HEALTH & WELLNESS //
PLAN YOUR RUN Thursday Race:
6:30PM Subaru of Grand Forks Hog Dog Jog Fun Run
Friday Races: 6:00PM Crary Real Estate Family Fun Run 6:30PM Alerus 5K
weekend RACING Race brings in FOR $200,000 to DOLLARS $250,000 per year to the city
RUNNING Over 55 percent of TO THE race participants REGION come from outside
a 25-mile radius of Grand Forks
Saturday Races:
7:15AM Wild Hog Full Marathon & Full Marathon Relays 8:00AM Half Marathon, Half Marathon Relays & Subway Restaurants 10K
MAKING THE MILES MATTER The Wild Hog Marathon donates a major portion of its proceeds to at-risk or low-income youth. The funding helps support active lifestyles and provide running shoes and other equipment. (Last year, shoes purchased with this funding made it to the North Dakota State Track meet podium)
- The YMCA Partner of Youth fund received $10K from the 2017 event, for a lifetime total of $35K - The Grand Forks Parks & Rec Foundation received $10K from the 2017 event, for a lifetime total of $35K - The Grand Forks Public Schools Foundation for Education received $10K from the 2017 event for a lifetime total of $40K. This fund is called the Wild Hog Fund
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SPONSORS 36 GRAND LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE // ISSUE 2 2018