{"id":34385,"date":"2015-01-07T16:58:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=34385"},"modified":"2015-01-07T16:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:58:42","slug":"5k-run-through-the-calusa-nature-center-supports-kids-bringing-up-grades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/01\/5k-run-through-the-calusa-nature-center-supports-kids-bringing-up-grades\/","title":{"rendered":"5K Run Through The Calusa <br>Nature Center Supports Kids Bringing Up Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-34386\" title=\"bug run\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bug-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bug-run.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bug-run-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bug-run-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metro-mcgregor.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis<\/a>\u00a0will hold the 7th\u00a0annual Calusa Bug Chase 5K run and BUG Crawl on Jan. 31, 2015 at the\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.calusanature.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calusa Nature Center<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0located at 3450 Ortiz Avenue in Fort Myers. The race will benefit the\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.metro-mcgregor.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Myers-Metro Kiwanis Club\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0BUG (Bringing Up Grades) Program. Participants can register online at<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/ftmyerstrackclub.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">ftmyerstrackclub.com<\/a>. The Big Bug Title Sponsor for the race is\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.poolpros-inc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pool Pros<\/a>.\u00a0Additional sponsorship opportunities are available starting at the $150 level.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The course, supervised by the\u00a0<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/ftmyerstrackclub.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Myers Track Club<\/a>,\u00a0travels the trails at the nature center and a portion of the asphalt bike path on Ortiz and will be timed with Chrono Track Bib Tag Technology.\u00a0Packet pick up will take place the day of race from 6:30 a.m.-7:15a.m.\u00a0Race day registration begins at 6:30 a.m. and race time is 7:30 a.m.\u00a0Adult pre-registration up to Jan. 23 is $20, Jan. 24-30 registration is $25 and race day registration is $35. Youth (17 and under) discounted pre- registration is $10, Jan. 24-30 registration is $15 and race day registration is $25.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0Bug Crawl Walk registration is $10. Registration includes a long-sleeve commemorative t-shirt, complimentary race day admission to the Calusa Nature Center and refreshments. Overall and age group awards for the 5K run will be presented.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds benefit the Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis BUG (Bring UP Grades) program, designed to provide recognition to local elementary students who raise their grades to an acceptable range and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next. The Metro-McGregor Kiwanis currently has BUG programs at Orangewood, Colonial and Littleton Elementary schools and is actively seeking more schools to participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis\u00a0will hold the 7th\u00a0annual Calusa Bug Chase 5K run and BUG Crawl on Jan. 31, 2015 at the\u00a0Calusa Nature Center\u00a0\u00a0located at 3450 Ortiz Avenue in Fort&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}