participants will enjoy a chip-timed 5K course that begins at Westside Christian Fellowship, featuring a scenic route along Leona Ave. Runners will receive custom-designed cowbells and t-shirts, with awards for age group winners, while the Children's Smile Mile participants will take home fun train whistles! Your registration helps fund life-changing surgeries for children suffering from cleft lip and palate, providing them with a chance to smile and thrive. Join us for a day of joy, community, and purpose—be a SMILE Maker!
Participants will enjoy a chip-timed 5K course that begins at Westside Christian Fellowship, featuring a scenic route along Leona Ave. Runners will receive custom-designed cowbells and t-shirts, with awards for age group winners, while the Children's Smile Mile participants will take home fun train whistles! Your registration helps fund life-changing surgeries for children suffering from cleft lip and palate, providing them with a chance to smile and thrive. Join us for a day of joy, community, and purpose—be a SMILE Maker!
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Races
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5k Run/Walk
Incl. $2.45 Fee & T-Shirt
Entries closed11:00 AM PST
$27.45
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Kids Smile Mile
Incl. $1.58 Fee & Love For Smiles Train Whistle
Must be 12 years or younger on day of the race to participate in the SMILE Mile.
Entries closed11:00 AM PST
$11.58
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Youth 5k
Incl. $1.87 Fee & T-Shirt
The youth registering must be 14 and under
Entries closed11:00 AM PST
$16.87
Organiser's description
DATE CHANGE!!!
NEW LOCATION!!!! NEW LOCATION!!! NEW LOCATION!!!
YOUTH 5K ADDED - 14 AND UNDER
ABOUT US:
Join us for the the 6th Annual Love for Smiles 5K and the Children's Smile Mile. Presented with the support of The High Desert Runners, to raise money for the charity Smile Train. Your registration for this event will go toward creating a SMILE on a childs face and change that childs life forever. You will be a SMILE Maker!!
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 Cow Bells and T-Shirts for the first 150 participants. Train Whistle for all Smile Mile participants. All age group award winners will receive their sticker to place the side of your cow bell.
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. There will not be a water station on the course so feel free to grab a water at the start or finish.
PACKET PICKUP: Saturday morning from 6:45-7:45 at the race. At Westside Christian Fellowship
RACE DAY REGISTRATION:
Saturday morning from 6:45-7:45, at Westside Christian Fellowship. You will be picking up everything before you start the race.
SPONSORSHIP:
The 5th annual Love For Smiles 5K Fun Run and Kids Smile Mile are presented by the High Desert Runners and Iron Rootz. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact us.
NEW LOCATION!!!! NEW LOCATION!!! NEW LOCATION!!!
YOUTH 5K ADDED - 14 AND UNDER
ABOUT US:
Join us for the the 6th Annual Love for Smiles 5K and the Children's Smile Mile. Presented with the support of The High Desert Runners, to raise money for the charity Smile Train. Your registration for this event will go toward creating a SMILE on a childs face and change that childs life forever. You will be a SMILE Maker!!
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 Cow Bells and T-Shirts for the first 150 participants. Train Whistle for all Smile Mile participants. All age group award winners will receive their sticker to place the side of your cow bell.
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. There will not be a water station on the course so feel free to grab a water at the start or finish.
PACKET PICKUP: Saturday morning from 6:45-7:45 at the race. At Westside Christian Fellowship
RACE DAY REGISTRATION:
Saturday morning from 6:45-7:45, at Westside Christian Fellowship. You will be picking up everything before you start the race.
SPONSORSHIP:
The 5th annual Love For Smiles 5K Fun Run and Kids Smile Mile are presented by the High Desert Runners and Iron Rootz. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact us.
Location
Westside Christian Fellowship 9306 Leona Ave, Leona Valley, 93551, CA, United States
Love for Smiles 5k
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