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The Rotary Club of St Petersburg is excited to announce the 2nd year of our Salty Sands Run/Walk, which will take place Saturday April 22, 2023 at North Beach in beautiful Fort Desoto Park. The event will feature a 10k Run, 5K Run and a 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk as well as a Kids 1 Mile race, so there is a distance for everyone and we hope that you will come out and join us.
Rotary is always looking for ways to support our community and all of the amazing non-profit organizations that are continually striving to make St Petersburg a better place. In fact, there are so many great organizations that sometimes it’s tough to just choose one, so this year we are launching a new concept for the Salty Sands that we are calling the Charity Challenge.
Instead of us choosing a charity that the event proceeds will be given to, we are asking you the runners to choose! This is going to be super easy, fun and maybe even a little competitive. Here’s how it works…
Rotary has selected the following three local non-profits that will compete against each other to win the event proceeds. You will be asked to select one to support when you register.
Academy Prep, https://stpete.academyprep.org/about
Reach St Pete, https://reachstpete.org/aboutus
SPCA of Tampa Bay, https://spcatampabay.org/about-us/
The rules for winning are simple. Any registered participant counts as one point for their selected charity. The organization that ends up with the most points wins the most money. *The only twist is that bonus points will be given based on race results, so the winner will not be determined until the day of the event.
Bonus Points are awarded to the top 3 finishers (15, 10 and 5 points respectively) in the 5k or 10k races as well as the top finisher (5 points) in each age group. *The 1 mile walk/run is not timed, so there will be no extra points allocated to that race.
