It's Going to be a Doozie of a Good Time!
Join Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech and Marble Slab Creamery & Great American Cookies at the St. Johns Town Center for the annual Clarke Ice Cream Run on Saturday, March 28, 2026. The timed 5K and 1 mile walk/run will feature a fun race course and vendor area (next to Maggiano's and Marble Slab Creamery), all to benefit the students at Clarke Florida.
At the finish, participants will be rewarded with a Marble Slab Creamery & Great American Cookie ice cream Doozie!
More details coming soon!
Registration is open!
- March 28, 2026
- Race starts at 7:30 am (vendor area opens at 6:30 am)
- St. Johns Town Center, Jacksonville, FL
- Register Now!
- View the course maps
- First-place male and female 5K finishers receive $125 gift cards each.
- Second-place male and female 5K finishers receive $75 gift cards each.
- Third-place male and female 5K finishers receive $50 gift cards each.
- Best costume winner will receive a Great American Cookie Cake!
Bring your dooziest costumes and join us to support Clarke, where children who are deaf or hard of hearing learn to listen and talk.
Thank you to our Media Sponsor!
Honorary Chair:
co-host of River City Live
Thank you to our Radio Sponsors!
- $25 if registered by December 1, 2025
- $35 if registered by March 27, 2025
- $40 if registered on day of the race
- $20 if registered by January 1, 2025
- $25 if registered by March 28, 2025
- Limited to Clarke students only. FREE, but must register to participate.
FAQs
The health and safety of participants and volunteers are our top priority. We ask that runners, walkers, volunteers, staff and spectators follow CDC guidelines and refrain from participation if at risk for illness, experiencing signs of illness or returning from restricted travel alert locations. Guidance may change at any time and participants will be notified accordingly.
Packet Pickup
Wednesday, March 25, 2025, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech
9803 Old St. Augustine Road, Suite 7, Jacksonville, FL 32257
Friday, March 27, 2025, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Great American Cookies and Marble Slab Creamery
10281 Mid Town Pkwy #191, Jacksonville, FL 32246
If you miss the advance packet pick-up opportunities, packets will be moved to the race site for race day pick-up starting at 6:30 a.m. until 7:20 a.m. Please be in line no later than 6:55 a.m.Please note, we will not be able to offer any shirt exchanges until AFTER the event and after we assess any leftover inventory. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding of the logistical planning that goes into ordering shirts based upon the information participants provide during the registration process.
All participants registered by February 28 will receive a performance shirt.
Absolutely! Walkers are welcome. The race course closes at 9:45 am.
No Scooters, bicycles, skateboards or skates are permitted on the race course. Strollers are permitted for children.
Unfortunately, pets are not permitted to join the fun.
All persons (including children) who participate in the 5K, 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk or Kiddie Dash will need to be a registered participant. The only exception is an infant or toddler (3 years or younger) who remains in a stroller for the duration of the 5K or 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk.
The more the merrier! Please create or join a fundraising team!
A 5K is equivalent to just over 3 miles, 3.10686 miles.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Interested in becoming an Ice Cream Run Sponsor?
Join a great group of community sponsors for this preeminent event that features a timed 5K race and a 1 Mile Run/Walk all benefiting Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech.
