Support Local Families in Need

Every donation helps provide real support for families in our community facing medical, financial, and personal hardship.

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Why Giving Matter

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A Community Showing Up for Its Own

The Gratitude Run was built on the belief that no family should have to walk through life’s hardest moments alone.

Every Thanksgiving morning, this community comes together to support neighbors facing challenges most people never see - cancer diagnoses, medical crises, financial hardship, and unimaginable loss.

Your donation helps turn that support into something tangible for the families carrying those burdens every day.

Your Impact

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Real Help for Real Families Who Need It

Every family’s needs look different, but the impact of community support is always deeply felt.

Donations from the Gratitude Run help provide:

  • medical expense support

  • financial relief during lost income

  • groceries and household essentials

  • support for children and families

  • stability during overwhelming seasons

More than 95% of every dollar raised goes directly to Hero Families in our community.

More than a Donation

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What Your Support Really Means

Sometimes the greatest impact isn’t just financial.

It’s a family realizing their community sees them.

It’s knowing people care enough to show up.

It’s one less burden carried alone during an impossible season.

The Gratitude Run exists because people chose to step forward for someone else — and every donation continues that legacy.

Community Impact

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The Difference We’ve Made Together

Since the first Gratitude Run, our community has raised more than $200,000 in support of local Hero Families.

Those dollars have helped families navigating:

  • cancer treatments

  • long-term medical challenges

  • financial hardship

  • life-changing loss

But the impact goes beyond numbers.

Year after year, this community continues proving what’s possible when people choose to care for one another.

Every Contribution Matters

Whether you make a one-time donation, give annually, or become part of the event each Thanksgiving morning, your support helps carry this mission forward.

  • Ways to Support:

  • One-Time Donation

  • Annual Giving

  • Event Participation

  • Tribute or Memorial Giving

Way to Give

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Help Carry the Mission Forward

The Gratitude Run continues because people continue choosing to show up for families in need - year after year, neighbor after neighbor. Your support helps make sure no family in this community has to face hardship alone.

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