Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023
Join us with your family and friends at the Old Storybook Island Picnic Shelter, 2911 Canyon Lake Drive, Rapid City, SD on Saturday, Aug. 26 at 8:00 AM. This is our 3rd Annual 5K Run/Walk for Clean Water. This is a special event to have some fun and laughs, meet new people, get some sunshine, and it helps us bring awareness about needing to protect our clean water supply for us and future generations!
WHY? Gold companies are exploring upstream from Rapid City in the Rapid Creek drainage in the central Black Hill and there are other mining companies looking at exploring in the Black Hills.
The Rapid Creek drainage includes Pe’ Sla, Rochford, Mystic, Deerfield, Silver City, and west almost to the Wyoming border. Gold activities are a major threat to Mniluzahan (Rapid Creek), which is the water supply for Rapid City, Ellsworth Air Force Base, agriculture, and smaller reservation and rural communities. The Creek is also a major site for recreation, from Pactola and Deerfield Reservoirs to whitewater kayaking to a blue ribbon trout fishery. Pollution from gold mining in the northern Black Hills can be found all the way downstream to the Missouri River.
All the scholarship slots have been filled. The scholarship recipient will receive a 5K T-shirt and a light lunch.
5K START TIME
- 8:00 AM – ORIENTATION AND SNACKS
- 8:30 AM – RUN/WALK BEGINS
- Medals awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Places!
- Elder Special for those 65 or older.
Entry Fee
$5 – Per Elder (65 and Over)
$10 – Per Adult (22 – 64)
$10 – Per Youth (13 – 21)
Free – Junior (12 and under)
This reasonable price is made possible by donations.
We have a limited number of scholarships to pay for the entry fee & a T-shirt on a first-come-first-serve basis. Must apply on-line (Registration below).
Sponsors are not responsible for any accidents, injuries, or theft.
LIGHT LUNCH TO FOLLOW. Protect our park and water from single use plastics. Bring your own Cutlery, Plate and/or reusable water bottle.
5K Run/Walk For Clean Water – On-Line Registration Form & Information.
5K Registration Received
Directions to the Event Location.
Old Storybook Island Picnic Shelter, 2911 Canyon Lake Drive, Rapid City, SD. Enter at Parks Department Office, 2915 Canyon Lake Drive.
Sponsored by:
Sponsors are not responsible for any accidents, injuries, or theft.
For more information or how you can help with donations, volunteering, or other, please Contact Us.
If your organization or business would like to become a Co-Sponsor to help with this fun event, please email edbhcwa@gmail.com for more details. Your organizational or business logo will be included on this 5K Run/Walk webpage. It’s a great way to advertise and show solidarity in protecting Black Hills Water from mining.
FILLED: Volunteers also are needed to help on race day and you will receive a Free T-shirt. Volunteer Slots are Limited and are on a first-come-first-served basis. Please email us if you’d like to help and let us know your T-shirt size. Thank you!
Email us at edbhcwa@gmail.com
Check out a few of our 2022 5K Run/Walk photos below. We had a great time! Hope you will join us this year for our 3rd Annual Run/Walk for Clean Water. We even have a few more handmade “Run Buddies” that we’ll be giving out.
Thank you to the Windrose Fund, NDN Collective, and other donors for contributing to BHCWA and our mission.
The mission of Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, founded in 2009, is to stop current and prevent future radioactive and destructive mining in the Black Hills region to protect our valuable resources – especially our water – for future generations. The Alliance is a diverse collection of citizens concerned about the health, environmental, and economic impacts that irresponsible mining projects would have on our communities, people, economy, and natural resources.
Black Hills Clean Water Alliance 