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Sacramento: Free Team Registration, Prizes, and Improved Health with #TeamChicas!

09 Tuesday Apr 2019

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#TeamChicas is back! Join us for our weekly run/jog/walks on Wednesday evenings in downtown/east Sacramento.

Want to take it a step further? During the month of April bring a NEW pair of closed-toe shoes to donate to our Annual “Starting Off on the Right Foot” shoe drive, and you could win a prize!!! New prize every week and prizes not claimed roll over to the next week (hint, hint, nudge… double-prize week 4/10).

Want to take it ANOTHER step further?!?! To kick-off our #TeamChicas’ season, we’ll be participating in 2019 NAMIWalks on May 4 — to help increase mental health awareness. Registration is FREE, walkers are encouraged, and there are multiple distances to choose from. To register to walk/run with our team, visit:
https://www.namiwalks.org/team/28507

NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

#TeamChicas is a group of fun health-minded women (and yes, a few men) dedicated to making a positive impact by participating in events that give back to our community. By joining our weekly walk/jog/runs you’re taking (literal) steps towards physical and mental health in a supportive and social environment. All levels are welcomed. We meet every Wednesday at 6:30pm during the spring/summer and 6pm during the fall.

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*Please check our FB/Instagram for timely updates
*Meet in front of Mckinley Park Library
*Bring your running shoes (and maybe a pair to donate)
*Bring water
*Bring a friend (furry friends ok)
*Let’s get moving! (All walking/running levels welcomed)

 

 

#TeamChicas Celebrates 5 Years of Run to Feed the Hungry in Sacramento, Join us!

14 Tuesday Aug 2018

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#TeamChicas is excited to join the 25th annual Run to Feed the Hungry benefiting Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, for our 5th year participating! Sacramento’s annual run is the largest Thanksgiving Day run in the country, and we invite you to be a part of it, by joining #TeamChicas in our Sacramento Thanksgiving Day Tradition!

View #TeamChicas Pledge page, here: bit.ly/ChicasRTFTH2018 (where you can donate, join, invite, share…!)

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• Create an account on RaceRoster
• Register yourself using the Adult Team Option
• Select team name: #TeamChicas
• Complete registration process
• Invite your friends & family to join our team — all are welcomed: any age, any fitness level! 

Visit and share our Facebook Event page
* * * All team members must register by November 1, 2018 * * *
The team registration fee is $55 per adult and $35 per youth. Team registration includes a team shirt, team picture, access to VIP area… and more! 

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ABOUT RUN TO FEED THE HUNGRY 
WHAT: 10K Run & 5K Run/Walk to support Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

WHEN: Thanksgiving morning – Thursday, November 22, 2018 — Rain or Shine!
10K – 8:15 a.m. • 5K – 9 a.m.

WHERE:  The race starts on J Street just west of the entrance to the Sacramento State campus and runs through the beautiful tree lined streets of East Sacramento.
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📢✨ HOW TO GET CHICAS LATINAS DE SACRAMENTO TO COVER YOUR RTFTH REGISTRATION FEE 📢✨

Join #TeamChicas for SIX Wednesday runs (between Aug. 1 – Nov. 1) and we’ll cover the RTFTH Registration fee for 5 participants. 😲😲

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* The deadline for team registration is November 1, 2018. Team registration and accompanying team shirts will not be available TBD.
View #TeamChicas Pledge page, here: bit.ly/ChicasRTFTH2018

Chicas Latinas’ December Sacramento Volunteer and Social Activities

27 Monday Nov 2017

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Chicas Latinas de Sacramento had a blast in November and we are excited to close out 2017 with a giving December. But first, a recap:

Chicas Latinas joined Sacramento Young Professionals of Color at their November Happy Hour event to officially launch our 2018 “Starting Off on the Right Foot” shoe drive, benefiting D.W. Babcock Elementary School. We packed the house and raised over $1,000 for our shoe drive! Stay tuned for future events and ways you (or your business) can give in 2018.

