22 Strong Walk
About this race
Building Change is hosting their 8th annual 22 Strong walk to honor and support United States Military veterans. The number 22 is significant to the event because it represents the average number of veterans who lose their lives to suicide every day. Building Change is dedicated to eliminating veterans suicide. In seven years of the 22 Strong walk, Building Change has donated over $400,000 to local and national organizations that directly impact veterans.
2026 Events:
22-Mile In-person Walk (LONG): Saturday, September 26, 2026
2.2-Mile In-Person Walk (SHORT): Saturday, September 26, 2026
2026 Beneficiaries: FOCUS Marines Foundation, Dogs For Our Brave, Got Your Six PTSD Support Dogs, Joshua Chamberlain Society, Re-Emerge, and the Mid America Veterans Museum, Dogs on Duty
The 22 Strong Walk brings an exciting 1.6K, Ultra, 35.4K to Cottleville, Missouri on August 21, 2021. Don't miss this beautiful event!
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Running
22 Strong 22 Day Challenge (Virtual Option)
This is a 22 Day Challenge to represent the 22 veterans who commit suicide each day. We are challenging you to walk or run each day tracking your miles, then report your miles to our website. During the course of the 22 day event we will highlight some special veterans and our charities that we will be donating to on our 22 Strong Facebook page. We hope that over the 22 days we will be able to show our veterans that they have a community here to support them, bring awareness to some of our great charities and also that maybe you yourself has started a new habit of daily activity. It's a win for everyone! We will have weekly raffle prizes and a Grand prize at the end of the 22 days.
Combo 22 - In Person 22 Mile Walk and Virtual 22 Day Challenge
This combo event will register you for both the 22 Day Challenge and 22 Mile in person walk. You can use the 22 Day Challenge as a warm-up to our in person walk day on September 11th. This option also includes our Closing Ceremony after race food and refreshments!
Walking
22 Strong Walk (in Person Option)
We are back this year with our in person 22 mile walk to honor our veterans. This 22 mile walk represents the 22 veterans who commit suicide each day. We hope that over the 22 miles we will be able to show our veterans that they have a community here to support them and to bring awareness to some of our great charities. Closing Ceremony includes after race food and refreshments!
Weather Overview
These values reflect historical conditions on the race dates in Cottleville in 2021, from Open-Meteo archive data.
About Cottleville
22 Strong Walk takes place in Cottleville, Missouri, United States. The local timezone is America/Chicago.
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