11th Annual Leap 4 the Lily Pad

102 South Perkins Street,Ridgeland MS 39157

15 April, 2023

Description

We hope you will join us to support disability awareness + raise funds for operating costs for The Lily Pad Cafe by participating in the 11th Annual Leap 4 The Lily Pad (formerly Run Up for Downs) on April 15, 2023 at the Methodist Rehabilitation Center Green Space in Ridgeland, MS! ALL proceeds will go towards operational costs of The Lily Pad Cafe. The Lily Pad will employ & train young adults with intellectual & developmental disabilities to equip these men & women with the tools necessary to obtain employment by local businesses so that they can not only achieve their full potential, but display to the community their abundant talents and abilities. With YOUR help, we have been able to raise over $600,000 for The Lily Pad! The 11th Annual Leap 4 The Lily Pad will kick off at the green space in front of Methodist Rehab in Ridgeland, MS with a fun run, a 5K run/walk, and a 0.0 race. Enjoy live music featuring Mike Rob and The 601 Band sponsored by First South Farm Credit. Our Brown Bottling Food Tent is shaping up to one of our best featuring drinks courtesy of Brown Bottling Group + food from Lost Pizza, Primos Cafe, Angelo's BBQ Pizza and Italian, Wholly Smokes Cooking Company, Slim Chickens, Froghead Grill, Chillin on the Rez + other local restaurants! There will also be a kid zone + much more! If you are interested in volunteering opportunities at our event, please click here. The 5K route will begin on Jackson Str in front of the Methodist Rehab green space and will head east and turn left to pass the future home of The Lily Pad Cafe. Runners and walkers will travel past some beautiful homes/neighborhoods in Old Towne Ridgeland before going around the campus of Holmes Community College and traveling South down Sunnybrook Rd and proceeding to the multi-use trails and returning back to the Methodist Rehab green space. Fun Run participants will head South on S Perkins Str and hit the multi-use trails heading West and do an out and back.