Helping Our Community Get Stronger With Every Stride
Crete Community Runners Association
CCRA hosts an organized group run (or walk) meets every Saturday at 7:00am at Heritage Park all year!
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Join CCRA member Josh Zimmerman for an organized group run (or walk) every Wednesday at 6:00pm. Meet at Main St. & Exchange!
All are welcome! Cancellations for unsafe weather conditions will be posted here and our FB page!
Saturday route is a 1-mile loop for beginners followed by a 3-mile loop for more advanced runners.
We are a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all donations are tax-deductible.
Helping Our Community Get Stronger with Every Stride.
UPCOMING EVENT
Interested in sponsoring our 2nd Annual Turkey Trot? Click here: Have your business or organization logo featured on the event t-shirt!
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Helping Our Community Get Stronger with Every Stride.
Freedom Walk at Juneteenth at the U!
St. Patrick's Day Weekend Running O'the Path at Crete Bike Path
Board of Directors from left to right: Chris Manola, Jessica Staley, Mary Ruminski, Laura Breier, Valerie Butrón
Our first Jingle Run in Crete organized by Jessica Staley & Laura Breier was a fun, healthy way to enjoy the beautiful holiday lights through downtown Crete!
The CCRA donated a gift basket filled with fitness and wellness goodies benefiting the Crete-Monee Band Boosters raffle at the 41st annual Evening at the Pops at Crete-Monee high school!
THANK YOU Smokey Jo's Scratch Kitchen and Ale House!
Thanks to all who generously supported our guest bartending fundraiser on December 19th. We collected more than $250 to help us keep the CCRA "running"!
Helping Our Community Get Stronger with Every Stride.
2023 CCRA Crete Country Christmas Participation
The Crete Community Runners Association had an amazing time during the annual Crete Country Christmas celebration. Check out all of our activties below! We are already looking forward to participating in a bigger and better way next year!
Grinch 5K Run
We started the weekend with the Grinch 5k Run, where 7 CCRA members completed the race. We braved the cold and crossed the finish line to kick off the festivities! By participating in this event, $60 was donated to the Crete Food Pantry on behalf of the CCRA. Special thanks to Bill Ruminski for his photography!
No Snow - No Problem
Snowman Contest
Next up, we purchased and decorated a wooden snowman to represent the CCRA. Our snowman sported a CCRA t-shirt, QR code to learn more about our association, and of course, a race bib and medal!
Special thanks to Isaac Butron for designing and painting the snowman!
Parade of Lights
The CCRA participated in the celebrated Parade of Lights, a community favorite of the Crete Country Christmas weekend. We walked, waved and passed out candy to the kids! We also had great support from our families who joined us in walking and driving a decorated truck!
Santa Sleigh Parade
To finish off this magical weekend, the CCRA donated unwrapped gifts for Angels on Assignment during the Santa Sleigh ride through Crete. We were thrilled to donate to this wonderful cause and continue to support our town.
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2023 CCRA Inaugural Turkey Trot Recap
THANK YOU!
As the founding President of Crete Community Runners Association, I want to personally thank all runners, walkers and volunteers that made the 2023 Crete Community Runners Association Inaugural Turkey Trot a huge success! Our talented Board of Directors, led by VP of Marketing Jessica Staley contributed their skills and time to hold an inaugural Turkey Trot for our wonderful community to benefit the Crete Food Pantry. Thanks to the support of our community members including CRETE MONEE CUSD 201U SCHOOL DISTRICT board President Maurice Brown in attendance, Crete village officials, local law enforcement and amazing event sponsors (Crete Lions Club & High Performance Fitness) we collected several boxes full of non perishable food items & raised funds to propel us forward in our mission to help our community get stronger with every stride.
- Valerie Butron
Accomplishments:
We collected hundreds of food items for the Crete Food Pantry, as well as generous monetary donations!
The CCRA also received $425 in donations to our non-profit organization!
Runners from ages 5 to 79 signed up for the race! Men, women, children and strollers all participated!
We awarded certificates to those that ran their very first 5k, including our very own Chris Manola!
This amazing community support will help us to provide more community events in the future! We sincerely thank you for welcoming us to Crete and hope to see you on the roads!
As a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization we’re committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment to support people of all ability levels working to improve their mental and physical wellbeing.
Check out some video highlights below!
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