In Our Backyard Speak Up Pink Duck 5K- Run/Walk for their freedom

In Our Backyard Speak Up Pink Duck 5K- Run/Walk for their freedom Race Information

<h2><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )"><strong>Speak Up Pink Duck 5K — Run/Walk for their Freedom</strong></span></h2> <p><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )"><strong>Registration &amp; Pricing<br />$30 entry includes your official race t-shirt!</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )"><strong>Children 0–15 are FREE, and can collect rubber ducks!  (No race t-shirt or finisher medal included).</strong></span></p> <h2><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );text-decoration:underline"><strong>Race Day: Sunday, June 7th. Two ways to race.</strong></span></span></h2> <h2><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )"><strong>1-Virtually June 7th-14th- One week to race your way</strong></span></h2> <h2><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )"><strong>OR: </strong></span></h2> <h2><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )"><strong> 2-Central Oregon June 7th 11:00AM at Athletic Club of Bend</strong></span></h2> <p>Commemorative Pink Duck Finisher Medal available as a $20 add-on at checkout.*Register by May 17 to guarantee your preferred t-shirt size will be available by race day. Registrants from May 18 through June 7 will still receive an official race t-shirt shipped after June 14th. </p> <p><strong>Children 0–15 are FREE, and can collect rubber ducks!  (No race t-shirt or finisher medal included).</strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Our Story</span></strong></p> <p>What started as a virtual race in 2021 with RunTuesday&#39;s support has grown into something bigger every year. This is our third annual Speak Up Pink Duck 5K, bringing the race to the streets of Bend, Oregon, while keeping our virtual community running strong worldwide. Whether you&#39;re local or logging miles from across the country, there&#39;s a place for you in this race.</p> <h3> </h3> <h3><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Details: </span></strong></h3> <h5><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )"><strong> In-Person — Bend, Oregon Sunday, June 7</strong></span> | 11:00 AM Start &amp; finish at the Athletic Club of Bend 61615 Athletic Club Drive, Bend, OR 97702</h5> <p>Join your Central Oregon community on the course! This is a welcoming, all-paces 5K for everyone — competitive runners, casual joggers, students, families with strollers, kids, and first-timers. If you can move, you belong here.</p> <p>BEND, OREGON-EVENT TIMELINE: <br />10:00 am – Race-day Registration opens, and Packet Pick-up opens <br />11:00 am—The 5K Fun Run/Walk begins and ends at the Athletic Club of Bend. </p> <p> </p> <h5><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Virtual 5K— Race Anywhere in the World June 7th – June 14th</span> | Your way, your place, your pace</strong></h5> <p>Our virtual community is the heart of this race, and it keeps growing! Since 2021, runners from across the country have joined us virtually, and we want to keep that momentum going. Complete your 5K anytime/anyway during the virtual window on your favorite trail, treadmill, track, swim, boogie, or neighborhood route. Students, athletes, running clubs, and stroller crews are all welcome. Run solo or rally your people wherever you are.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Find us at www.inourbackyard.org</span></strong></h3> <p>Team Competitions &#x1f3c6;</p> <p>Got a crew? Compete for: &#x1f3c6; Largest Team Prize &#x1f389; Most Spirited Team Award ⚡ Fastest Team Award</p> <p>Coaches, team captains, and running clubs — this is your moment. Build your squad and race for a cause that matters.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">The Pink Duck Challenge &#x1f986;</span></strong></p> <p>All ages welcome! Take a duck → Learn a tip → Tell 3 people</p> <p>In-person participants receive a physical pink rubber duck keepsake plus a trafficking prevention tip to share with three people.</p> <p>Virtual participants receive their trafficking prevention tip digitally - same mission, same impact, wherever you run. Help us spread awareness one conversation at a time, no matter where your finish line is.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Wear Your Pink! &#x1f497;</span></strong></p> <p>Think pink. Think feathers. Think BIG. The best-dressed participant wins the Most Spirited Award - and yes, virtual racers are absolutely eligible! Tag &#64;inourbackyard with your race photo to show off your outfit and raise awareness for human trafficking prevention.</p> <p> </p> <h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Who Should Run This Race?</span></strong></h4> <p>This race is for everyone: &#x1f45f; Competitive runners chasing a finish time &#x1f393; Students running for a cause &#x1f468;‍&#x1f469;‍&#x1f467; Families with kids and strollers &#x1f3c5; Athletes looking for a meaningful race &#x1f30d; Virtual runners logging miles from anywhere &#x1f986; Anyone who believes awareness is how prevention begins</p> <h4> </h4> <h4> </h4> <h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Why We Run</span></strong></h4> <h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Run for the one. Awareness is how prevention begins.</span></strong></h4> <p>This is a charity run benefiting In Our Backyard, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting youth and stopping human trafficking in Central Oregon and beyond.</p> <p> </p> <h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Sponsored by: Athletic Club of Bend · Advanced Portable Systems · Brightways Counseling Group · Blissful Heart</span></strong></h4> <h4><strong><span style="color:rgb( 232 , 67 , 164 )">Together, we speak up. Together, we protect their freedom.</span></strong><span style="color:#000000"></span></h4> <p> </p> <p><span style="color:#e1007e"><b>RACE AMENITIES INCLUDE: </b></span><br />-Pink Duckie keepsake to raise awareness with friends - Race Bib- Water and post-race snacks  </p> <h5> </h5> <h5><strong>EMAIL US IF YOU HAVE A TEAM OF TEN&#43;! PERKS INCLUDE MEDALS &amp; TSHIRTS FOR YOUR TEAM FOR REGISTRATON PRICE AND PINK RUBBER DUCKIES! EMAIL info&#64;inourbackyard.org</strong></h5> <h5> </h5> <h5><span style="color:#e1007e"><b>Why join this Fun Duck 5k?</b></span></h5> <p>Proceeds support IN OUR BACKYARD&#39;s mission to create a world where everyone can live in <b>Freedom</b>. 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&#39;s prevention program- Teens Against Trafficking. </p> <h5><span style="color:#e1007e"><b>More info:</b></span></h5> <p>To learn more about our seven prevention programs, go to <a href="http://inourbackyard.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.inourbackyard.org</a></p> <p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>IN OUR BACKYARD, established in 2009, is now a survivor-led(2020) national<br />organization with more than a decade of dedication to the fight against sex and labor trafficking. IOB<br />links arms in the fight against human trafficking by empowering communities to prevent this atrocity<br />and creating access to Freedom for victims of human trafficking (HT). IOB Founder Nita Belles was<br />driven to take action to stop the exploitation of children, women, and men. Her book, In Our Backyard:<br />Human Trafficking in America and What You Can Do to Stop It has been acclaimed as the primer on<br />human trafficking in America. In 2020, Cheryl Csiky, a child-trafficking survivor, joined IOB as Executive<br />Director to further lead the mission and growing needs.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>