The Sugar Beet Festival once again kicks off with the 5k-ish Sugartown Challenge, a fun obstacle course of haystacks, a human car wash, a maze, and giant slides through Old Town Los Alamitos.
The Sugar Beet Festival once again kicks off with the 5k-ish Sugartown Challenge, a fun obstacle course of haystacks, a human car wash, a maze, and giant slides through Old Town Los Alamitos.
Last year’s race raised money and awareness for over twenty local nonprofits and school groups in the West OC and East Long Beach areas.
Among the groups signed on are Lee Elementary (Project LEAP), Pathways Volunteer Hospice, Boy Scout Troops 67 and 670, the Seal Beach Historical Society and Red Car Museum, the Cypress Boys & Girls Club, and many of the high school sports teams.
The start and finish for the Challenge will be at The Shops at Rossmoor but much of the race follows the same course through Old Town Los Alamitos as last year – including running through the Trend Offset Printing site, and facing obstacles at the Archery Outpost, Champions Quest, Kidnastics, Deft Touch Soccer, Sir Speedy, CI Solutions, and Cross-Fit Seal Beach (the Los Al location), just to name a few. After running about a kilometer through the haystacks, walls and slides at The Shops, runners are shuttled to old town Los Al leg for the middle leg of the race and then back.
If you’re not one of those who like to run, climb, or crawl — you can still walk the course and get a good workout while helping your favorite nonprofit.
Participating Non-Profits & School Groups
American Red Cross – Greater Long Beach Chapter
Autism Society of Los Angeles
Boy Scouts Troop 67
Boy Scouts 670
Cubberly Elementary (LB)
Cypress Boys & Girls Club
Dragon Master Foundation Fund
Educational Resource Fund
Food For The Soul Summer Harvest
Good Shepherd Presbyterian
Grace Counseling Group
Happy Hour Fit Club
Honoring Our Fallen
Hopkinson Elementary School
LAEF (Los Alamitos Education Foundation)
Lee PTA/LEAP
Los Alamitos Elementary School
LAHS Band Boosters
LAHS Boys VB
LAHS Boys Tennis
LAHS Mens Soccer
LAHS Choir – Notables
LAHS Girls Soccer
LAHS Girls VB
LAHS Lacrosse
Historical Society of Long Beach
Los Alamitos Pop Warner Football and Cheer
Long Beach Heritage Society
McAuliffe Middle School
McGaugh Elementary School
Oak Middle School
Pathways to Independence
Pathways Volunteer Hospice/Lakewood Explorers
Precious Life Shelter
Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site
Rossmoor Elementary
Seal Beach Historical Society/Red Card Museum
St. Pancratius School
USC Alumni Club of LA Beach Cities
We Care
Weaver Elementary School
The Youth Center
If you would like to run in the Sugar Beet Challenge and still help your favorite non-profit or school group, it’s not too late. When registering online click the name from the drop-down menu. If signing up by paper, write in the name of the group or school.