Miles for Smiles 5K Run/Walk and 1-Mile Fun Run Walk is an annual awareness and fundraising event to support Healthy Acadis's Downeast Oral Health Team in Hancock and Washington Counties projects. This year's event will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2016, starting from Healthy Acadia, 140 State Street, Ellsworth, Maine. This year's theme: Show YOUR Dental Spirit! Dress in costume to impress the Miles for Smiles Tooth Fairy - you might be a tooth, a toothbrush or tube of toothpaste, a dentist, or the tooth fairy herself! Prizes for best costume(s) will be awarded!
Registration/check-in begins at 8 a.m. The 5K walk/run begins at 9 a.m; the 1-mile fun run/walk begins at 9:15 a.m. Registration fee is $25 for the 5K and $15 for the 1-mile walk/run. Students under age 18 pay just $10 for either event. The Run/Walk will start and finish at Healthy Acadia's office located at 140 State Street. Participants will head north on State Street, turn left onto scenic Shore Road and proceed to the midway checkpoint established for each event (5K/1-mile) before reversing course to return to the start/finish line.