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Community Event
WHITE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Whitaker Wander 5K
White Mountain Community Health Center photo
Join White Mountain Community Health Center for their 4th annual Whitaker Wander 5k on Saturday, May 17 at 9 a.m.
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n May 17, 2025, runners and
walkers will wind their way
through the beautiful trails of
North Conway’s Whitaker Woods,
accompanied by a kids’ Fun Run, hula
hooping, live broadcasting, and more.
Board president and race director
Caitlin Behr, RN, says, “This 5k run and
walk is a fun, friendly, and encouraging event that celebrates health and
wellness in our community. We are so happy to see this event
growing year after year. I look forward to seeing familiar and
new participants in May!”
The Whitaker Wander 5k was first held in 2019 to support
the Health Center’s programs and bring awareness to all of the
services the organization offers the community. The Health
Center fosters community-wide health through quality and
compassionate services. These include primary care, dental
much the Health Center has meant to them over the years,
and what a difference they see these programs making in the
community. School nurses who know they can send students’
families to us when their child is sick and they don’t have a
PCP; people who started seeing us when they were in a health
crisis and are now thriving; small businesses that can’t afford
to offer health insurance but are thankful they can send their
employees to us for healthcare and help enrolling in affordable
coverage; board members who love the care they’ve gotten here
as patients for decades and want to make sure we’re still here
for everyone in the years to come. This is a chance for everyone
to come together, celebrate those successes, and highlight the
importance of having a community where everyone can get the
care they need to be healthy.”
She added, “If you don’t know much about us, it’s also a
great chance to find out what we’re about and support health
and wellbeing for everyone in our community.” Community
health workers will be at the race to share information and
The Whitaker Wander 5k was first held in 2019 to support the Health Center’s programs and bring
awareness to all of the services the organization offers the community. The Health Center fosters
community-wide health through quality and compassionate services.
care, substance use disorder treatment, dietician services,
sexual and reproductive health service, a teen walk-in clinic,
behavioral health care, and care coordination. The organization
makes sure that everyone in Mt. Washington Valley can access
these services through a generous sliding-fee scale and other
programs that remove barriers to care.
Siena Kaplan-Thompson, director of communications and
development, explained, “We hear from so many people how
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answer questions about the Health Center’s programs.
The event was on hold through the pandemic, and staff and
board members were excited to bring it back in 2023 to great
success. Last year’s event was even bigger, with almost 100
participants, including almost 20 kids under age 10, running
the non-competitive 1-mile Fun Run. Awards are given for
best three times for walking and running for women, men, and
non-binary participants under 55 and 55+. People walking or
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