Put your best foot forward during the Strawberry Stomp 5K on Saturday, May 27, 2017. The 5K walk/run begins at 8:00 a.m. on Historic Main Street in downtown Garden Grove. The event coincides with the 59th annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival.
The USA Track and Field certified course will take hundreds of runners on a scenic 3.1-mile tour through the heart of Garden Grove, before looping back to Historic Main Street. The route is similar to the Strawberry Festival Parade, which begins right after the 5K, at 10:00 a.m., on 9th and Chapman Streets.
All participants will receive an exclusive Strawberry Stomp 5K T-shirt, a finisher medal, and snacks. Medals for the top three finishers in division categories, for both male and female, will be awarded during the medal ceremony at the end of the race.
Early registration is $40 and can be made online at www.strawberrystomp.com. Groups of 10 or more can register at a special rate of $30 per participant. Registration on the day of the event is $45.
Participants are encouraged to represent Garden Grove during the 5K by dressing up in strawberry attire. The person with the best strawberry costume will win a prize during a costume contest being held at the start of the event, at 7:45 a.m.
Proceeds from the 5K will go towards the Sister City Association of Garden Grove, a local nonprofit organization dedicated to furthering the knowledge and understanding between the people of Garden Grove and Anyang, South Korea.
The Sister City Association of Garden Grove facilitates a foreign exchange student program between the Garden Grove Unified School District and Anyang, South Korea School District. Each year, ten Anyang high school students arrive in Garden Grove to experience American culture and see the sites of Southern California. In addition, the Sister City Association sends ten local high school students to Anyang for a chance to experience Korean culture first-hand.
For more information on the Sister City Association of Garden Grove, visit ggsistercity.org.
This article was released by the City of Garden Grove.
The Strawberry Stomp 5k Course map can be found here: Garden-Grove-Strawberry-Stomp-5K-Course-Map-20170527
