Talk about a party. Commonly just called the “Celebration,” this 5K Run/Walk and Stroll has grown from 2,300 participants to as many as 17,000 people of every age — predominantly women and girls. It's the largest 5K event for women in the country.
Be at the start point by 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the intersection of Bannock Street and Capitol Boulevard. (That’s a new starting place!) The race then takes its traditional route up to the Boise Depot, along Crescent Rim Drive and down past the cheering, tuxedoed men to the finish line, breakfast and entertainment at Ann Morrison Park. It’s all done by about noon, so there will be plenty of time to get ready for the evening’s BSU home football game.
This is actually the culmination of a several-day Celebration.
On Tuesday, the event kicks off with the 2011 Celebrating Women in Business and Leadership Forum with a panel of women leaders who share their experiences in a dinner setting at Boise Centre.
Thursday or Friday head to the Women’s Show at Boise Centre to pick up your race packet, and then enjoy a shopping and sampling exhibition featuring dozens of businesses and plenty of entertainment.
Proceeds from this annual Celebration go to fund future Celebration events and to the St. Luke’s Women’s Health Fund which supports community education programs, birth and parenting classes, support groups and health screenings. There is also a focus this year on students of the Marian Pritchett School at Booth Memorial Home and for education and resources to prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome and other childhood injuries.
Women in Business and Leadership
Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Boise Centre, 5:30 p.m.
$25, $225/table of 10
381-2666 or register online
Women’s Show
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 22-23, at Boise Centre
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Free with your registration, $3 for non-registrants
THIS IS WHERE YOU PICK UP YOUR RACE PACKET. If you’re crunched for time, you can pay an extra $10 when you register online to have your packet ready in the Fast Lane in the Numbers Room.
5K Run/Walk and Stroll
Saturday, Sept. 24, be at your starting point by 8:30 a.m.
Course goes from downtown Boise to Ann Morrison Park
Registration deadline for competitive waves: Sept. 20
Race day registration available in non-competitive waves (there’s an extra fee, so register online or at the show)
Entry fees range from $9 (for babies and tots) to $34, depending on age and category and whether you’ve registered online or by hard copy
Your registration fee includes Celebration T-shirt, breakfast at the Finish Line Party, goodies from sponsors and more.
You can register online, by mail, at the Celebration office, at the Women’s Show or on race day at Capital Park.
Online registration: $5 discount for all categories except tots.
Ride the Shuttles
There are lots of parking spaces downtown, but you don’t have to mess with all that. Free shuttles will depart from the bus shelters in the Dillard’s parking lot at Boise Towne Square and take you to the Start Line. After the event, shuttles will take you from Ann Morrison Park back to Quest Arena downtown or out to Boise Towne Square.
Shuttles from Eagle (St. Luke’s on State Street) and Nampa (Treasure Valley Marketplace) are available by reservation by Sept. 16.
There’s a LOT more information at the website. Go to www.celebrateall.org.
Or call 381-2221.
