Healing Hoof It: 5K Run; 1 Mile Walk & Animal Parade

567 Colorado Avenue,Carbondale CO 81623

07 April, 2023

Description

Mental Health, Autism and Veterans Awareness Walk,5K run and animal parade on Carbondale’s First Friday April 7. The event begins at the Carbondale Recreation Center. With a shotgun start, runners will go first, then walkers and then the Smiling Goat therapy animal parade. All participants will cross over Colorado Ave. to the Promenade. The runners continue down Main Street and proceed to the scenic Rio Grande Trail and on to the Gus Darien Rodeo Grounds for the turn around and stay on the bike bath the rest of the way to the finish line where they began. The streets will be closed as the walkers will join the walking parade of therapy horses, goats, miniature horses and dogs – alongside families served by Smiling Goat and its community partners and friends – then head to 4th Street Plaza for a post-walk celebration. The celebration will include information booths by Smiling Goat wellness partners including the suicide prevention team from the Veterans Hospital of Grand Junction, Aspen Strong, Western Slope Veterans Coalition, Mind Springs Health, Huts for Vets, Arc of the Central Rockies, and the JROTC from Glenwood Springs High School.