Shepherd Center Junior Committee's James Shepherd Jr. Fund Run and Roll 5k

Join us on Saturday October 1st at 8:30am, for Shepherd Center Junior Committee's James Shepherd Jr. Fund Run & Roll 5k! This event started in 2020 as a virtual fundraiser for Shepherd Center Junior Committee and this year will be our first year in-person! The James Shepherd, Jr. Fund Run & Roll is a community 5k event that not only supports a great cause but will be a fun time for everyone! The funds raised through this event will directly impact the lives of Shepherd Center patients and our Recreation Therapy Program.

***Runners, Walkers and Rollers are welcome!***

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Thank you to our sponsors!

 Presenting

Gold

Silver

Huffner Family Foundation

Event Details and Schedule

Main event location is the Atlantic Green Space and the Start/Finish line will be on 19th Street in-front of the Movie Theater. 

Check-in will start at 7am. We will have Check-in tables (located in front of concierge) to pick up your bibs as well as registration tables for those signing up day of (which is $45)

Race will start at 8:30am and Fun Run will be held before that if we have enough kids signed up.

We will have finishing medals & T-shirts for everyone! And we will have awards for:

Timed 5k: Overall Female & Overall Male

Timed 5k: Masters overall Female & Masters Overall Male
Timed 5k Wheelchair division: Overall Female & Overall Male

Parking:

Once you have entered the garage, we suggest you park in the purple area of the deck by Stairwell #7 since there's an elevator and escalator there that takes you directly into the Green.

• From South Atlanta: Take I-75/I-85 (the Downtown Connector) to Exit 250, Tenth Street/Fourteenth Street/Georgia Tech. Stay Straight on Williams Street, and then turn left on 14th Street at the light. Turn right on State Street across 17th Street. Turn right into the parking deck and take a ticket.
• From GA 400: Follow Southbound until GA 400 ends and merges onto I-85 and take Exit 84, Seventeenth St/Fourteenth St/Tenth St. Keep right. Take a right off the exit onto 17th Street. Continue on 17th and take a right on State Street just past the Twelve Hotel. Take quick right into the parking deck and take a ticket.
•  From I-85: Follow Southbound and take Exit 84, Seventeenth St/Fourteenth St/Tenth St. Keep right. Take a right off the exit onto 17th Street. Continue on 17th and take a right on State Street just past the Twelve Hotel. Take quick right into the parking deck and take a ticket.
• From I-75: Follow Southbound and take Exit 250 Sixteenth St/ Fourteenth St /Tenth St. Follow access road under overpass and take 16th Street. Follow 16th Street until the light. Take a right on State Street at the light. Cross over 17thStreet and take a quick right into the parking deck and take a ticket.