Support pollinator health by participating in this year’s virtual version of the 6th annual Earth Week 5K Bee Run/Walk/Bike! Run our traditional route originating at Boom Island Park and through the only National Park offering scenic views of the Mississippi River, or choose your own! Each paid participant gets a tech t-shirt, a Mill City Running 20% discount and a chance to win big prizes! You can complete your virtual event any time during Earth Week, April 17-24, 2021.

Donation is $25. Portion of proceeds go to Pollinator Plantings! Every third bite we take is a result of Pollinators & Bees — they are endangered! Bee Helpful!

The 2021 Earth Day Virtual 5K Bee Run/Walk/Bike is sponsored by the Great River Coalition, the National Park Service, the Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board, St. Catherine University, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Mill City Running, and Saint City Running.

Support our goal to create a Pollinator’s Pathway beginning in Minneapolis, our only National Park along the Mississippi River, the plan is to extend the pathway from Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico.

“Our bees (all of them, honey and wild bees), need good clean food (flowers)! Lots of flowers that grow over the growing season will help bees have good nutrition, immunity, and health.”

– Dr. Marla Spivak, Entomologist, Distinguished McKnight University Professor Apiculture/Social Insects. University of Minnesota, 2010 MacArthur Fellowship. Visit the UMN Bee Lab at https://www.beelab.umn.edu