Who We Are

Founded in 2006, the Growing Healthy Children Walk & Run is a free event offered to families residing in Chico and surrounding communities. The purpose of this event is to promote fitness and empower families to live an active and healthy lifestyle together.

The first 300 youth to pre-register and pick up their race day packets will receive a FREE t-shirt!

T-Shirt Design Contest

Entries are CLOSED.

Eligible to Enter:  Children between 5-18 years of age who are in grades K-12 are eligible to enter.

Winner:  One grand prize winner will receive a $50 gift card to Michael’s, a framed copy of the winning artwork, and his/her artwork will appear on the official event t-shirt!  

For more information, please see page 2.

Sponsorship

A significant amount of our participants would not be able to enjoy an event like this if was not for the generous support of our sponsors.

Local businesses and organizations support this event through their donation of money, time volunteering, and/or supporting the event’s health fair.

Interested in supporting this year’s event? Please see page 3 for more information.