Registration now open for 2023 ‘Run Back to School’
Celebrate the start of the 2023-24 school year with MPS and Milwaukee Recreation at the 16th annual MPS Run Back to School (RBS).
Join us for this 5K run/1.5- mile walk through Washington Park. Proceeds support MPS wellness and youth recreation programs.
Event information
• Date: Saturday, Aug. 26 • Start Time: 9 a.m. (Registration will close at 8:50 a.m. No participants will be allowed to start the course after 9:10 a.m.) • Start and Finish Line: Wick Playfield (park in the lot next door, behind the MPS Central Services building: 5225 W. Vliet St.)
• Cost: $5 for youth/$15 for adults ($20 for adults after July 31). • Fee includes an event t-shirt and race bag.
• Registration is currently open.
• Phone/Mail-In registrations accepted until Aug. 18 at 4:30 p.m.
• Online Registration Closes: Aug. 18, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. • Walk-up registration will be available on day of event from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
• All participants receive a commemorative t-shirt.
• Family-friendly, community event! Strollers welcome, please no animals. However, service animals are welcomed.
• All youth participants receive medals.
• Prizes for top-three male and female runners in two age categories.
• Live DJ for entertainment before and after the event.
• Replenish after the 5K race/1.5-mile walk with a nutritious snack bag.
• All proceeds benefit youth recreation programs.
Packet pick-up details
• Pre-event race bag pickup will be Monday, Aug. 21 from 4-6 p.m.
• Pre-registration bags only available through race day.
NOTE TO SCHOOL/ MPS DEPARTMENT TEAMS: Team captains will pick up their entire team’s t-shirts and distribute them to team member. If you are on a team, do not come to packet pick-up.
Schools can receive up to $1,000 in grants by forming an RBTS team!
Make sure you rally your team for the Run Back to School race and apply for a grant for your school.
Not only will you help kick off the 2023-24 school year with hundreds of local MPS supporters, school communities with at least 25 registered participants are eligible for a $500 grant to support a sport or wellness need in their school! The school with the most registered participants is eligible for a $1,000 grant to support a sport or wellness need in their school! Anyone from the community can join a school team. After the race, school teams who met the minimum participant requirement will need to fill out a form that states how the funds will be used in order to receive the grant.
In the past, schools have used the grant funds for:
• new gym and sports equipment
• new uniforms
• sports registration fees
Nominate a team captain for your school and start your team today! (To sign up for a team, make sure you specify your school during the registration process after you add the race to your cart.)
