Event Description
Saturday, May 4th, 2024, 10:00 AM Seventh Mountain
Resort Pink Duck 5k- Fun Run / Family Trail Walk
Click to Register! Race Entry is $20! 13 and under can participate for FREE!
Join the Pink Duck 5k to raise awareness in partnership with the Bend Women's Expo! Together, we will race to speak up and stop human trafficking in a positive way in Central Oregon! This is a friendly 5k for all ages; you can run or walk along a marked trail to support the anti-trafficking nonprofit IN OUR BACKYARD.
SPEAK UP TO STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
PROTECT WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM ONLINE TRAFFICKING
PROTECT YOUTH FOR A LIFETIME THROUGH AWARENESS
EVENT TIMELINE:
8:00 am – Race-day Registration opens, and Packet Pick up opens
10:00 am – 5K Fun Run/Walk begins. Link to Trail HERE.
12:15 pm—Post-race celebration! Results and prizes will be announced at a panel discussion with Cheryl Csiky (Executive Director of IOB). Survivor artist Lily Lawson will join us as we celebrate the results and hear why she speaks up to prevent human trafficking from happening to one more child!
WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! Think pink, think feathers, think big! The best-dressed winner will receive the "Most Spirited Award." Make sure to tag @inourbackyard and @bendwomensexpo to show off your outfit AND raise awareness for human trafficking prevention!
RACE AMENITIES INCLUDE:
-Pink Duckie keepsake to raise awareness with friends - Race Bib- Water and post-race snacks - FREE Entry to Bend Women's Expo
Race Shirt Purchase: Shirts are available for $30 during checkout. Register BEFORE April 20th to receive your shirt on time.
DUCK TRAIL FUN HUNT:
Walk, talk, and have fun with family and friends during your trail walk. Children can participate in the Fun Duck Hunt:
Collect rubber duckies along the pathway. Each duck has a simple question for families to discuss how to keep families and friends safe. Children who collect duckies can turn them in for a prize at the end of the 5K at the Bend Women's Expo. Don't forget that entry to the expo is free with race registration.
Get all your ducks in a row! We are asking you to put together a team, participate in our “Freedom Fighter” category, and win the “MOST Ducked Out TEAM” and/or “LARGEST TEAM” in 2024!
Why join this Fun Duck 5k?
Proceeds support IN OUR BACKYARD's mission to create a world where everyone can live in Freedom. Help protect youth and victims of trafficking by creating a pathway to Freedom! Your race protects more than 100 human trafficking victims during our Super Bowl intel operation in partnership with law enforcement and over 10,000 local youth through IOB's prevention program,m Teens Against Trafficking.
More info:
To learn more about our seven prevention programs, go to www.inourbackyard.org
For more info on the Bend's Women's Expo, go to www.bendwomensexpo.com
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IN OUR BACKYARD, established in 2009, is now a survivor-led(2020) national
organization with more than a decade of dedication to the fight against sex and labor trafficking. IOB
links arms in the fight against human trafficking by empowering communities to prevent this atrocity
and creating access to Freedom for victims of human trafficking (HT). IOB Founder Nita Belles was
driven to take action to stop the exploitation of children, women, and men. Her book, In Our Backyard:
Human Trafficking in America and What You Can Do to Stop It has been acclaimed as the primer on
human trafficking in America. In 2020, Cheryl Csiky, a child-trafficking survivor, joined IOB as Executive
Director to further lead the mission and growing needs.