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Thank you to everyone who joined #TeamChicas on Thanksgiving morning at Run To Feed The Hungry, benefiting Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services!

#TeamChicas will continue our Wednesday evening runs, until further notice (stay tuned for winter Zumba!).

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Chicas Latinas’ Holiday Drive:

For the Holidays, Chicas Latinas is supporting Sacramento Crisis Nursery by sponsoring an Arts and Crafts supply drive! Deadline for donations is Dec. 15. View wish-list here. To learn more and/or donate, email: committees@chicaslatinasdesacramento.org

Join us on Dec. 11, 5-7pm, at Ten Ten Room in downtown Sacramento for Mistletoe & Martinis, a Holiday Social with Chicas Latinas + Sac Crisis Nursery Donation Drop-Off. This happy hour social will be co-ed, come one and come all!

Announcing:

Chicas Latinas is now linked to #amazonsmile! Shop at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Chicas Latinas de Sacramento!

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Chicas Latinas’ December Meetings:

Dec. 6: Marketing & Community Outreach Committee Mtg.

Dec. 11: Mistletoe & Martinis, Holiday Social with Chicas Latinas + Sac Crisis Nursery Donation Drop-Off 

Dec. 12: Programs & Events Committee Mtg.

TBA: Scholarship Committee Mtg.

Interested in joining a Chicas Latinas committee, email us at: committees@chicaslatinasdesacramento.org

Coming Up in Sacramento:

Nov. 30: Posada Navideña 2017

Dec. 4: WEAVE Inc. Volunteer Orientation

Dec. 7:  La Pastorela de Sacramento

Dec. 9: Chicas Latinas’ Volunteer Day at Sac Crisis Nursery

Dec. 11: Chicas Latinas’ Social, Mistletoe & Martinis

Dec. 15: Deadline, Arts & Crafts Donations for Sac Crisis Nursery

Dec. 25: Merry Christmas! Volunteer, help feed the homeless on Christmas morning with CAFFE at Cesar Chavez Plaza

Join #TeamChicas at Run to Feed the Hungry in Sacramento!

21 Thursday Sep 2017

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#TeamChicas is excited to join the 24th annual Run to Feed the Hungry benefiting Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, for our 4th year in a row! Sacramento’s annual run is the largest Thanksgiving Day run in the country, and we invite you to be a part of it, by joining #TeamChicas in our Sacramento Thanksgiving Day Tradition!

View #TeamChicas Pledge page, here: http://bit.ly/ChicasRTFTH2017 (where you can donate, join, invite, share…!)

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To join #TeamChicas: 
• Create an account on RaceRoster
https://raceroster.com/events/2017/13212/run-to-feed-the-hungry-10k5k/register
• Register yourself using the Adult Team Option
• Click Add This Participant to a Team
• Select team name from drop down (#TeamChicas)
• Complete registration process
• Invite your friends & family to join our team — all are welcomed, any fitness level! 

Visit and share our Facebook Event page
* * * All team members must register by November 5, 2017 * * *
The team registration fee is $55 per adult and $35 per youth

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ABOUT RUN TO FEED THE HUNGRY 
WHAT: 10K Run & 5K Run/Walk to support Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

WHEN: Thanksgiving morning – Thursday, November 23, 2017 — Rain or Shine!
10K – 8:15 a.m. • 5K – 9 a.m.

WHERE:  The race starts on J Street just west of the entrance to the Sacramento State campus and runs through the beautiful tree lined streets of East Sacramento.
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📢✨ HOW TO GET CHICAS LATINAS DE SACRAMENTO TO COVER YOUR RTFTH REGISTRATION FEE 📢✨

Join #TeamChicas for THREE Wednesday runs (between Sept. 20 – Nov. 1) and we’ll cover the RTFTH Registration fee for 5 participants. 😲😲

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* The deadline for team registration is November 5, 2017. Team registration and accompanying team shirts will not be available after Sunday, November 5, 2017.
View #TeamChicas Pledge page, here: http://bit.ly/ChicasRTFTH2017

#TeamChicas takes on @SacFoodBank’s Run to Feed the Hungry!

