Runners can enjoy the mild winter and help out Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis

(St. Louis) Runners rejoice! Old man winter has yet to come to town this year. Do you know what that means? You still have time to enjoy the parks this season. Well, that and you don’t have to get back on that treadmill quite yet. Come enjoy the extended season by taking part in Missouri Running Company’s Winter Park Series. This is a series of 5 races at 5 different area parks that gives you the opportunity to help the Ronald McDonald House this holiday season.

Upon registration, runners will have the option to make a donation to Ronald McDonald House Charities. More information about the series can be found on our Community Partner Events page.  

The next race is the Reindeer 5k and will be held at Tower Grove Park on December 15^th. Registration is $25 through December 7^th and $35 December 8^th through race day. The packet pick-up is December 13^th and 14^th at the U-City Missouri Running Company store. Registration on race day will begin at 6:30am and the race will start at 8am.   

Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis provides a “home-away-from home” for families of seriously ill children traveling to St. Louis for medical treatment. The organization has grown from an eight-bedroom facility in 1981 to now include three Houses, eight extended-stay apartments, and three Ronald McDonald Family Rooms – one at Mercy Children’s Hospital, one at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and one at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center. The Ronald McDonald House provides comfort, care and lodging for up to 59 families every day of the year.