GIBSONBURG | Village Seeks Ugly Christmas Sweater 5K Entries of Toys or Food

GIBSONBURG — The Village of Gibsonburg is promoting an Ugly Christmas Sweater 5K Run/Walk, with entries taken in the form of a donated gift rather than a cash registration fee, the village said Tuesday on Facebook.

The event starts and finishes at Town Hall, 526 N. Webster St., according to the village’s post. The entry is a new, unwrapped toy or a non-perishable food item, the village said. Toys will go to children in the Gibsonburg Schools community, and food will go to the Gibsonburg Food Pantry.

The village’s Tuesday post did not include the date of the race. A check of the village website’s posts and events listing on Tuesday evening, including items dated as recently as Nov. 4, did not show a 2026 date, time or registration flyer for the Ugly Christmas Sweater 5K. Public race calendars reviewed the same evening also did not list a confirmed 2026 date.

Because the date had not been announced or posted on the village website, anyone who wants to take part should call the village office for the current information. The village’s main telephone number is 419-637-2323. Town Hall is at 526 N. Webster St., Gibsonburg, OH 43431. The village website is gibsonburgohio.org.

The Facebook announcement asked participants to wear ugly Christmas sweaters for the run or walk. Beyond the starting point, the donation entry, and the intended recipients, additional 2026 details such as a start time, course map, or award categories were not included in the post as logged and are not reported here.

The village has held a similar holiday run and walk in past years as a community fund-and-food drive tied to the Christmas season. Those earlier events are not a substitute for this year’s date and should not be used as the schedule.

Residents who have a new, unwrapped toy or non-perishable food to donate, and who want to know when to arrive at Town Hall, should contact the village at 419-637-2323 or watch the Village of Gibsonburg Facebook page for an update.

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