The Kiwanis BUG Chase 5K Run is a race to benefit the Bring Up Grades programs in local Lee County elementary schools and other Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis club sponsored children’s projects. The race is held each year in January at the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium. Kiwanis Bring Up Grades, or ‘BUG’, is a program designed to provide recognition to students who raise their grades to an acceptable range and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next. We sponsor a recognition program at multiple elementary schools for BUG students, providing certificates and snacks during the ceremony.
What: 18th Annual Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis BUG Chase 5k
When: Saturday, January 24, 2026 – Start time 8:30 a.m.
Where: Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium – 3450 Ortiz Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33905
Sponsor recognition may include: – Logo on every race shirt – Race registration – Recognition from podium and opportunity to speak before awards – Booth at the event – Opportunity to include promotional material in race packets – Recognized in media press release – Continual Facebook event recognition
BUG Chase
The Kiwanis BUG Chase 5K Run is a race to benefit the Bring Up Grades programs in local Lee County elementary schools and other Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis club sponsored children’s projects. The race is held each year in January at the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium. Kiwanis Bring Up Grades, or ‘BUG’, is a program designed to provide recognition to students who raise their grades to an acceptable range and maintain or continue to raise them from one grading period to the next. We sponsor a recognition program at multiple elementary schools for BUG students, providing certificates and snacks during the ceremony.
What: 18th Annual Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis BUG Chase 5k
When: Saturday, January 24, 2026 – Start time 8:30 a.m.
Where: Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium – 3450 Ortiz Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33905
Register by December 5, 2025 to guarantee shirt
Race day registration begins 7:30 a.m.
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Sponsor recognition may include:
– Logo on every race shirt
– Race registration
– Recognition from podium and opportunity to speak before awards
– Booth at the event
– Opportunity to include promotional material in race packets
– Recognized in media press release
– Continual Facebook event recognition
2026 Course Map