Event Description
This family-friendly event is the perfect opportunity to stay active and engaged while supporting early literacy in Palm Beach County! Walk, run, or read, knowing you’re supporting increased early literacy rates and access to books in your community.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a free book gifting program for children ages 0-5 that mails one free, high quality book per month to each child enrolled, at no cost to their family. It is fully funded by donations from generous community members. The Palm Beach County Imagination Library is currently enrolling zip codes 33430, 33438, 33476, and 33493, and will continue adding zip codes as it meets fundraising goals through events like this one!
5k Participants receive a unisex Race T-Shirt, Custom Race Medal, Swag Bag, and Finisher's Certificate!!
Participants under age 12 in the Little Literacy Heroes 1-Mile Run receive a Race CAPE!! Option to purchase additional shirts and capes is available, while supplies last.
**Shirts only guaranteed when registered by March 1, 2021. Additional shirts will be available, while sizes last.
Packet pickup will be on Friday. March 12, 2021, at Downtown at the Gardens. Participants are encouraged to run or walk their race on Saturday, March 13, 2021.
We will be utilizing AccuChip Virtual Scoring Platform which has live competitive scoring that is updated every two minutes. Simply run or walk your race, then enter your time on the scoring website to see scores and updates in real time. Scoring will include tabulation of overall, gender, and age group categories, providing runners with immediate feedback on how they are performing against other runners in the virtual event. All you need to do to participate in live scoring is run or walk on Saturday, March 13, 2021 and track your 5k (3.1 mile) time. Then submit your time on the Open Results page using the “Enter Time” icon next to your name. **The deadline to submit your race time is noon (12:00pm EST) on Saturday, March 13, 2021.
Run or walk and support a great cause, while maintaining safe social distance. We might be miles apart, but we can do this together!
