Crete Community Runners Association

There's still time to register and purchase your 2025 Turkey Trot t-shirt! Sign up now for the THIRD ANNUAL Crete Community Runners Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5k Run/Walk! As always, this is a FREE community event! Sign up now! https://runsignup.com/cretetrot2025

We were on hand to pass out treats and fliers for the 3rd Annual FREE Turkey Trot in Village of Crete at the Crete Township Community Center. President Jess Staley accepted a generous donation from the Crete Lions Club President! Don’t forget to sign up! https://runsignup.com/Race/Events/IL/Crete/CreteCommunityRunnersAssociationTurkeyTrot

Registration now OPEN for the THIRD ANNUAL Crete Community Runners Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5k Run/Walk! As always, this is a FREE community event! Sign up now!

Don't forget to sign up for the CM201U Fund Run! This Saturday at Crete-Monee High School! cm201uedfoundation.org
Come visit the CCRA table for information about the 2025 Turkey Trot!

Today we celebrate Juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States.

We invite you to join us Saturday at 8am for a FREE community event! No registration required! The Crete Community Runners Association will lead a 2 mile walk for Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom. Please meet at Heritage Park at 7:30am.

Local Connection: Crete & the Underground Railroad
Right here in Crete, history lives on. Caroline Quarlls, a young freedom seeker, found refuge here on her path to freedom. In 2018, the National Park Service recognized the Crete Cemetery and Crete Congregational Church at 550 W. Exchange St.—which you'll pass on the Freedom Walk—as a significant site in the history of the Underground Railroad, now eligible for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
As you walk, may you reflect on the legacy of freedom, justice, and the continued journey toward equity.

ONE WEEK AWAY! FREE community event! No registration required!
You are invited to join the Crete Community Runners Association as we lead a 2 mile walk for Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom. The walk will be held on Saturday, June 21st at 8:00am. Please meet at Heritage Park at 7:30am.

Local Connection: Crete & the Underground Railroad
Right here in Crete, history lives on. Caroline Quarlls, a young freedom seeker, found refuge here on her path to freedom. In 2018, the National Park Service recognized the Crete Cemetery and Crete Congregational Church at 550 W. Exchange St.—which you'll pass on the Freedom Walk—as a significant site in the history of the Underground Railroad, now eligible for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.
As you walk, may you reflect on the legacy of freedom, justice, and the continued journey toward equity.

You are invited to join the Crete Community Runners Association as we lead a 2 mile walk for Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom. The walk will be held on Saturday, June 21st at 8:00am. FREE community event - no registration required! Please meet at Heritage Park at 7:30am.

Local Connection: Crete & the Underground Railroad

Right here in Crete, history lives on. Caroline Quarlls, a young freedom seeker, found refuge here on her path to freedom. In 2018, the National Park Service recognized the Crete Cemetery and Crete Congregational Church at 550 W. Exchange St.—which you'll pass on the Freedom Walk—as a significant site in the history of the Underground Railroad, now eligible for the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

As you walk, may you reflect on the legacy of freedom, justice, and the continued journey toward equity.

Check out this years FREE swag!
Sign up today for Running o' the Path 2025! FREE Registration!
https://runsignup.com/runningothepath2025

FREE Registration! Running o' the Path 2025! Sign up today! 🍀https://runsignup.com/runningothepath2025

Due to unsafe weather conditions, tonight's Jingle Run is CANCELLED! Stay warm and safe!

Thanks to the generosity of our members & our supporters we were proud to donate even MORE unwrapped toys this year to Angels on Assignment when the Santa Sleigh Parade came through Crete! Village of Crete.