

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 9th Annual Light the Way 5K
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Be Merry &amp; Bright – Walk or Run through the Christmas Lights! 
Get the 1st look at the Lights at Coonskin Park before they open to the public. We’ll have hot chocolate from Starbucks, caroling, and contests, too! Contests Include: Ugliest Sweater, Best Costume, and Most Creative Team Theme. The participant that raises the most money will also win a special prize package to be announced!

Fee for 5K Walk/Run: $30.00 before November 1st;  $35.00 thereafter.
Participants who raise $100 by November 14th can receive a refund of $30 registration fee. *MUST REGISTER AS A FUNDRAISER.

With your registration you will receive:
* Commemorative Race Shirt (Shirts guaranteed if registration is RECEIVED BY Friday, November 7th)
* Race Light
* Ticket to "The Salango Law, Dirty Birds Light the Night presented by GoMart" Winter Light Festival


PACKET PICK UP -- Thursday, November 20th -- 4:30pm—6:30pm at GoMart Ballpark | 601 Morris St, Charleston, WV 25301 

Race packets can also be picked up at the event on Friday.

Check in and race day registration will begin at 4:30pm at the Columbia Shelter in Coonskin Park.

Event begins at 6pm.

All proceeds from the event will be used for therapy services for children with special needs who have insufficient insurance and/or income.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/charleston/9th-annual-light-the-way-5k/200028861075210
- **Event Categories**: sports, nonprofit, contests, christmas-lights, festivals, marathons, christmas
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 790

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://runsignup.com/ctclighttheway5k?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=charleston-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Charleston
- **state**: WV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Coonskin Park
- **lat**: 38.390462989612
- **long**: -81.584365367889
- **full address**: Coonskin Park, 2051 Coonskin Dr, Charleston, WV 25311, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Children's Therapy Clinic (https://allevents.in/org/childrens-therapy-clinic/19764725)

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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/b1c721fb54e80306bf3b2c680327591d669bb325fda4ba95eb8ec506b97ee457-rimg-w300-h300-dc1a0f07-gmir?v=1763317258

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 21 Nov, 2025 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Coonskin Park, 2051 Coonskin Dr, Charleston, WV 25311, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Children's Therapy Clinic
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, nonprofit, contests, christmas-lights, festivals, marathons, christmas
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about 9th Annual Light the Way 5K ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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