5 running and swimming events in Calhoun, Georgia

Make Plans to TODAY to participate in the 2nd. Annual running of the “Hearts and Souls 5K”! - Saturday – February 21st. 2026 – Calhoun GA City Recreation Park – 9:00 AM 5K Start! Join the Members from the South Calhoun Baptist Church as they pour their Hearts and Souls into local missions and work to spread the love of Christ throughout Calhoun, Gordon County, and our surrounding area. Proceeds from the Heart & Soles 5K and Fun Run will provide materials for minor home repairs for the elderly, literature for our jail ministry, and other local missions.

Pre-Registration:

*$30 5K Pre-Race Registration

*$20 Kids Fun Run Pre-Race Registration

Race-Day- Registration:

*$40 5K Pre-Race Registration

*25 Kids Fun Run Pre-Race Registration

5K Start-Finish & Race Day Parking:

*Both the Start & Finish Lines are located in Calhoun City Recreation Department (Park), 10 McDaniel Station Rd., Calhoun GA, 30701

Race Day Parking:

There is plenty of race day parking in the park adjacent to the ball fields and the start/finish line.

Race Day Schedule of Events:

*7:45 AM Race Day Registration Opens

*8:45 AM Race Day Registration Closes

*9:00 AM 5K Start Time

*9:45 AM Kids Fun Run Start

*10:15 AM Awards Presentation

Pre-Registration Packet Pick up:

Pre-Registration Packet Pick up will be held Friday, February 20th from 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM at the South Calhoun Baptist Church located at 500 Pine St., Calhoun, GA 30701.

Awards:

Awards will be given to the following:

*Top 3 Overall Male and Top 3 Overall Female Winners

*Top Masters Male and Top Masters Female Winners

*Top 3 Male & Female in the following Age Categories: 10-Under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 & Over

Please note, this is a rain or shine event.

Please plan to join us for this very memorable event in support of an outstanding cause!

Oothcaloga Lodge #154 is proud to be back hosting the 2nd Annual Running For The Kids 5K! The race will take place at the Yellow Park in Calhoun, GA and will start at 10 am sharp! Portions of the proceeds will be going to the Winners Club and the Masonic Childrens Home l. We look forward to another great year of racing and can't wait to see you out there!

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Please plan to join us for the 5th. Annual running of the “Connor Luke Hayes Memorial 5K” Hosted by the “CLStrong Foundation.” Saturday morning – April 18th, 2026 – 8:00 AM – Calhoun City Recreation Department (Park) – Located at 10 McDaniel Station Rd, Calhoun, GA 30701.

Race proceeds go to benefit the CLStrong Foundation whose mission is to honor our beloved Connor Luke Hayes. The Foundation hopes to be an example of “loving big’” just like Connor Luke did! An event of this nature will continue to allow the Foundation to give back to a community who showed such amazing love and support to our family throughout Connor’s journey. Our goal is simple....To raise money for the foundation, while also bringing awareness to childhood cancer, particularly High-Risk Neuroblastoma. Funds raised through the CLStrong Foundation will go toward scholarships for local students in Gordon County Schools and Calhoun City Schools, helping families dealing with childhood illnesses, and local community service projects, all while honoring Connor’s memory. Thank you for the support and God bless!

Who was Connor Luke Hayes? Connor Luke was an intelligent, fun-loving, care-free spirit who wasn’t afraid to speak his mind. Despite his diagnosis of High-Risk Neuroblastoma and end stage renal failure, he loved big and always wanted to give to others. He loved his family, his brother and his cousins. He loved Notre Dame football, the Sonoraville Phoenix, John Deere Gator rides, swimming, swinging and baseball. He was a light and inspiration to all who crossed his path and those who followed his story. CLStrong Forever! 🤟

Registration:

*$30 Pre-Race Registration Fee (Runs until 11:00 PM, Sunday evening, April 12, 2026.)

*$40 Race Day Registration Fee

5K Start-Finish & Race Day Parking:

*Both the Start & Finish Lines are located in Calhoun City Recreation Department (Park), 10 McDaniel Station Rd., Calhoun GA, 30701

Race Day Parking There is plenty of race day parking in the park adjacent to the ball fields and the start/finish line.

Race Day Schedule of Events:

*6:45 AM Race Day Registration Opens

*7:45 AM Race Day Registration Closes

*8:00 AM 5K Start Time

*9:15 AM Awards Presentation

Pre-Registration Packet Pick up:

*Pre-Registration Packet Pick up will be held Friday, April 17th. from 12:00 - 4:30 PM in the drive through portico at Heritage Baptist Church in Calhoun, located at 345 Curtis Parkway, Calhoun, GA. Please make every effort to get by for Pre-registration packet pick up to lessen the lines on race day morning!

Awards:

Awards will be given to the following:

*Top 3 Overall Male and Top 3 Overall Female Winners

*Top Masters Male and Top Masters Female Winners

*Top 3 Male & Female in the following Age Categories: 10-Under, 11-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 & Over

Please note, this is a rain or shine event.

Please plan to join us for this very memorable event in support of an outstanding cause!

Our team at Mountaintop Boys Home invites you to our inaugural 5K fundraising event.

Mountain Top is a Group Home for teen boys, and a foster care agency located on expansive acreage near the Chattahoochee National Forest. The mission of Mountain Top is to provide hope and healing to children and families that find themselves in crisis. These boys often arrive with unsureness of where life is bringing hem. With the challenges that they are facing, we help provide a place of hope and healing. Their daily life here is an organized family style living, guided by professional staff who care for each boy individually.

Our event provides several ways you can participate and support.

• Run our 5K course in-person

• Participate virtually from your place of choice. Run, walk...or even roller skate! Move at your own pace and what is comfortable for your body.

• Purchase our Inaugural Run for Hope shirt by being a Phantom Runner participant. Not running, but wanting to support.

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350

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years of experience

Generations of boys have graduated

from Mountain Top. Our goal is to

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Located on a parcel of 350-plus acres

of mountain property near

LaFayette, Georgia.

Established as one of the early

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