LIFT's paddle event series!
Join us for the
ringgold regatta
6.27.26
8:30am-1pm
Register for the Ringgold Regatta
Join us for a fun morning paddling or floating along the South Chickamauga Creek in Ringgold! The event will begin at the Dragging Canoe Launch at Creekside Park.
Don’t have a kayak or canoe, but you have a tube? No problem! We’ll have two different routes available, one designed for boats and another just for tubes. Tubers will be shuttled upstream to their start by the Water Treatment Plant, and boaters will start at the Dragging Canoe Launch.
As boaters come off the creek behind Ringgold High School we’ll bring them and their boats back to their cars by way of a shuttle bus and trailers. All tubers will finish at the Dragging Canoe Launch. Once participants are back, we’ll feed everyone a free lunch of grilled hotdogs/chips/dessert/drink!
This is a FREE community event, and we hope to see lots of individuals and families come out to enjoy the creek together!
Ringgold Regatta event schedule:
8:30am – Check-In Begins (this waiver is required of all participants)
9:00am – All participants are IN THE WATER!
9:10am – The Regatta Begins!
11:00ish – Participants start to finish – shuttle begins running
11:30am-1pm – Lunch is served!
Join us for the
FORT O FLOAT
7.18.26
8:30am-1pm
Register for the Fort O Float
Join us for a fun morning paddling along the West Chickamauga Creek in Fort Oglethorpe! The event will begin with check-in at the Cloud Springs Launch, and participants will be transported to the put-in behind O’Charley’s on Battlefield Parkway.
As boaters come off the creek by the check-in spots at the Cloud Springs Launch. Once participants are back, we’ll feed everyone a free lunch of grilled hotdogs/chips/dessert/drink!
This is a FREE community event, and we hope to see lots of individuals and families come out to enjoy the creek together!
Fort O FLOAT event schedule:
8:30am – Check-In Begins (this waiver is required of all participants)
9:00am – All participants are transported to our Put-In behind O’Charley’s
9:30am – The Fort O Float Begins!
12:00ish – Participants start to finish & Lunch is served
2026 Sponsors
2026 partners
INTERESTED IN BEING A 2026 SPONSOR?
LIFT’s CREEK CHALLENGE is a free community event series!
WE NEED PARTNERS to help cover the costs of t-shirts.
- LIFT CREEK CHALLENGE EVENT SPONSOR: A $500 tax-deductible donation entitles your organization/business to be listed publicly
- On a banner with only your organization/business’s logo
- On the LIFT Creek Challenge Webpage
- On the back of the LIFT Creek Challenge t-shirt
- LIFT CREEK CHALLENGE T-SHIRT SPONSOR: A $300 tax-deductible donation entitles your organization/business to be listed publicly
- On the LIFT Creek Challenge Webpage
- On the back of the LIFT Creek Challenge t-shirt
The back of the LIFT Creek Challenge t-shirt also includes event partners.
By paying, you are agreeing to supply a digital copy of your logo and are giving permission for this logo to be printed in bulk. These logos will be added to our LIFT Creek Challenge T-Shirt for Advertising purposes. We plan to print up to 200 t-shirts for this year’s event.
Your donation should be made payable to LIFT Youth Center, Inc, the 501 (c) (3) nonprofit coordinating this free community event. All donations collected will be used solely for the advertising and supply purposes of this event. We would like all funds to be remitted by June 12, 2026.
It may be mailed to:
Attn: LIFT Creek Challenge
7197 Nashville St.
Ringgold, GA 30736
LIFT Youth Center is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. No goods or services were provided in exchange for your generous donation.
Contact Chrissie Brown, chrissie@LIFTyouthcenter.org, if you have any questions.