Virtual Participation

Get Registered

Register as a virtual participant. You’ll be eligible to receive a free T-shirt (details below) and you’ll automatically have a fundraising page created for you.

Choose How You Want to Walk/Run

On Your Own
With a Group

Looking for some camaraderie in your 5k? Join a local Neighborhood Walk/Run! Community volunteers and participants, just like you, have signed up to self-organize virtual walk/runs in their own local area. This is a great way to get together with others in your area to raise awareness about adoption from foster care. Find a local Neighborhood Walk/Run in the listing below to contact the Neighborhood leader for more details.

Interested in organizing a Neighborhood Walk/Run? Fill out this form to get started!

Make a Difference

Just by signing up, you are making a difference for children and teens in foster care. Whether you choose to participate on your own or with a Neighborhood group, you’ll be raising awareness in your community about the hundreds of kids who need adoptive homes. Until race day, we invite you to multiply your impact by utilizing your personal fundraising page. If you need help, be sure to check out our fundraising guide for more info!

Virtual Race Date and Times

Our 5K virtual Walk/Run can be completed anywhere, anytime between May 14th and May 21st. You can complete your virtual Walk/Run on your own or you can choose to join others participating virtually at a local Neighborhood Walk/Run (see below).

Shirts

All virtual participants are eligible to receive a free Walk/Run T-shirt! You will receive an email in early May with instructions on how to claim your free T-shirt via a promo code in the MARE store. To ensure you will be able to receive your T-shirt by race day, please allow for at least 8 business days for fulfillment. We advise all virtual participants to register and place their T-shirt orders by May 5th.

Neighborhood Walk/Runs

Each local Neighborhood Walk/Run will be self-organized by a community volunteer. These are low-key get togethers whose main purpose is to promote community among local advocates for adoption from foster care. Each organizer will bring their own flavor, but in general you should expect to meet up with other virtual participants (wearing your Walk/Run shirts of course!) to complete the 5k in a local neighborhood, park, or public area. Contact the local Neighborhood leader in the listing below for more details.

Walk/Run