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Peer Power Big River Crossing Race

Half Marathon, 10K & Family Fun Walk

Peer Power Big River Crossing Race
8:30am - Half Marathon & 10K
9:00am - Family Fun Walk

On November 4, 2023, the Peer Power Foundation will present the 7th Annual Peer Power Big River Crossing Race. Sign up for the Half-Marathon or 10K and you'll make the interstate trek across the Mississippi River’s longest public pedestrian bridge. Also join us for the Family Fun Walk for a fun 1 Mile course along the river in Tom Lee Park.

All the Benefits

Your entry fee is more than a fee — it is a contribution to Peer Power Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year. The Peer Power Foundation is a first-of-its-kind partnership with the University of Memphis and Memphis Shelby County Schools to recruit, train and employ high-performing college scholars to tutor and mentor public high school students within the classroom. And it works well. In addition, you gain these great benefits:

Peer Power Foundation

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These races fund Peer Power’s mission to empower and inspire scholars through their innovative student-to-student tutoring program.

Peer Power's transformative work provides tutoring and mentoring assistance directly in the classroom that increases graduation rates, public safety, and youth employability. Since 2004, Peer Power has been setting the stage for success and providing inner city youth opportunities to excel. Additionally, Peer Power’s ACT Prep University improves ACT scores by an average of 3.2 points, which then elevates college scholarship opportunities for local Shelby County Schools students. Each year, this improvement helps students collectively earn close to $1,000,000 in Tennessee HOPE scholarships.

Peer Power hires Success Coaches – or high performing University of Memphis students – as tutors and mentors, who receive college credit, gain real world experience and are paid for their work. Our Success Coaches have an 84% college graduation rate and 1 in 7 go on to become educators after they graduate. So while Peer Power is positively impacting the lives of high school students in 12 Shelby County Schools so far, we’re also building the pool of future educators for Memphis.

PEER POWER FAST FACTS:

  • Surpassed 1,400,000 hours of tutoring and mentoring since founding
  • Serves over 10,000 students at 12 high schools every day
  • Expanding by two high schools each year
  • Success Coaches have higher graduation rate than the U of M honors college
  • 100+ Success Coaches have begun careers in education as teachers, guidance counselors, or administrators
  • Second-largest employer of University of Memphis students, only behind the University itself
  • ACT Prep University students see an average increase of 3.1 points on the ACT
  • ACT Prep University students qualified for more than $6 million in TN Hope scholarships each year

SEE IT FOR YOURSELF


2023 Shirts and Medals!

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Top donors

No. Name Amount
1 100 Black Men of Memphis, Inc. $1,065.85
2 John Haase $533.35
3 Courtney McVean $533.35

Top teams

1

Team Charlie

Raised:

$1,565.53

2

East High School

Raised:

$1,013.69

3

The Three Marketeers

Raised:

$796.93

Top fundraisers

1 View fundraiser page for Jalen

Jalen Washington

$3,960.65

Raised

$1,500.00

Goal
2 View fundraiser page for Cortney

Cortney Richardson

Raised: $1,904.86

3 View fundraiser page for Bernard

Bernard Rodgers

$1,469.33

Raised

$2,777.00

Goal

Contact information

Event contact
Start 2 Finish Event Management
Email
s2finfo@s2fevents.com
Phone
901-274-2202

Registration fees

Virtual Half Marathon Closed

Online registration closed

  • Sign up to join us virtually this year and your race shirt and finisher medal will be shipped to you following the event.

    1. $67.00
      Apr 4 – Aug 6
    2. $77.00
      Aug 7 – Oct 6
    3. $87.00
      Oct 7 – Nov 3
    4. $97.00
      Nov 4 – Nov 4
    5. Closed
      Nov 4 – Nov 4

Virtual 10K Closed

Online registration closed

  • Sign up to join us virtually this year and your race shirt and finisher medal will be shipped to you following the event.

    1. $47.00
      Apr 4 – Aug 6
    2. $57.00
      Aug 7 – Oct 6
    3. $67.00
      Oct 7 – Nov 3
    4. $77.00
      Nov 4 – Nov 4
    5. Closed
      Nov 4 – Nov 4

Half Marathon Closed

Online registration closed

  • IN-PERSON Race entry includes long sleeve tech shirt, finisher medal, chip timing.

    1. $67.00
      Apr 4 – Aug 6
    2. $77.00
      Aug 7 – Oct 6
    3. $87.00
      Oct 7 – Nov 3
    4. $97.00
      Nov 4 – Nov 4
    5. Closed
      Nov 4 – Nov 4

10K Closed

Online registration closed

  • IN-PERSON Race entry includes long sleeve tech shirt, finisher medal, chip timing.

    1. $47.00
      Apr 4 – Aug 6
    2. $57.00
      Aug 7 – Oct 6
    3. $67.00
      Oct 7 – Nov 3
    4. $77.00
      Nov 4 – Nov 4
    5. Closed
      Nov 4 – Nov 4

Purchase a Shirt ONLY Closed

  1. $17.00

1 Mile Fun Walk / Run Closed

Online registration closed

  • IN-PERSON Race entry includes long sleeve tech shirt, finisher medal.

    1. $37.00
      Apr 4 – Aug 6
    2. $47.00
      Aug 7 – Oct 6
    3. $57.00
      Oct 7 – Nov 3
    4. $67.00
      Nov 4 – Nov 4