UAB medical school students will host the 5K to raise funds for the Equal Access Birmingham free health clinic.Equal Access Birmingham, a volunteer group of students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, will host its third annual Heart + Sole 5K and Kids’ Fun Run on Saturday, Aug. 20. The event will raise funds for the EAB student-run free clinic, which provides health and wellness education and health care to Birmingham’s uninsured and underserved.
The Heart + Sole 5K and Kids’ Fun Run is a family-friendly event open to participants of all ages held at Crestline Elementary School, 3785 W. Jackson Blvd., Mountain Brook. The Kid’s Fun Run, for children ages 3 to 12, will begin at 7:30 a.m. The 5K steps off at 8 a.m.
Advance registration is $25 per person for the 5K and $10 per child for the Fun Run. All participants will receive an event T-shirt. On-site registration for the 5K is $30 and is cash only, opening at 7 a.m.
There is also a $25 sleep-in option for those who would like to support the event and get a shirt, but not run.
EAB was created in 2005 to both improve health care access for underserved populations in the Birmingham area and provide UAB medical students with service-learning experiences. Student volunteers see approximately 400 patients per year at the EAB Clinic at the Church of the Reconciler, which opened in downtown Birmingham in 2012.
Register online at active.com. More event information is available on Facebook.