Eat and Run
Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K
Sep. 19, 8:30 a.m.
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum.
Register for the Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K Run/Walk.
Meals on Wheels Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky is getting ready for the inaugural Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K Run/Walk. The family friendly, timed race is open to all people and will help Meals on Wheels feed more than 10,000 local seniors.
All participants will receive a Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K T-shirt and a unique commemorative medal. Trophies will be awarded to the overall top three male and female runners and the overall male and female walkers. Prizes will be awarded to the first-place male and female finishers determined by chip time in each age group: 6-12, 12-18, 19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, and 80+.
Following the Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K, participants will enjoy pie and other treats, drinks and music from DJ Brandon Scott Perry of Sound for Days and the Highlandaires.
“We’re excited for hundreds of friends, families, runners and walkers to join Meals on Wheels for the inaugural Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K,” said Jennifer Steele, Meals on Wheels CEO. “Participants will support our mission to help seniors live independently by bringing healthy meals to their doors, checking on their well-being, and providing care and human connection.”
The Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K kicks off the hugely popular Bust a Crust! annual fundraiser scheduled for Oct. 15-Nov. 15, 2021. Meals on Wheels expects to sell nearly 10,000 pies to benefit seniors in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region. Pies are donated by generous Pie Masters including Cherbourg Cypress, Chartwells, Chubby Bunny Bakery, The Fresh Market Oakley, Fork and Pie Bakery, MAKERS BAKERS Co., Mama Rose’s, Meijer, Nay Mama’s Sweet Treats, Perkins, Reinhart, Station BBQ, Sweets by LaDawn, Taste of Belgium, and UC Dining Services.
The Bust a Crust! Pie-K 5K is generously sponsored by Graydon, Driehaus Insurance Group, JTM Food Group, Champlin Architecture, Barnes Dennig, Bartlett Wealth Management, Doscher’s Candy Co., Enterprise Fleet Management, Happy Go Healthy, Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church, LK Tech, Mutual of America Financial Group, Revecore, Ritter & Randolph, Robert Half, Senior Impact Publications, Skyline Chili, Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum, Strategic Benefits, Vomela Companies, Belflex Staffing Network, Clark Schaefer Hackett, Huntington National Bank, Millennium Business Systems, Prairie Farms, Preferred Packaging, Republic Bank, Rumpke and Wordsworth.