This inaugural event is being put on by the
Christian Veterinary Missions Fellowship (CVMF) at NC State to raise funds for their organization. Christian Veterinary Mission exists to share the love of Christ through veterinary medicine. Working in communities worldwide, CVM equips and encourages veterinary professionals and students to build relationships with others through the use of their veterinary knowledge and skills so that lives are transformed. We accomplish this by providing veterinary services for those who are unable to provide medical care for their animals.
This organization at NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine, currently serves three Native American communities via annual service trips: the Yup’ik in Alaska, the Cherokee in western North Carolina and the Navajo in Arizona. Typically, trips consist of small animal spays, neuters, and vaccination clinics. Veterinarians and veterinary students also spend time working on farm animal herds.
CVMF at NC State is very hopeful and prays that this event will aid in funding their annual mission trips as well as bring the community together in a fun and exciting way!
The double-loop course takes place entirely within the campus of the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine located at 1060 William Moore Drive in Raleigh.
The 1.5 mile Dog Run will be the first event of the morning beginning at 8 am. The featured 5K (no dogs, please) will start at 8:30 am.
No official times will be taken in the Dog Run, but everyone will be able to see their finishing times on a digital clock at the finish.
Registrants in the 5K can register either as a timed or untimed entry. Timed entrants will receive an official time and be eligible for awards. Untimed entrants will not receive an official time or be eligible for awards, but they will be able to see their finishing times on a digital clock at the finish line.
The entry fees for the 5K are $30 up to and including July 15
th, $35 from July 16
th to August 14, and $40 on race day. T-shirts are guaranteed to all those registered by July 15
th. After that it will be “as available.”
The entry fees for the Dog Run are $25 up to and including July 15
th, $30 from July 16
th to August 14, and $35 on race day.
There is also a special entry fee for those wishing to participate in both the Dog Run and 5K. Those fees are $35 up to and including July 15
th, $40 from July 16
th to August 14, and $50 on race day.
Pre-registered runners can pick up their packets and late entrants can register on the campus on Friday, August 14 from 3-7 pm