Fighting the Fight Within 5K (FFW)

FFW is August 9, 2025 and is made up of a 5K timed run and a 2-mile tribute walk. The event will be held at the Veterans Serving Veterans (VSV) Community Park located at 3740 S. 41 Rd. in Cadillac, MI.

VSV is a Cadillac, Michigan nonprofit that honors and serves those who have served and protected at home and abroad. For more information about this organization and their mission visit the VSV website.

The day will include:

5K - professionally timed run
Consider dressing in patriotic colors or wear a shirt to represent a military branch or in memory of someone you’ve lost. Consider selecting one or more names when you check in to carry with you on your run.

We will be awarding the overall top male and female (not eligible then to place in respective age group) as well as the top 3 males and females in the following age groups: 9 and under, 10-13, 14-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+

2 Mile - untimed tribute walk
Consider dressing in patriotic colors or wear a shirt to represent a military branch or in memory of someone you’ve lost. Consider selecting one or more names when you check in to carry with you on your walk.

Funds raised will help support our outreach center - Belay My Last Barracks, transitional housing project, the Staff Sergeant Drew Kostic Veterans’ Scholarship at Northwestern Michigan College, and allow us to continue to offer free programs, resources, and support to our local area veterans. 

Pricing

• 5K cost is $35 per person
  • SPECIAL PRICING! Middle School & High School ages 8 to 18 $20!
• 2 Mile walk cost is $22 per person; kids 5 and under free w/ no swag

*there is an additional online processing fee upon check-out when you register.

Become a fundraiser: Receive $20 of your registration back when you reach the goal of $100
Launch your own fundraiser and help us spread awareness about veteran suicide and our cause by sharing with your friends, family, and co-workers about why you are participating in the run or walk. The support you raise will all go back out to help and support local veterans and carry our message of awareness forward to those that may not have known otherwise. You will be given the option to fundraise during registration. Feel free to edit the page to fit your audience. Don’t forget to grab the provided link and share it out!

Once you setup your Fundraiser you can connect it to a Facebook Fundraiser! Everything you raise through your Facebook fundraiser will count towards your goal, but you will need to follow these instructions on how to create your Facebook Fundraiser:

1. Sign in to RunSignup.
2. Go to your Profile.
3. Scroll down to your fundraising section of your profile.
4. Click on your fundraiser to go to your fundraising page.
5. On your fundraiser page, click Create Your Fundraiser on Facebook!
6. If you are logged in to Facebook on your device, your fundraiser will automatically be created.

Race Day

There will be local food trucks available for you to purchase food from.

• Onsite check-in: 8:00-9:15 am
• Opening remarks at start line: 9:30-9:45 am
• Race start: 5K 10:00 am; 2-mile 10:05 am
• Closing Ceremony/Awards: 11:30 (TBD)

Questions

For more information or questions reach out to us via email at ffw5k@222none.org.