Halloween Hustle Run and Walk October 25, 2020
Register for 5K Event
The Detroit District Dental Society will be hosting a group to participate in the Fall 5K Walk/ Run on October 25, 2020, at the Halloween Hustle Run and Walk at Freedom Hill County Park in Sterling Heights, MI. The Detroit District will support the charity Blessing in a BackPack, which provides food for elementary school children in our area.
Location: Freedom Hill County Park, 14900 Metro Pkwy, Sterling Heights, MI 48312
Cost to MDA members and Dental Students: FREE - Your participation will earn a donation to Blessing in a Back Pack Detroit area Programs
Cost to guests of MDA members $20.00. (Special discounted rate for Dental Society.)
Time: Check in 3:00pm, Race start 4:00 pm - 5:00pm
Registration includes: Event Race, timed run, t-shirt, participant goody bag, and supporting a group donation to Blessing in a Back Pack providing an oral health dental kit and food to children in the greater Detroit area.
Register for 5K Event
Blessing in a Back Pack
Blessings In a Backpack is a “neighbor-helping-neighbor” program that is designed to help meet the nutritional needs of children and families. The Detroit Dental Society is sponsoring this 5K participation to bring funds to this program and work towards providing a dental oral health kit to the families that are served by the program.
Each week, volunteers, in cooperation with school officials, distribute backpacks filled with enough non-perishable food for the weekend (six meals) to “at-risk” students. These students are participants in the government subsidized free or reduced fee hot lunch program. These students and families are still in need to receive assistant and meals during COVID-19 school shutdowns. These programs to bring good to needed kids and encourage their education are still operating even if school is not "live" and in-person due to COVID-19.
The goal of the Blessings in a Backpack program is to keep these students from going hungry on the weekends and remove barriers to academic success.
You can still donate even if you are not walking or running in the 5K
Not able to attend the 5K and still want to donate to Blessing in a Back Pack to feed children in need. The national average of kids on the food service program is 61% in our area public schools. Children need food to get the most out of education.
Donate at Blessing in a Backpack Michigan.
Questions contact Marcy Dwyer, DDDS Executive Director at 313.337.4900 or centraloffice@detroitdentalsociety.com.