Event Description
The Callahan Murphy Hare Foundation presents its inaugural Kids in Capes 5K and Fun Run to benefit pediatric cancer awareness and research.
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022
Thompson Park, parking available in park parking lots and on Mountview and Woodbridge Roads.
Registration Opens: 7:00a
5K Start: 8:30a
Fun Run (1mi) start: 8:45a
Gift card prizes for Top 3 overall winners.
Registration includes*:
- Long sleeve race shirt (Optional)**
- Race bib and chip
- Kids in Capes participation grab bag
- Digital photo opp
- Kids access to Fun Run inflatables
*Virtual racers will receive shirt, race bib and grab bag. Virtual Swag will be shipped to participants*
**In lieu of a race shirt, you can choose to have the cost of the shirt donated to fund a care package for a patient or family at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Food trucks on site for post race coffee and snacks.
About The Callahan Murphy Hare Foundation
Kate and Matt Hare established The Callahan Murphy Hare Foundation in September 2021, following the April birth of their son Callahan, who was diagnosed with infant leukemia within hours of birth. Due to the aggressive protocol he needed, Callahan (and mom and dad) stayed inpatient at Nationwide Children's in Columbus, OH for the first 8 months of his life.
During this time, the Hare's became immersed in the pediatric cancer world – a place no one imagines finding themselves. As they learned more about their son's diagnosis, along with the cancers of other pediatric patients they met during their stay, and the federal investment priority (or lack there of) for pediatric cancers, Kate and Matt were motivated to be a part of the movement to support and change the funding for pediatric cancers. Did you know, the National Cancer Institute's annual budget accounts just 4% to research for the 111 types of pediatric cancers? This is why #MORETHANFOUR is a rallying cry within the pediatric cancer community.
Since launching in September 2021, The Hare's have raised ~$90,000 for pediatric cancer research at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Boston Children's in Boston, MA. Funds raised through events like this one are intended to help fund innovative research and trials at children's hospital's across the country. The foundation is disease state agnostic, meaning they are not focused solely on funding research related to Callahan's diagnosis of infant leukemia.
