250 students help out service groups in 'Do Something Church Race' at Liberty Station

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Competitors skateboard surf during the “Do Something Church Race” on July 31 at Liberty Station. (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

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Kids walk across Legos in a “Do Something Church Race” challenge. (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

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The spicy-food challenge gets a reaction at the “Do Something Church Race” on July 31. (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

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Participants line up for the football-throwing challenge during the “Do Something Church Race.” (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

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Children go down an inflatable slide at the “Do Something Church Race” on July 31 at Liberty Station. (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

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Students assembled art kits to be distributed to social organizations around San Diego as part of the “Do Something Church Race” on July 31 at Liberty Station. (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

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Kids take a run through the obstacle course during the “Do Something Church Race” at Liberty Station. (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

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A participant takes a turn on the swing bars during a challenge in the “Do Something Church Race” at Liberty Station. (Christy Radecic Photography / Courtesy of Rock Church)

By Point Loma-OB Monthly staff

Aug. 11, 2021 10 AM PT

Point Loma-based Rock Church joined 10 other area churches in presenting the “Do Something Church Race” on July 31, in which students in sixth through 12th grades competed in physical, mental and service challenges throughout Liberty Station.

Teams stopped at 20 different stations during the 6½-hour event to complete challenges such as eating spicy food, walking across Legos and navigating an obstacle course.

Participants also completed challenges to benefit community organizations, including assembling art kits on behalf of the New Children’s Museum to be distributed to social organizations around San Diego; beautifying Liberty Station’s NTC Park in partnership with the Point Loma Association’s Mean Green Team; and providing youths who are aging out of the foster system with a “welcome basket” for their first home in partnership with Just in Time and the Rock Foster Youth Mentor Ministry.

Teams competed for a $1,000 prize to give to the San Diego-area nonprofit of their choice. The winning team chose the Olivia Hudson Foundation, which works to fund pediatric brain cancer research and support families in financial need.

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