06 Friday Nov 2015

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Good afternoon and Happy Friday!

We’re 20 days away from one of the largest runs in Sacramento (and in the nation on Thanksgiving) put on by the Sacramento Food Bank, Run to Feed the Hungry taking place Thursday, November 26!

Keep in mind, participating in this race not only does good for your health, but also means you’re giving back to our community. All profits from this race go to the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Serivces (SFBFS) that offers 14 diverse services, all focusing on education and moving families to self-sufficiency and financial independence. Click the link to sign up: https://register.chronotrack.com/reg/external-link-ref?la=f6a24f0fd433387fed42206cbf714db1cafaa459. Below is a screen shot upon choosing a team, be sure to choose “Join Existing Team” and use the search box to find #TeamChicas.

#TeamChicas is very grateful to be part of this great event. We encourage YOU to come out and train with us, from walkers to beginning runners, we invite you. We meet Wednesday’s at 6pm in front of McKinley Library in East Sacramento and Sunday’s at 8 am in Sutter’s Landing on 28th and C.

If you come out to one of our weeknight trainings please wear reflective/neon gear, and/or a headlight. Our training schedule for the next few days is as follows:

11/08/15- Sutter’s Landing- Runners 5 easy miles. Walkers 3-4

11/11/15- McKindley Park- Runners 5 miles tempo. Walkers 4

11/15/15- Run on your own. No Team Chicas training on this day

11/18/15- McKindley Park- Runners 5.5 miles tempo. Walkers 4.5

11/22/15- Sutter’s Landing- Runners 4 miles easy. Walkers 3

Hope to see you out there!

TeamChicas

Let us know if you’d like to sign up:

#LatinasOutdoors: How a Latina Nature Explorer was Born

12 Friday Jun 2015

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Guest Blog by Chicas Latinas’ Member: Patricia Diaz

My earliest memories venturing out into the great outdoors are strongly correlated with food. For my Mexican family, summer trips to the lake equaled carne asada and grilled onions. Burritos neatly wrapped in tinfoil still remind me of our treks up I-80 in the winter, so we could slide down snowy hills. You work up quite an appetite falling face first in the snow.  

Chicas Latinas' Member, Patricia Diaz

Chicas Latinas’ Member, Patricia Diaz

The night before a trip to the lake I would anticipate walking on the sand (or dirt depending on the location.) I would imagine the first moment the water came into view. I’d get so excited at the thought of jumping in the lake, with my pair of two-dollar arm floaties, that I’d have trouble falling asleep. Our annual trips to the snow was one of a handful of times in winter that this California kid got to pull her favorite puffy jacket out of the closet, wear a scarf and beanie, and actually need it.

Looking back, I realize that this is when my love affair with nature began. I loved it for what it was… before I knew that fancy outdoor equipment existed, before going out into nature seemed complicated and expensive. Being outdoors and exploring this gorgeous state of California filled me up with a sense of pure joy. The giddy feeling I used to get as a kid when I caught a glimpse of sparkling blue water, or a snow bank taller than my 5-year-old frame, is the same exact feeling that the grown up me gets every time I see Lake Tahoe from the top of a Sierra peak.

To the Latinas and Latinos I know who don’t venture out into nature very often, I have to ask why not? If it’s out of a sense of uncertainty of where to start, what gear you will need and who will guide you then I say look no further than this blog.

