Run with the Chums 5K race to celebrate Whatcom Water Week

 Run with the Chums will kick off Whatcom Water Week on Saturday, September 9 at BP Highlands, 6898 Point Whitehorn Road.

The annual 5K fun run and youth smolt sprint will return for its 11th year. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m., the smolt obstacle sprint (ages 10 and under) starts at 9:45 a.m. and the 5K starts at 10 a.m., according to a Whatcom Conservation District release. 

The race will highlight the importance of water quality with facts along the course while offering views of Point Whitehorn and Birch Bay. Booths from local organizations will also provide education and entertainment at the event. Prizes will be raffled. 

Run with the Chums will be the first event of Whatcom Water Week, which runs September 9 through Sunday, September 17. The week-long celebration of local water resources will have a variety of activities and challenges for people to participate in. 

Water week activities include Family Field Day at the bp Heron Center at Birch Bay State Park, where beach naturalists will identify and provide education on beach organisms, 9–11 a.m. Monday, September 11. Washington State University Whatcom County Extension will also start the first class of its five-part green gardening course at the bp Heron Center from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, September 16.

For a full list of Whatcom Water Week events, visit whatcomwin.org/water-week-events. To register for Run with the Chums, visit whatcomcd.org/run-with-the-chums.