Race Update :: What is Run For Compassion?

February 2nd, 2012 by jenn

Timing Results for 5K and 10K Here!

*Racers: Bag pick-up, including your bib number and t-shirt, is from 6-8pm Friday April 13 at our race site.

*Same day registration: You can register the morning of the race starting at 6:30am-7:30am. Registration will shut down at 7:30am! Our online registration will shut down on Friday April 13 at 5pm.

Run For Compassion is a 5K and 10K in College Station, TX, raising funds for Compassion International. We are apart of the BCS Marathon race series.

Race Directors: Jennifer and Rusty Bacak (Jennbacak@gmail.com)

What’s New This Year?: If you are a returning Run For Compassion participant, please note our race upgrades this year! Chip timing is available (Whoop!), our new 10K route (you can view both routes under Maps and Directions), and our awesome American Alternative t-shirt option this year (design preview available on registration page). This is the shirt you will want to wear everyday because it’s so comfortable! Also, we are now apart of the BCS Marathon Race Series! Run For Compassion is better than EVER this year!

 

When?

On April 14, 2012, we will have the fourth annual Run For Compassion. The race begins at 8am. Racer Bag pick-up will be at our race site Friday night, April 13th, from 6-8pm.

 

Where?

Our race starts and finishes at 2803 Earl Rudder Freeway in College Station. We are between the Emerald Pkwy./ 2818 exit  and Southwest Parkway exit of Highway 6. This is the Creekside Medical Office building, which houses the B-CS Abundant Life Family Practice. It is adjacent to Central Texas ENT office.

Parking will be at the race site, with overflow parking at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

 

Why?

We are passionate about raising funds for Compassion International as they “release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.”

Run For Compassion 2012 funds will go toward constructing a brand-new building designed for 250 children in Breman Jamra in Ghana. This project opened in 2008, addressing the area’s tremendous poverty by providing children with nutritious meals, health care, tutoring, Christian education and more. Unfortunately, the only meeting site available to them is a dilapidated, rodent-infested school building that is also used for many other community functions and is often unavailable. The newly constructed building will provide a safe and sanitary place for this project to thrive! It will include six classrooms, six bathrooms, and office space for storing instructional materials. Local masons, carpenters, plumbers and construction workers will be hired to work on the project, helping inject a small but meaningful amount of money into the local economy.
Your contribution makes a difference in the lives of children living in poverty in Ghana!

See “How did this begin?”, “Why Ghana?”, and “What is Compassion?” to read more!

We enjoy a partnership with the BCS Marathon, hosted by Mercy Project, working to rescue children from slavery in Ghana. Race Director: Chris Field.

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