Outhouse 5K Run/Walk ~ Outhouse 500 ~ and the Chili Cook-off

February 25, 2017 

Join us for some wacky, wintery FUN!!!
Collections ~ Art ~ Tractors ~ Music ~ Community ~ Quilts ~ Traditions ~ Kids

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Coopersville Farm Museum & Event Center is 
Open Year Round

Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Coopersville/Polkton
Firemen's Club hosts
the 13th Annual Coopersville
Outhouse 500 at 10am
Lt Firehouse Cafe is hosting a
Pancake Breakfast from 7am-10am 
Breakfast is by donation!
Profits will be donated to the 
Great lakes Burn Camp
Mark & Lauri Douglas will once again
be representing Mark Douglas Real Estate as
the Outhouse 500 emcees and auction!
Miss Coopersville Scholarship Program representatives lead the parade and drop the flag for the official start of the Outhouse Races.
Face Painting at the Coopersville Farm Museum from 10am-1pm!
Outhouse 5K  Run/Walk begins at 9am
benefitting Coopersville Area Arts Council
& Coopersville Band Boosters
The 13th Annual Chili Cook-off will be 
held at the Coopersville Farm Museum 
from 11am - 1pm.  Stop in and sample
at least nine different kinds of chili. 
Leigh Ann Towne and Todd Chance from
the Morning Mix on FOX17 are our 
official King and Queen of the Outhouse 500
Stop in and see Jan at Daniels Family Hair Care on Main Street and sign the waiver to participate in the Little Outhouse Runs...limited to kids 12 and under...non-competitive...free.  Every participant receives a token award. 
Kids, Crafts, and Critters at the Coopersville Farm Museum from 10am-1pm!
Thom Eno, for the 13th year straight, will play the National Anthem on his Musical Saw before the start of the race!  10am "SHARP"!
New, this year, Off The Tracks Grocery Outlet Store and The Bronco Connection on Main Street will sponsor a FROZEN TEE SHIRT CONTEST! Limited to 12 participants. Entry Fee is $5.
Toilet Seat decorating contest and live auction - you don't want to miss!  You will end up with a
one of a kind piece of art!  Proceeds go to the Firemen's Club.  Held between heats of the races. 
Homemade Jam Band playing on the CFM Stage from 10am-1pm! 
Chili Cook-off
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Page one of Registration Form
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Page two Rules

The last Saturday, every February, the Coopersville/Polkton Firemen's Club along with the Coopersville Merchant's Group, host a race of outhouses down Main Street Coopersville!  The Coopersville Area Arts Council/Coopersville Community Band hosts an Outhouse 5k that morning too!  It's loads of laughs!


NEW-LOWER ENTRY FEES FOR Chili Cook-off this year and CASH PRIZES TOO!!!
Outhouse 500 starts at 10am on Main Street.  Watch the hilarity as teams race outhouses down the street!  
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Outhouse 500 Registration
Coopersville Outhouse 5K 2017 Run and Walk
Saturday, February 25 at 9am at CAPS
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5K Outhouse RUN/WALK Registration
https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Coopersville/CoopersvilleOuthouse5k
or

www.runsignup.com and search Coopersville Outhouse 5k
Not a runner?  Volunteer! 
Sign up to volunteer at www.runsignup.com

        

 

 

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