The Downingtown Good Neighbor Day Committee’s activities benefit the ambulance and rescue squads within the Downingtown Area School District. Good Neighbor Day is a day long event that starts with the Run for Life (5K, 10K & 15K) and 5K Freedom Walk at 8:00 a.m. Approximately 1,500 athletes participate each year.
Throughout the day you can enjoy fabulous food, visit 80-100 craft exhibitors or simply enjoy one of the many activities scheduled for the day. The day is capped off with a Fireworks Grand Finale that starts at 9:30 p.m.
Schedule of Events
6:00 AM – 7:30 AM Runners Check In and Registration for the 33rd Annual “Run
for Life”
6:00 AM – 7:30 AM Walkers Check In and Registration for the 16th Annual 5K
Freedom Walk
6:00 AM – 9:30 AM Runners Check In and Registration for the 18th Annual
Kids-K Fun Run
6:30 AM to Closing Tom Edwards Productions
7:40 AM Prayer and Flag Ceremony
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM 33rd Annual “Run for Life” (5K, 10K, 15K)
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM 16th Annual 5K Freedom Walk
8:00 AM to Closing Crafts, Vendors and Food Concessions
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Post Race Refreshments
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Registration for Big Wheel Race
10:00 AM Race Results, Jack Woodward Memorial & Essay Contest
Awards
10:00 AM Turks Head Exchange Club – US Flag Distribution
10:00 AM 18th Annual Kids-K Fun Run
10:00 AM Ducks for 21st Annual Duck Race Go On Sale
10:00 AM to Closing Carnival Rides, Games and Food by Good Time
Amusements
10:30 AM 1st Annual Bicycle Decorating Contest
10:30 AM Registration for Canoe Races
11:00 AM Big Wheel Race Sponsored by Colebrook Manor Animal
Hospital
11:30 AM Canoe Race Sponsored by the Downingtown Rotary Club
12:30 PM 22nd Annual Duck Race
12:30 PM Brother Bob & Friends Band – Music
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Pennsylvania Surfers – Music
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Jeff Domenick with Jeff Byrne – Music
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Emergency Response Helicopter Landing and
Demonstration
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM The Nicole Zell Band – Music
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM The Rivers Rockabilly Trio – Music
8:30 PM Wife Carrying and Watermelon Seed Spitting Contests
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Tom Edwards Productions Entertainment Show
9:30 PM Fireworks – Grand Finale
for Life”
6:00 AM – 7:30 AM Walkers Check In and Registration for the 16th Annual 5K
Freedom Walk
6:00 AM – 9:30 AM Runners Check In and Registration for the 18th Annual
Kids-K Fun Run
6:30 AM to Closing Tom Edwards Productions
7:40 AM Prayer and Flag Ceremony
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM 33rd Annual “Run for Life” (5K, 10K, 15K)
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM 16th Annual 5K Freedom Walk
8:00 AM to Closing Crafts, Vendors and Food Concessions
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM Post Race Refreshments
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Registration for Big Wheel Race
10:00 AM Race Results, Jack Woodward Memorial & Essay Contest
Awards
10:00 AM Turks Head Exchange Club – US Flag Distribution
10:00 AM 18th Annual Kids-K Fun Run
10:00 AM Ducks for 21st Annual Duck Race Go On Sale
10:00 AM to Closing Carnival Rides, Games and Food by Good Time
Amusements
10:30 AM 1st Annual Bicycle Decorating Contest
10:30 AM Registration for Canoe Races
11:00 AM Big Wheel Race Sponsored by Colebrook Manor Animal
Hospital
11:30 AM Canoe Race Sponsored by the Downingtown Rotary Club
12:30 PM 22nd Annual Duck Race
12:30 PM Brother Bob & Friends Band – Music
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Pennsylvania Surfers – Music
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Jeff Domenick with Jeff Byrne – Music
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Emergency Response Helicopter Landing and
Demonstration
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM The Nicole Zell Band – Music
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM The Rivers Rockabilly Trio – Music
8:30 PM Wife Carrying and Watermelon Seed Spitting Contests
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM Tom Edwards Productions Entertainment Show
9:30 PM Fireworks – Grand Finale
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