

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: World Giraffe Day 5K Run/Walk
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 am (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Description
Join Frank Buck Zoo and Save Giraffes Now for the World Giraffe Day 5K on June 21, 2025 at the zoo. Race takes place from 7am to 10am with check-in beginning at 6:30am. 

Participants have the option of a 5K cross country run or a walk through the zoo before it is open to the public. A virtual challenge with limited spaces will be available for those unable to make the event in person. The first 130 in-person participants will receive a hand-crafted wooden race medal and race t-shirt. Virtual challenge participants will receive a medal. 

Come celebrate the longest day of the year with the longest necks!

Frank Buck Zoo has been dubbed “the best little zoo in Texas” and is home to more than 130 animals, including giraffe! Frank Buck Zoo and SGN have partnered together on this giraffe-saving work since 2022. We are proud to partner together now for the 2025 World Giraffe Day 5K!

Save Giraffes Now (SGN) is a Texas-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that is focused on supporting and establishing collaborative community-led giraffe conservation programs in Africa. Since 2019, SGN has become the second-largest NGO devoted to giraffe conservation with currently over thirty giraffe saving projects, one of which is the subject of a National Geographic film released in the fall of 2022 titled Saving Giraffes: The Long Journey Home.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/gainesville/world-giraffe-day-5k-run-walk/200029830307431
- **Event Categories**: marathons, sports, contests, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 71

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://runsignup.com/Race/TX/Gainesville/WorldGiraffeDay5KRunWalk?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=gainesville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Gainesville
- **state**: TX
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Frank Buck Zoo
- **lat**: 33.62212416415
- **long**: -97.154417037964
- **full address**: Frank Buck Zoo, Gold Star Families Memorial Monument Gainesville Texas, Gainesville, TX 76240, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Chip-2-Chip Race Timing (https://allevents.in/org/chip-2-chip-race-timing/27071459)

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: banner
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- **Alt text**: thumbnail
  - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=World+Giraffe+Day+5K+Run%2FWalk&date=20+Jun

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Frank Buck Zoo, Gold Star Families Memorial Monument Gainesville Texas, Gainesville, TX 76240, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Chip-2-Chip Race Timing
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** marathons, sports, contests, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about World Giraffe Day 5K Run/Walk ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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