Description

Dear Participant(s),

We invite you to our 18th Annual Infant Loss Resources Strides 5K Run/1 Mile Walk 2025.

Join us on Saturday, August 9th at Frontier Park, St. Charles. MO. Gather with us to honor, remember, and support families who have experienced the loss of an infant.

Join us for a day full of fun events and activities for the whole family!

Start/Join a Team. Spread the word!

Here's how it works:

1. Pick a race distance and/or virtual challenge.
2. We will mark the beginning of the event with a live Facebook Race Day kick-off.
3. Run your race and/or participate in the virtual challenge and submit your results either by text message or email (if you've opted in) or by heading to the results page here by the deadline of August 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM (Central Time). Results update in real-time as people submit their times. Be sure to take a selfie and post it on social media with the #ILRStrides2025.
4. Tune into our Social Media platforms for Event updates on August 9, 2025, and see how other people participated and learn more about Infant Loss Resources.

Here's what you get for signing up:

• A Strides t-shirt commemorating the 18th Annual 5K Run/Walk event (t-shirt deadline is July 25, 2025).
• Connection with other families remembering lost loved ones.
• Motivation to stay active.
• The good feeling that comes with supporting our community.

Best Ways to Participate:

• Become a Fundraiser -The Annual Strides event provides critical funding for Infant Loss Resources' programs supporting grief support, spreading awareness, and education for safe infant sleep best practices. Please consider setting up a fundraiser page to help support our mission here. This fundraising page can be connected to Facebook fundraising to help share and raise awareness with friends and family.
• Start/Join a Team - Invite family and friends to participate in the events this year and share results to encourage each other. 
• Track your distance and time yourself by following a local St. Louis area route provided by Big River Running here
• Refer family and friends using your referral code (included in your confirmation email), receive $10 toward your registration fee for every 5 people referred through your code (maximum of $20)
• Sibling Activity Challenge - Set up a fundraiser and encourage family and friends to commit to matching every minute of activity with a donation.