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What better way to celebrate Earth Day and do your part to preserve creation through helping educate the future generations on the environment, by running or sponsoring the 5K Fun Run for the Barrier Island Local Outreach Program. This  exciting course at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center has received high praise from running and walking enthusiasts  featuring dirt roads, trails, and sandy paths through our  314 acres of beach, maritime forest, and undisturbed salt marsh on Seabrook Island, SC.

Whether you are looking for a strenuous challenge, a great way to improve fitness, or a nice stroll on a Saturday morning, the Barrier Island 5K Fun Run is for you. Hikers, dog-walkers, and others have applauded the beauty of the scenery, and a chance to fully appreciate all that creation at St. Christopher Camp and Conference Center offers.

5 Environments in 5 km: Maritime Forest, Salt Marsh, Dunes, Estuary, Beach

Food Trucks, Games, Door Prizes, Auction, Education Tents, Live Animals

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Lodging opportunities are available for individuals and groups.

Contact Lori Held for discounted group cabin rates at lheld@stchristopher.org

 Contact Lisa Marrone to book a lodge room at lmarrone@stchristopher.org

LOCAL OUTREACH MISSION

• Create Scholarships for schools in need of financial aid to visit our environmental education program.

• Support our Charleston County Outreach as we continue to bring Barrier Island programs to classrooms.

 

Our Local Outreach brings environmental education to local Title 1 schools that don’t have the resources to send entire classes or school grades to Barrier Island for a multi-night field trip. We are also creating scholarships to bring students and schools from both the Charleston County and the Upstate communities  (some who have never seen the beach before) to our program.

The  Outreach Program feels it is important to equip our next generations with the knowledge of the environment in which they live in. We do this at no expense to the schools visited, but entirely with the help of sponsorship and generous giving.

 

The more funds we raise with the 5K Fun Run, the more schools and students we are able to reach and teach about God’s creation.

 

For questions about the 5k registration and sponsorship inquiries please contact Outdoor Encounters Coordinator, Jared Crain at jcrain@stchristopher.org.