Avalon

Wetlands Institute - Watch our award-winning film, Secrets of the Salt Marsh, then join us for an interpretive walk through the wetlands!  Together we will travel along our elevated walkway, down the salt marsh trail, and out onto the dock overlooking Scotch Bonnet creek.  To fully experience the marsh, make sure to wear shoes that can get wet and muddy!

Weekdays:  10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm
Weekends:  11:00am and 1:00pm
Free with admission

Seasonal, weekly Farmers Market featuring local & specialty produce, prepared foods & drinks, baked goods, fresh flowers, spices & sauces and specialty foods.

The give away this year is a pair of amazing and super comfortable  BALEGA SOCKS! Socks are limited to the first 300 registered runners.

Youth runners will again get a FLEECE CREW! Limited sizes and quantities. First registered get first pick. IF fleece crews run out, youth will get a pair of features socks or you can choose them if you want instead of fleece crew.

Come join us for a fun family day of running to support those in need in our community. We have a distance that is right for everyone. Participants get to chose a 5K run or 2 mile walk on the beach.  5K Awards go to TOP 3 male and female overall and age group winners in 10 year groups.

ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY at https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Avalon/FriendsandFamilyBeachRun. PICK UP IS RACE DAY 6:15-7:45AM inside Community Hall: 3001 Avalon Avenue Avalon, NJ 08202. run It is an out and back course. All the runs start and finish at 30th Street and the Beach.  The 2 Mile Walk turn around is @ 49th Street. 5K turn around is at 60th Street. The event is chipped timed by DQ Events. You will be running down by the water edge in packed hard sand. There is NOT a water aid station on the course.

KIDS 2K and 1K FUN RUNS are also included in the day's event. The goal of hosting the fun runs is to transform lives through sport.
We believe that every aspiring young athlete should have the opportunity to participate in our life-changing sport. We want to provides a fun fitness outlet that can jump start a healthy lifestyle for years to come and our TKC events provide the platform for families to race together!  Running is the easiest starting point to the mutisport world for most youth, it can be done pretty much anywhere with just a pair of sneakers. We are grateful for your support of our programs that will help solidify the future of sport for aspiring athletes. Medals to all youth finishers.  Awards for top 5 male and female is each age group. 8 and under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-15 years old.

2K Fun Run turn around for YOUTH 11-15 years old is @ 42nd Street. The 1K FUN RUN turn around for YOUTH 10 AND UNDER is at 36th Street.(We take them young if they can run it!)   

We do have our famous FASTEST FAMILY for the event. It is FREE!! Mom or dad (must be ONE parent) in the 5k run team up with one child in either of the 2K or 1K RUNS. FASTEST FAMILY any pair of immediate family members both running in the 5K! Top 3 lowest combined times win a prize for each of the distances (10 and under in the 1K and 11-15 in the 2K, and any age in the 5K) Winners get bragging rights for the year as The Island's Fastest Family. Now everyone in your family has to come out and run with us.

We are supporting a wonderful local charity from this event. Proceeds will go to the Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children right here in Avalon. These funds will go to them offsetting the $1500 per week cost per child for their free week of vacation here in Avalon.   Support of the Home is provided by volunteerism, foundation grants, general donations and community organizations. 100% of your donation will go to fund their programs.