MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT RUN 16
We’re extremely excited to bring back our favourite fall community event IN PERSON!
Thank you to everybody that participated in our virtual runs the last two years. Run 15 raised over $42,000 and allowed us to support Streetfront to keep up their amazing program. All kids deserve to reach their full potential and many are denied this opportunity due to a lack of resources. Streetfront is an East Vancouver alternative school program that fully invests in at-risk youth who have not succeeded in mainstream schools. The results are amazing, with 96% high school graduation rates and hundreds of marathon finishers.
A Run for Everyone
5K, 10K & KIDS FUN RACE
With a challenging 10km, stroller-friendly 5km and Kids Fun Race this day has something for all ages and abilities. Whether you are a competitive racer or looking to run your first ever 5 km with your kid, we are the run for you! All courses start and finish at Handsworth Secondary in North Vancouver. Extraordinary prizes, pancakes, massage tables, face painting, celebrity guests and testimonies from the incredible Streetfront kids contribute to the extraordinary community feel of this special event.
Run AS A TEAM
Teams can mosey, race, and fundraise!
The Run provides families, companies, sports teams and others a unique team-building opportunity. Train together, fundraise together and cheer one another along. Each team must have a min of four participants (2 in the 5km and 2 in the 10km). There is no team maximum! Prizes will be given for Fastest and Most Money Raised. Fastest will be calculated by cumulative time for the team’s fastest two 5km and 10km times. All teams must be entered online before Race Day.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
SHLF SUPPORTS STREETFRONT
We need you to help keep Streetfront running. The pandemic has severely diminished charitable giving. It is down by over 30 percent and 70 percent of Canadian charities are reporting decreased revenues. Meanwhile social gaps are wider than pre-COVID. All kids deserve to reach their full potential and many are denied this opportunity due to lack of resources. Streetfront is an East Vancouver alternative school program that fully invests in at-risk youth who have not succeeded in mainstream schools. The results are amazing, with 96% high school graduation rates and hundreds of marathon finishers. Streetfront is working harder than ever to deliver quality education and life-affirming support to at-risk youth. Their goals are high and their results are amazing, pandemic or not. Since 2009, SHLF has been able to provide Streetfront with an operating budget that has allowed them to spend 35 school days a year doing outdoor adventures and helping hundreds of at-risk youth finish marathons.
Your 2022 contributions support these Streetfront initiatives
OUTDOOR ED
Provide 35 days of outdoor education in 2022/2023. Hiking, skiing, climbing, canoeing, camping all provide necessary life skills, mental health and resilience. Funds support transport, equipment and associated costs.
RUN PROGRAM
Sustain the keystone running program. The marathon motto is more relevant than ever: one step at a time. Funds will support shoes and gear where needed, entries and travel funds where applicable.
EPIC JOURNEYS
Street2Peak started in 2014 as a 10-year venture to take some of Streetfront’s youth to 5 continents. They’ve conquered Tanzania (2015), Chile (2017) and New Zealand (2019). 2021–22 plans were thwarted by the pandemic, but the kids will tackle another peak in 2023.
GIRLS WHO LEAP
Girls who Lead to Empower & Act with Purpose mentors and empowers 120 female-identified youth aged 21-21 from the Downtown Eastside as leaders. Your support provides core funding for this incredible programme to uplift girls.
