 Our 4th Annual
Labor of Love 5K Race/Walk
Labor Day, Monday, Sept 3rd, 2012, 8 a.m.
Prepare yourself for fast times on this flat certified course that will be run on the beautifully mature tree lined streets adjacent to McCollum Park in Downers Grove, Illinois. View Race Map
Everyone is welcome! Runners, walkers, wheelchair bound, blind, everyone come join us as we celebrate the Labor Day Holiday with a very special "Labor of Love" extravaganza. Enjoy the live band, great food and many, many prizes via free raffle tickets to both contestants and volunteers. Enjoy the professional event timing by RACE TIME and then see your results on websites such as CARA, Chicago Athlete Magazine, and Race Time within hours of race finish
There will be great events for the kids, live music and entertainment, good food, prizes and ribbons.
Come enjoy this event that will raise the "Human Spirit". Our 2009, 2010 and 2011 events were great and this will be even better. Sign Up Online Now
On Site Registration/Race Material on day of race will take place at McCollum Park 6:30-7:30 a.m. Please note, registration on Race Day will be an extra $5.00 so Pre-Register Online Today, don't wait!
 For the Kids!
1K Race/Walk, Labor Day, Sept 3rd, 2012, 9 a.m.
Bring the kids out for our 1K Race/Walk. All children who participate will receive a ribbon and this event will be professionally timed with finish times and pictures posted right here on our website.
The 1K Race/Walk will begin at 9am, parents feel free to walk or run with your children at no added cost. Fee is just $15.00
Eatin' good this Labor Day... bring the entire family out for our 4th Annual Labor of Love 5k Race/Walk and enjoy great food from our sponsors. Chilis, Buffalo Wild Wings, America Bagel and Trader Joe's will be on hand serving up their deliciousness.
2011's Labor Day rocked with Tumbleweed!
The Downers Grove Noon Lions Club would like to thank the guys of Tumbleweed who performed at our 2011 Labor of Love 5k Race.
The band performed hit songs from the 60's and 70's... learn more about this great group at their MySpace page www.myspace.com/tumbleweedrocks
Last year's event got a little... CrAzY and we loved it!
$25.00 cash prizes were given to the man, woman, boy and girl who won our Crazy Hat Contest! All they had to do was wear their most creative, original, funny, fierce and craziest looking hat on Race Day. Strut their stuff -err hat and impress our judges who scored based on originality, creativity, fierceness and overall craziness.
 The Early Bird Gets the Worm... err Prize
Pre-Registration has its benefits! Starting Monday, June 6th, and on every Monday until race day we will have an "Early Bird Drawing" of one of our many nice raffle prizes to a person who has pre-registered for the race.
Raffle prizes consist of Cub Tickets, Chicago Blackhawks Jersey, Gift Certificates at stores, restaurants, fitness centers, etc. All prizes will be given out on race day. The lucky winners names will be published weekly, right here at our site.
So go ahead and pre-register for this great event and check back often to see if you are one of the lucky winners!
CARA CERTIFICATION
We are pleased to announce that our Labor of Love 5K Race/Walk received the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA) designation as a CARA CERTIFIED RACE.
Due to CARA’s advocacy efforts, runners in the Chicagoland area enjoy some of the highest quality road races in the country. To view the Guidelines and to learn more about CARA, visit www.cararuns.org.
CARA is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding, motivating, supporting and celebrating the running community of Chicagoland. CARA connects runners to resources that enable them to run – further, faster, better, for life.
Congratulations to Marcas Lowthian who finished in 1st place, Chris Barajas who finished in 2nd place, Daniel Kurpiel who finished in 3rd place and everyone else who participated in and made our 2010 race a success!
Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of the 2010 Labor of Love race received these beautiful medals, which were custom designed by RunningAwards.com, located in Winfield, Illinois.
 RunningGuru.com snapped pictures of all the 2010 participants and they are now available for download!
Be sure and browse over to their website and download your photo. These professionally taken photographs are available for just .99 an image.
Noon Lions Club would like to extend a warm Thank You to everyone who participated in our 2009, 2010 and 2011 Labor of Love, 5K Run/Walk.
Noon Lions Club
The Downers Grove Noon Lions Club, of Downers Grove, Illinois, meets the first and third Tuesday of each month for lunch at Gatto's Restaurant, 5123 Main Street, Downers Grove.
We have been providing community and humanitarian services to our community for over 80 years. |
