Santa Run for Education

DECEMBER 7, 2024

More than $5,000 in prizes for runners, schools and teams

The Bozeman Schools Foundation will once again host its annual 5K road race on the morning of December 7, 2024. Santa Run for Education is the primary fundraiser for the Bozeman Schools Foundation. This independent, nonprofit organization works with local businesses, nonprofit organizations and community members to promote academic excellence, foster teaching innovation, recognize students of character and connect students in Bozeman Public Schools to the community in ways that matter.

This is the 10th running of the foundation’s family-friendly race, celebrating the essential partnership between Bozeman public schools and the community that supports them. Recognizing their 10 years as the event’s headline sponsor, Paul Pahut and his colleagues at Bozeman’s Stockman Bank branches have been named the Honorary Race Marshalls for this year’s race.

The Santa Run brings hundreds of people to the streets of Bozeman as the first official event of the annual Downtown Christmas Stroll. With prizes for serious and not-so-serious runners, the Santa Run is a great way to kick off the holiday season and show your support for our local schools.

Thanks to strong support from local businesses this year, there will be more prizes awarded than ever:

• RACE CHAMPIONS: Bridger Orthopedic and Rocky Mountain Surgical Center are underwriting cash prizes that will be awarded to the top three overall male and female race finishers: $500 for first place, $250 for second place and $100 for third place.

• SCHOOLS CHAMPION: Bozeman’s Rib & Chop House will be providing $1,000 to the parent associations at each of three schools with the greatest participation in the Santa Run, based on the percentage of total school enrollment. All schools in Gallatin County are eligible for these prizes.

• TEAM & CLUB CHAMPIONS: The Neil Family is providing $500 in prizes for the two BSD7 teams or clubs with the greatest number of participants.

• “TAGGING THE YETI”: Charles Schwab will once again be giving attendees the chance to win assorted prizes for costume, spirit and tagging the Yeti thanks to the investment advisors at Bozeman’s independent Charles Schwab branch.

Racers, family and friends can warm up, visit race sponsor booths and enjoy hot chocolate inside the winter wonderland set up in the Willson Gym before, during and after the race.

Doors open at 8:30 a.m., and the race starts at 9 a.m. at the corner of Babcock and Fifth. Packet pickup will be held at Stockman Bank on December 6 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Registration is now open at https://runsignup.com/Race/MT/Bozeman/SantaRunforEducation5K.