Race For a Ride!
About this race
🏃♀️ Our 2nd Annual CHARITY 5k - Race For A Ride
Join us for a fun-filled family 5K to help provide a wheelchair-accessible van for Archer and his family! Come walk, run, or roll with us as our community comes together to celebrate an incredible kid whose strength, smile, and spirit inspire everyone around him. Your participation and support will help give his family the gift of freedom, safety, and accessibility through a new wheelchair van.
📅 Date: August 9th, 2026
📍 Location: Lincoln Park (1730 N. Stockton Dr. Chicago, IL 60614) - Grove 2 - Just North of Benjamin Franklin Monument
⏰ Time: Check-in 8:00 AM | Race 9:00 AM
🎟️ Registration: Sign up here on runsignup.com!
🎥 Last Years Race For A Ride Video
💙 How You Can Help:
- Register to walk, run, or cheer!
- Bring your family, strollers, pets, and wheelchairs welcome!
- If you DO NOT plan to participate, donations are being accepted here. Participants, please share the link to this site to collect further donations.
Together, we can help Archer's family keep moving forward—one stride at a time.
Join fellow runners on August 9, 2026 for the Race For a Ride!. It's a fantastic 5K featuring a flat and fast course in Chicago.
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Race For a Ride! takes place in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The local timezone is America/Chicago.
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