I would remind you that the reality is you can get out on countless hiking trails with little more than an old pair of sneakers & a bag filled with snacks & water. Don’t let the gear deter you. There are trails and places for everyone and for every level, from the beginner to the highly experienced trekker. My advice to you, just get out there with a fellow nature lover in the lead. I promise you that you will walk away from that first outing with memories that will last a lifetime. The added bonus is that this type of exercise comes with a view. After all, you just so happen to live in one of the most naturally beautiful places in the entire world! The trails of the Sierra Nevada and the Coast are waiting for you to take your first step. Wait there’s more…

Chicas Latinas de Sacramento are pleased to be partnering with Latino Outdoors to be your ambassadors and guides! Our first trip together will be to explore the Palomarin Trail at Point Reyes on Saturday June 27th (RSVP on Meetup, or email us!). Learn more about Latino Outdoors by clicking here http://latinooutdoors.org
No more excuses. You have a time, a place, and people who love the outdoors to lead the way. Vamonos a explorar! Let’s go explore, with Chicas Latinas de Sacramento and Latinos Outdoors!

Contact Patricia Diaz & #TeamChicas Running Group at: committees@chicaslatinasdesacramento.org

#TeamChicas: Spring round up

25 Saturday Apr 2015

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Hola chicas and chicos! We’ve had such an exciting year thus far with a number of great events taking place throughout. Our latest one being our FUN RUN taking place in Auburn. Thank you again to those who joined us!

#TeamChicas in running/walking in Auburn.

#TeamChicas running/walking in Auburn.

We now find ourselves in the middle of Spring, approaching the middle of the year and we continue to think of more interesting (fun) runs and races to be apart of for later in the year. For our up and coming run, see below for details!unnamedIf you find yourself wanting to join us whether it’s Wednesday afternoons at McKinley Park at 6PM or Sunday’s at Sutters Landing at 8AM, please do with signing up for weekly updates! We love having both women AND men join us of all running levels. For any questions or queries, please fill out the form below.

Races to sign up:

Sunday June 7th– Kaiser Permanente Women’s Fitness Festival. Let’s make our presence known! We are training for this 5k race and would love to see you participate in this amazing event.

For race details go to: http://www.womensfitnessfestival.com/

Chicas on the run!

13 Friday Mar 2015

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Just as we mentioned before, the Chicas Running group are making moves! Last week, several of our members made it to the UC Davis campus to run the 5K Caterpillar Crawl benefiting Camp Kesem. See below for shots of our Chicas in action!

THIS weekend we look forward to seeing more of our Chicas on the run for Sacramento’s Shamrock’n Half Marathon, Sunday, March 15th starting with the first wave at 7:45AM and last at 8:30AM in Raley Field.

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Click HERE for a map.

We wish our Chicas the BEST of luck this weekend!

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Chica’s Running Group Q&A!

14 Saturday Feb 2015

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Having trouble understanding what it takes to hit the ground running? Come join us for a Chicas Running Group Q&A session/lunch on Sunday February 22 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at The Coffee Garden 2904 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento CA 95817.

We want to hear your questions and feedback about running! The Chicas Running Group is here to serve you as a beginning or advanced runner. All are welcome. Please RSVP and send your questions by February 18th, to Sol at solluvs2run@gmail.com or fill out the contact form below. Hope to see you there!

Chicas Running Group Spring Marathons for 2015!

24 Saturday Jan 2015

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Don’t wait to join the Chicas Running Group! As we prepare for the two marathons this spring (info below) we will be giving opportunity for runners to earn either free admission or fun-run worthy prizes. Your chance to earn begins the first run on Sunday, February the 1st through the end of the month!

Saturday March 7, 2015

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More specific information is TBD. However, this is a 5k race benefiting Camp Kesem, a college student run organization whose mission is to help children through their parent’s cancer. Registration cost details coming soon. The first 10 runners that come to at least four Chicas running group workouts,* we’ll cover your entry fee.

Sunday March 15, 2015

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Blue Diamond Shamrock’n Half-Marathon in Sacramento. We won’t be offering free entry for this race, but we’ll be raffling off a few amazing prizes. You must attend at least four group workouts* to be enter into the raffle.

*You are not required to attend four consecutive runs, only four total. So let’s get going runners! #TeamChicas

Community Running Group Form: http://bit.ly/ChicasRunningGroup