09/16/2026
The Cruisin' Kids Run is getting closer!
Monday we sent an email out to everyone who is registered with all of the little details. If you did not receive that email, your email address may have been incorrect in the registration. Just let us know and we'll send it on.
The short, highlighted version:
- Kids Run starts at 9:30 am next to Firemen's Field. It's free and open to all kids! You still have until 9:15 am that morning to get registered. Just be sure to complete a form (and waiver) either online or on paper that morning: https://events.watervillepl.org/event/15489765
- The Library Parking CLOSES to all traffic for the safety of the kids between 9 am - 10 am (or as long as the kids need to clear the course). Please do not go around any cones, signs, or barriers if the lot is closed. Parking is available nearby in the Village Lot and on side streets. Just be aware of the 5k runners & walkers who may be out finishing their race on White Street.
- Also for parking, it is new this year to have a softball tournament happening simultaneously. Softball players, please feel free to utilize the library lot after 10 am. But we will need it just until our event is over. Thanks!
- Shirts will be available for everyone who registered before Saturday the 12th. Pick up is available at the library on Friday from 12-6 pm, or race morning at the 5k pickup, and thereafter. Library staff will be near the 5k registration and the bleachers that morning. We may have more shirts open up if you registered after that. So thank you for continuing to fill in your child's size just in case.
- All kids receive a fun medal at the finish! Plus, Connected Community Schools is offering a snack to keep them fueled.
- Take a breath and keep in mind that this is a community event, free for kids, and meant to simply be joyous. It's a party of a run vs. a competition. If a volunteer asks you to park somewhere else, remember they gave up their time for your kids because they care. If they ask you to step back off the course, it's so that the kid who is jetting in doesn't run smack into you or fall trying not to. Everyone is here to help give you and your family the best start to the Cruisin' morning we can. We make it a great one together.
- Speaking of making it great together... Thank you to the Brothertown Optimist Club, MPS PTA, the Waterville Foundation, and Connected Community Schools for joining us to make this event possible. We'll see you out there!
