{"id":66928,"date":"2025-12-01T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66928\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T20:25:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:25:06","slug":"bug-chase-5k-at-calusa-nature-center-planetarium-supports-kids-bringing-up-grades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/66928\/","title":{"rendered":"BUG Chase 5K at Calusa Nature Center &#038; Planetarium supports kids bringing up grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis\u00a0will hold the 18th\u00a0annual BUG Chase 5K run on Jan. 24 at the\u00a0Calusa Nature Center &amp; Planetarium\u00a0\u00a0located at 3450 Ortiz Ave., in Fort Myers. The race will\u00a0benefit the\u00a0Fort Myers-Metro Kiwanis Club\u2019s\u00a0BUG (Bring Up Grades) program and other\u00a0local club sponsored youth service projects. Participants can find the link to <a href=\"http:\/\/MetroMcGregorKiwanis.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">register online<\/a>\u00a0and clicking on fundraisers.\u00a0The race is capped at 400 registered runners.\u00a0Sponsorship opportunities are now available.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The course, supervised by\u00a0Endurance Sports Timing,\u00a0travels the trails at the nature center and a portion of the asphalt bike path on Ortiz and will be timed with bib tag technology.\u00a0Packet pick up will take place 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both Jan. 17 and Jan. 18. Race day packet pick up will take place from 7:30-8:15 a.m.\u00a0Race day registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and race time is 8:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adult discounted pre-registration up to Dec. 5 is $30, Dec. 6 to Jan. 23 registration is $35 and race day registration is $40. Youth (17 and under) discounted pre-registration is $20, Dec. 6 through Jan. 23 registration is $25 and race day registration is $30. The first 200 runners registered will be guaranteed a short-sleeved commemorative t-shirt in performance material, race bag and refreshments. Runners must register by Dec. 5 to ensure their t-shirt size. Overall and age group awards for the 5K run will be presented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis\u00a0will hold the 18th\u00a0annual BUG Chase 5K run on Jan. 24 at the\u00a0Calusa Nature&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-66928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}