Submitted by Lydia Place
On Saturday, September 24th Lydia Place and Boundary Bay Brewery will welcome 300 runners adorned in wedding dresses, tuxedos and bridal attire to the first EVER Wedding Dashers Fun Run, a unique and exciting new outdoor event designed to raise awareness and financial support for homeless families.
Wedding Dashers, a whimsically themed fun-run, kicks off at Boundary Bay Brewery, and sets off on a 2.7 mile course down the Boulevard Trail and back. The finish line is just the beginning, as the Boundary Bay beer garden is transformed into a faux wedding reception complete with DJ, cake, mimosas and games. Registered attendees are asked to put on their wedding gear, lace up their runners, and get dashing for families in need here in Whatcom County.
Wedding Dashers is the brain-child of Jenny Schmidt, local event guru, runner, and Events Manager of Boundary Bay Brewery. Her hope was to design a fun community oriented event to engage people in an important and challenging issue and cause, in an accessible and creative way. Schmidt, known for other local and highly attended classic events like April Brews Day, and Zombies Have Hearts, Too 5K hopes that the local running and non-running community finds Wedding Dashers as an approachable alternative to longer distance options, and gets their funny bones tickled at the same time.
“The team at Boundary Bay Brewery and I wanted to find a way to honor the incredible work that Lydiia Place is doing in Bellingham to end homelessness, while adding a little fun and humor to our downtown and beer garden. Wedding Dashers has been an exciting opportunity to collaborate with our local community and Lydia Place, while shining a light on this important issue,” says Schmidt.
Online registration is currently open. Register here or stop in at Fairhaven Runners. The cost to participate is an accessible $25, with 12 and under free. A limited edition tuxedo t-shirt by Iron Street Printing is also available to registered guests. On the day of the dash, event participants are invited to enjoy complimentary wedding hair styling services provided by The Beauty Institute-Schwarzkopf beginning at 8:00 a.m. at Boundary Bay on Railroad Avenue. Additionally, the first 100 registered guests will receive a wedding-themed goodie bag filled with exciting items and services from event sponsors and wedding industry professionals. All participants will receive a wedding themed participation ribbon, and can enter to win prizes and goodies courtesy of Wedding Dash sponsors. Donations include prizes from Fairhaven Runners, Boundary Bay Brewery, Belle Bridal, LyLy’s Wonders, Wise Buys, lululemon athletica and more.
