# Jingle Run and Family Walk for the Care Center Foundation — West Chester > Event for families in the Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington area (PA / NJ / DE / MD). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Sat, Dec 5 · 7:45 AM – 10:30 AM - Where: 10 Church Street, West Chester (race start), 10 Church St, West Chester, PA 19382 - Ages: 2K Family Walk for all ages - Price: 5K run or 2K walk $40 (registration through Nov 20) - Organizer: Care Center Foundation - Official page: https://runsignup.com/Race/PA/WestChester/jinglecarecenterfoundationrun2026 - Last checked: Tue, Oct 27 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Nov 2, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-11-01), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/philadelphia/activities/jingle-run-and-family-walk-for-the-care-center-foundation-west-chester--listing-3be9b2886f081efa0a6c0959 ## About The first annual Jingle Run brings a 5K run and a 2K Family Walk to the Borough of West Chester on the first Saturday of December. The short family walk makes it easy to bring children along, while older kids and adults can run the 5K. Every registration supports the Care Center Foundation, which for more than four decades has provided subsidized daycare, early childhood education, after-school programs and summer camp for West Chester children from six weeks to 12 years old, along with meals and family services. 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