The Fripp Island Turtle Program is pleased to announce that the seventh Annual Turtle Crawl will be held on Friday, July 18 at the Fripp Island Beach Club.

[caption id="attachment_17548" align="alignleft" width="300"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Turtle-Crawl-43.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-17548" alt="Scenes from last year's Turtle Crawl 5K on Fripp Island." src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Turtle-Crawl-43-300x200.jpg" width="300" height="200" /></a> Scenes from last year's Turtle Crawl 5K on Fripp Island.[/caption]

This family fun event with feature both a 5K race as well as a 1 mile fun walk/run. Both events start at 8:30 a.m. on Fripp Beach. Registration and packet pickup will begin at 7:30 a.m. in front of the beach club.

New features for the event this year include: 5K timing provided by Play Hard Event Timing, as well as online registration at www.runsignup.com or visit the Fripp Island Turtle Team Facebook page.

Child and youth T-shirts will be available if participant is pre-registered by July 13.

Proceeds benefit the Fripp Island Turtle Program, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit volunteer nest protection program permitted by the SCDNR and dedicated to the conservation of sea turtles and educating the public about this amazing species.

Participation is only a $25 donation to the program.  Sign up to join the fun and do your part to help the South Carolina state reptile, the loggerhead sea turtle by visiting this link: https://runsignup.com/Race/SC/FrippIsland/TurtleCrawl.

The event is sponsored by  Fripp Island Real Estate; Sand &amp; Seas Builders, LLC; Springtide Market Deli; and A&amp;D Home Builders, LLC.