2026 GLOBAL "IN THEIR SHOES 5K" Run/Walk to Benefit Orphans & Vulnerable Children

2026 GLOBAL "IN THEIR SHOES 5K" Run/Walk to Benefit Orphans & Vulnerable Children Race Information

<p><strong>Join us August 29 at 9am for our 14th annual 5K run/walk to benefit Iraqi orphans and vulnerable children! </strong><strong>Participate in-person at beautiful Burke Lake Park in Fairfax, VA or join us virtually from ANYWHERE in the world.  Come for the run/walk.  Stay for the after-party with snacks, music, and other activities.  Check-in starts at 8am.  No race day registrations.  <br /><br /></strong><strong>Together, we can do more than we can alone!  Organize your own 5K team or start a fundraiser for Iraqi children.  Awards go to the largest 5K team and the biggest fundraiser.  The run/walk is on, rain or shine unless there is dangerous weather.  No refunds.</strong></p> <p><em>The<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.iraqichildren.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Iraqi Children Foundation </a>(ICF) intervenes in the lives of Iraqi kids who are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and recruitment by criminals, traffickers, and extremists. Across Iraq - from Baghdad to Mosul and Fallujah - ICF provides loving care to orphans and vulnerable children through education, legal protection, nutrition, rescue from the streets and child labor, medical and disability care, and fun!  ICF is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian US based, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charity (<a target="_blank">26-1394773</a>). Learn more about us <a href="https://www.iraqichildren.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here. </a></em></p>