The 16th Annual Hope & Hearts event takes place on Sunday, September 12th, 2021. Event week begins on Monday, September 6th. Anyone can participate from anywhere.
For this year's event, you choose what physical challenge works best for you. You can walk a few miles, run your own 5K or go any distance during event week! Run, walk, bike, swim, rollerblade, or do any physical challenge! Some ideas... walk at home on the treadmill, bike at a local trail, take a run with your fur buddies or gather with your teammates on a walk or run.
Do your physical challenge between September 6th and September 12th on your own or together with your team. You can add to your goal over the event week and build up your miles each day. Strive towards your distance goal and fundraising goals along with us! Just log your distances and share with us on your page and with your network that you are exercising for a good cause. We will share on the Missing GRACE social media pages about the physical challenges done by our Teams and distances that are completed.
On Sunday, September 12th there will be an informal walk from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in Maple Grove. Afterwards, the Hope & Hearts event will take place from 4:00pm to 6:00 pm (CST) at The Land of Promise in Buffalo, Minnesota.
At 5:00 pm (CST) we will live stream on Facebook for the Awards and Commemoration Ceremony where each baby name will be said aloud.
*See additional details under "Community Awareness."
3 REGISTRATION OPTIONS
1. $25 Adults (18+) Packet mailed w/T-shirt
2. $15 Children - Packet mailed w/T-shirt
Mailed Packet Includes:
Personalized Event T-Shirt
Race bib and safety pins
Memorial craft
Sponsor items
3. $15 Participant (Adult or Child) - No Packet/ No T-shirt. *Choose either "Fundraising" or "Not Fundraising"
*T-shirt information
One event T-shirt is provided with each paid registration that is completed by the cutoff date of Wednesday, August 19th, 2021.
After the 19th of August, the $15 Participant regisration will be the only registration option available.
*If you choose to register as a fundraiser, then you will receive a free user account where you can personalize your Team Page with your story and share the link to your page. You will have full access to modify and update your Team page.
If you haven't ever created a Team Page to help fundraise and raise awareness, rest assured, it's easy to do and will just take about 5 to 10 minutes to set up your page depending on how much you put into it. Your page gives you a place to let others know about the baby you will always remember and hold in your heart. Share your story and enlist the support of your friends and family. Your user account has video tutorials to help you with your page and there's also great customer support. There are email templates you can use to help you reach out to your friends and family. Your account can link to your social media accounts if you would like it to. You can add photos and video to your Team page also!