Running Up For Air Vert Challenge

Patagonia Charlotte

Monday

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January

01

11:00am

PST

Running Up For Air Vert Challenge

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Event Details

Join us on June 1 from 8am - 10am at The White Water Center as we run as many laps as possible up the East Main Trail to raise money for organizations working on air-quality issues.

Following the running event join us and our non-profit partners at the Patagonia store in South End where we will have free breakfast and coffee waiting! We will also have a raffle to win Patagonia product, to enter you just need to donate to one of our environmental non-profit event partners at the store reception!

All week long, the energy will continue on Strava as part of the Running Up For Air: Clean Air Vert Challenge. Between June 1 and 9, participate by logging as much vert as possible on your favorite local peak and raising money for nonprofit partners.

Please RSVP above to attend the in person event and visit the Strava link below to sign up for the virtual challenge, and how to donate.

STRAVA

How To Attend

Registration is requested for each attendee. Please click the RSVP button at the top of this page to sign up for the in person event and complete the waiver.

We will cover parking fees for the first 50 vehicles that arrive to the White Water Center! Please carpool with friends to save on carbon emissions! All day parking is $12 per car.

We will meet you at the entrance of the WWC and direct you to the trail.

Should it rain, they have an all-weather trail we will use.

Don't forget your water bottle, sunscreen, and sunglasses.

COVID-19 Protocols

To keep event participants safe, we ask that you follow these protocols:

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First and foremost, we ask that you stay home if you've been experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.

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Masks:

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Social Distancing:

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Sanitizing Stations:

If you have any questions about our COVID-19 protocols, please give us a call during store hours at: {INSERT STORE PHONE NUMBER}.

Get to Know Our Event Partners

CleanAIRE NC

CleanAIRE NC represents everyone who cares about health, equity, and the environment. We represent advocates, healthcare professionals, organizers, educators, scientists, and thousands of people from communities across North Carolina. Rural and urban, coastal, Piedmont and mountains, we are united by the belief that everyone deserves a healthy environment where they can grow and thrive. Together we advance solutions that address three powerful determinants of health in North Carolina: climate change, air pollution, and environmental justice. Through advocacy, education, and research, CleanAIRE NC is working to protect what connects us and ensure that all North Carolinians have access to clean air and a livable climate.

TreesCharlotte

TreesCharlotte is a public/private nonprofit collaboration to grow, diversify and steward the city’s iconic urban forest. Trained volunteers and science-based programs teach residents about the value of trees and how to plant and care for them.