Run for Shelter

Coastal Women’s Shelter is busy planning the first benefit fundraising event of 2022, the CarolinaEast Health System Run For Shelter scheduled for Saturday, June 18, 2022. CarolinaEast Health System will be the title sponsor this year. CarolinaEast Health System has been a supporter of Coastal Women’s Shelter for many years and with this sponsorship the commitment continues to reinforce strong partnerships in the community by fostering the agency’s mission to help survivors on their way to end the cycle of domestic violence.

For serious runners, the 5K and 10K is a USATF Certified Course run and will be a timed run through Run the East.  The 1-mile fun run is for adults and for kids. This year participants have the option of joining as a virtual run.

“Everyone at Coastal Women’s Shelter is thrilled to be able to host this event in-person for a second year in a row following the pandemic. We are looking forward to runners and walkers taking part either in-person or virtually to raise awareness while also raising money for our agency,” states Amanda Delgado, Executive Director, Coastal Women’s Shelter.

“Coastal Women’s Shelter provides not just shelter, but a range of resources to protect and support survivors and those at risk of domestic violence in the communities that it serves. Coastal Women’s Shelter relies on financial donors and volunteers to support these very important efforts. Please consider financial sponsorship of Run for Shelter 2022 and give. “no one has ever become poor by giving. – Anne Frank”” states Renee Hunt, Board Member, Coastal Women’s Shelter.

About the Event

CarolinaEast Health System Run for Shelter, Saturday June 18, 2022.The in-person run will be at Creekside Park in New Bern. Race time is set to begin at 8:00 am. Same day registration is available from 7:00 am to 7:45 am.

Run will be timed through Run The East, as well as online registration. Registration link https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/NewBern/20thAnnualRunForShelter. Run The East has been timing races for over 15 years and brings their experience plus reliable and proven RFID technology to every race they time. Awards and results will be listed and posted on-site, as well as online. Runners can receive results via e-mail and/or text messaging. 

The virtual runners will complete the distance during the weekend of the race.  There will be access to the RaceJoy app to record the mileage and track runner’s route.  RaceJoy automatically submits their time to the race allowing virtual runners to see how their time stacked up against other runners. (We’ll use a predetermined route loaded into RaceJoy for the in-person event as well.)  You can learn more about how RaceJoy works at http://www.racejoy.net/participants Virtual runners will receive the same swag as the in-person runners.

Special thanks to our sponsors:

CarolinaEast Health System-Title Sponsor; Coastal Soles; S.W.E.A.T. Camp; Transcendent Wellness, Truist, Tryon Civitan Club

About CarolinaEast Health System

CarolinaEast Health System has been serving the growing needs of the coastal North Carolina community since 1963. In addition to the system’s flagship, 350 bed CarolinaEast Medical Center, CarolinaEast includes a rehabilitation hospital, free- standing surgery center, the SECU Comprehensive Cancer Center, and numerous CarolinaEast Physician practices providing primary and specialty care for all phases of life from offices in four counties. For more information visit www.carolinaeasthealth.com

About Coastal Women’s Shelter

Serving the community for over 35 years by building a bridge to empower survivors on their journey to safety and security. 

Coastal Women’s Shelter is the sole provider of no-cost comprehensive domestic violence services in Craven, Jones, and Pamlico counties. Our services include a 24-hour crisis line, court advocacy, monthly support groups for victims, survivors and their families, tuition assistance, necessities like clothing and food, resources for employment, housing assistance, and inter-agency information and referrals. We also provide some employability services through a grant from the North Carolina Council for Women.

Challenges faced by our target population include need for childcare, little to no family support for continuing their education and/or employment, the need for increased knowledge about effective parenting practices, domestic violence, and homelessness.

Our vision is to eradicate domestic violence in the counties that we serve.  Our mission is to help families break the cycle of domestic violence and acquire the skills necessary to promote healthy family relationships.