Join us for a family friendly, spooky, and all around fun 5k/1k along the Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve. Come dressed in your best costume and be ready to walk, crawl, float, fly or simply just strut your stuff - prizes for top kid, adult, and pet costumes! All funds raised benefit two local groups - the Spring Klein Rotary Club and Eye See Hou (more info below).
Participants are encouraged to come in costume and walk or run at their own pace, choosing to complete either a 5k or 1k (for those with younger kids or for whom a 5k is too long). Pets are also welcome! The donation for Race Entry is $20 for adults and $10 for kids, which includes a free raffle ticket. Raffle prizes include local restaurant gift cards and more! Additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase. Prizes will be awarded for best child, adult, and pet costumes as voted by applause from the audience. Prizes for fastest male and female runner will also be awarded.
DETAILS - (see details and FAQ tab above for more info)
- Location: Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve. 20215 Chasewood Park Dr. Houston, TX 77070. Parking is very limited, so please carpool or arrive early. We will be all the way at the end of the drive where parking dead ends.
- Schedule:
- Check In: 9-9:30am
- Prerace announcements: 9:30-9:40am
- Costume Contest
- Run/Walk: 9:45 - 10:45am
- Post race announcements: 10:45am - 11am
- Raffle - must be present to win
- Cost: $20 for adults, $10 for kids
- Attendees can pay the entry fee day of with cash or Venmo, OR, can pay online with card by registering and creating a team fundraising page above. If you're coming solo, you still create a team (with you as the only member), but you can also invite others to join your team as well! The default ticket price is set to $20, but you can lower that to $10 for kids. If you then share your page and raise over $100+ there are other prizes available (see below).
Spring Klein Rotary Club
- We are the newest local chapter of Rotary International, a global humanitarian and civic organization founded in 1905 and committed to bringing professionals together to do good works across the world. Rotary is the only non-country participant of the United Nations, and has been instrumental in the eradication of Polio around the world.
Eye See Hou
- A nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the lives of Houston's VIP (visually impaired person) community. Through social gatherings, transportation support, medical advocacy, and more, they are able to improve the lives of local Houstonians living with varying degrees of vision loss and blindness.
Fundraising Prizes
- For fundraising pages that raise more than the following amounts,
the subsequent prize/gift shall be awarded to you on race-day:
- $100+ = Rotary Can Coozie
- $250+ = Rotary Can Coozie and Rotary Pen
- $500+ = Rotary Can Coozie, Rotary Pen, & Rotary Stainless
Steel Reusable Water Bottle
- $100+ = Rotary Can Coozie
We thank you for your support as our club works to better our local community!
SPONSORS & VENDORS - see tab above for more details.
Highlights
See all activity1DETAILS
- Location: Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve. 20215 Chasewood Park Dr. Houston, TX 77070. Parking is very limited, so please carpool or arrive early. We will be all the way at the end of the drive where parking dead ends.
- Schedule:
- Check In: 9-9:30am
- Prerace announcements: 9:30-9:40am
- Costume Contest
- Run/Walk: 9:45 - 10:45am
- Post race announcements: 10:45am - 11am
- Raffle
- Top runner prizes
- Kids Activities: 9-11am
- We will have various vendors with little games the kids can play to win candy, and some they can trick or treat from!
- Cost: $20 for adults, $10 for kids
- Attendees can pay the entry fee day of with card, cash, or Venmo, OR, can create a personal fundraising page here. If you create a personal fundraising page that raises more than $20 (or $10 for kids), then your entry fee will be met. If you raise over $100+ there are other prizes available (see below).
FAQ
- Do I have to register here and create a fundraising page?
- No, you can pay your $20 (or $10 for kids) race entry fee day-of with cash or Venmo. If you want to pay by card, it must be done via registering on this site. If you do register here and create a fundraising page, there are prizes at various levels.
- Will there be food or drinks?
- Yes, we will have water, juice boxes, bananas, granola bars, and even some donuts! Feel free to bring your own food and snacks if you prefer.
- Will there be a medical station?
- Yes, we will have a first aid/medical station with a nurse onsite.
- Do I have to run?
- No, you are welcome to walk at your own pace. As our post-race raffle will start one hour after race kickoff, if you feel you cannot finish a walking 5k in an hour, we welcome you to do the 1k option instead.
- Are my donations or race entry fee tax-deductible?
- Although 100% of your race entry fee or donations go directly to the Spring Klein Rotary Club, we are a 501(c)4 civic organization and thus not eligible for tax deduction. And, while we are then giving 50% of proceeds to Eye See Hou, a 501(c)3, money comes to us first and thus none of your donation is deductible. We hope next year to have our own Spring Klein Rotary Club Foundation up and running, which will make next year's 5k a deductible event :). We thank you for understanding this year as we're new
- How can I learn more about the two organizations?
- You can learn more about Spring Klein Rotary Club either at our Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SpringKleinRotary or our website http://www.springkleinrotary.com
- You can learn more about Eye See Hou at their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/eyeseehou or their website https://www.eyeseehou.com/
This event is a great opportunity for your business to be a vendor or sponsor at, as our Rotary Club has members that are all professionals in the local Spring Klein area, and this event will attract a lot of local families as well.
VENDORS
Day-of event vendors are welcome to come, set up a table/booth, market their business, etc. To become a vendor, we ask for a $25 donation to our Rotary Club, and that you bring either small candies or toys (for the kids at the event) that you can pass out either trick or treat style, OR, create an easy game for kids to play to win the candy or toy (bean bag toss, go fish game, etc). As most of our families with young kids will likely be doing the 1k option, they'll finish early before the main race ends and have some time to fill.
To become a vendor, please email SpringKleinRotary@gmail.com
SPONSORS
If you'd like to be an event sponsor, we'd recommend creating a team fundraising page for your business and donating through there. The top 3 teams that raise the most amount of money will be highlighted day-of and on marketing materials. If you'd like to suggest a different kind of event sponsorship, please email SpringKleinRotary@gmail.com
