Senior Citizens, Inc., a local nonprofit agency dedicated to helping people age successfully, will host its 6th annual Miles for Meals 5k Run/Walk at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Daffin Park. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit SCI’s Meals on Wheels program, which provides a hot, nutritious meal to seniors throughout coastal Georgia.

Run, walk, or race with “celebrity” veggies for a morning filled with fun and fitness for the entire family and leave knowing you have made a difference in the lives of seniors in your community. Participants are encouraged to wear vegetable, fruit, or other food-related costumes or hats.

The 5k Run/Walk begins at Daffin Park East Mall and passes through Police Memorial Trail before ending in front of Grayson Stadium. Food, drinks, and awards will be given out after the race.

Currently, SCI prepares and delivers more than 9,000 meals each week in Chatham, Effingham, Bryan and Liberty counties. Many times, the Meals on Wheels volunteer or staff driver is the only person a senior will see in an entire day or even a week. It takes just $6 a day to provide a hot, nutritious meal to a homebound senior, yet more than 600 seniors, at or below the federal poverty line, await nutrition support in Chatham County alone! Georgia ranks number six among Meals on Wheels America's “Top Ten Hunger States,” with nearly one in twelve seniors in Georgia being at risk of hunger.

If You Go:

Miles for Meals 5k Run/Walk
Saturday, May 21, 8 a.m.
1401 East Victory Drive, Daffin Park (near baseball stadium entrance)
Register online at: https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Savannah/MilesforMeals5K or at Fleet Feet Sports Savannah, 3405 Waters Avenue
Info: (912) 236-0363

Registration fees (no refunds available)
$25 through April 24
$30 April 24 through May 19
$35 May 20 and 21

Packet pickup
Friday, May 20, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. at Fleet Feet Sports Savannah located at 3405 Waters Avenue.

For those unable to attend:

If you are unable to attend the event but would still like to contribute, please sign up to be a virtual runner and get a t-shirt!  Registration locations and fees are the same as above.