Roots Rock Run 5K
Race Information
Join the Roots, Rock, Run 5K and the GrassROOTS Community Foundation and support their initiative to boost community members’ collective well-being so that they can use their healthy energy to transform themselves, their families and communities. GrassROOTS Community Foundation funds, supports, develops, and scales community health and wellness programs for women and girls, particularly those who are impoverished. They also advocate for policies and practices that reduce disparities and foster equity.
Proceeds from the event go toward efforts to #EndPeriodPoverty and supports GrassRoots Community Foundation's programming to #endperiodshame and #endperiodpoverty.
The R3 5K will be a hybrid activity - you have your choice of the live or in-person event at Lloyd Hall in Philadelphia (near the Art Museum) or to participate in the virtual race - wherever you are.
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