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$10,000 Match Raises Overall Fundraising Goal to $40,000!

UPDATE 03/20/21: Two generous IAR donors have offered to match new donations to the Fast and Furriest Virtual 5K dollar-for-dollar, up to $10,000!

Our fundraising goal was $30,000 before the matching offer, and now we hope to raise $40,000 with the match included. Keep up the great work and thank you!

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We Did It!!

Our amazing Fast and Furriest 5K participants raised a grand total of $42,793.76 to benefit IAR! Not only did we exceed our $40,000 goal, but we also more than doubled our original goal of $20,000!

We had 98 participants registered for the Fast and Furriest Virtual 5K and the average amount raised by each participant was $235. The average donation amount was about $78. Every donation adds up to this impressive total. We also had a $10,000 matching donation that took our goal from $30,000 to $40,000.

Thank you to each and every person who registered, fundraised, and donated. The money raised from the event will sustain IAR’s lifesaving rescue work and provide medical care, food, shelter and, ultimately, second chances to animals in need.

Congratulations to our 3 most creative 5K participants who won $25 Amazon gift cards for their submissions!

Mark Smith: 5K Challenge: Performed a Concert for the Animals and sang five sets of five songs which all included mention of various animals.

Zen For Your Zoo: 5K Challenge: Hiked a 5K on five different local greenways, with each of hike dedicated to one of the feral cats fed by IAR.

Dina & Rich: 5K Challenge: Completed a 5K round-trip walk across NYC's Hudson River in honor of all the animals that IAR rescues.

Welcome to Independent Animal Rescue's Fast and Furriest Virtual 5K!

Virtual what?! The Fast and Furriest Virtual 5K is not your average 5K for charity. You can do a traditional 5 kilometer walk/run or you can come up with your own "5K" challenge, get sponsors, and have fun while raising money for IAR.

Here's how it works.

1.  Register for the event as an individual or join/create a team. Registration is $35 and includes an event T-shirt. If you register between Feb 15 and March 10 we guarantee you will get a T-shirt by March 27!

2.  After registering, you will get your own fundraising page that you can customize with images and content, including your "5K" goal, fundraising goal, why you are participating and more.

  • For example: Your 5K goal could be to run 5 kilometers or it could be to read 500 pages, knit 5000 stitches, do 5 handstand pushups, or whatever clever spin you can put on the 5K challenge! Including your pet is highly encouraged!

3.  Reach out to your family, friends, coworkers, and acquaintances and let them know you are participating in the Fast and Furriest Virtual 5K. Share your personal page and ask them to sponsor you with a donation.

4.  Donations made on your personal page will be added to your fundraising goal. All donations will be added to the overall goal of $30,000 $40,000 (including a $10,000 match)!

5.  Work on and complete your 5K goal March 27-April 3, 2021. Post your progress on your fundraising page. Share your success with your sponsors and with the IAR community on social media.

Independent Animal Rescue Fast and Furriest 5K Leaderboard

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  • 1 Anonymous $1,000.00
  • 2 Rhonda Rogers $522.25
  • 3 Mary Millar $500.00
  • 4 Anonymous $500.00
  • 5 Betsy Norman $400.00
  • 6 Deborah Padgett $300.00
  • 7 Anonymous $250.00
  • 8 Barry Howard $250.00
  • 9 Rebecca Wiltshire $250.00
  • 10 Mom and Mike Hull $250.00
  • 11 Irena Caf $200.00
  • 12 Dalia Khoury $200.00
  • 13 Linda Underwood $200.00
  • 14 Rachel Weinstein $200.00
  • 15 Gareth Massard $150.00
  • 16 Anonymous $150.00
  • 17 George Morgan $135.00
  • 18 Michele Bustamante $111.00
  • 19 Anonymous $109.00
  • 20 Philip Dow $100.00
  • 21 Mika Twietmeyer $100.00
  • 22 Deborah Dobbins $100.00
  • 23 Levia Shepherd $100.00
  • 24 Jane Marshall $100.00
  • 25 Lisa Longerich $100.00
  • 26 Anonymous $100.00
  • 27 Anonymous $100.00
  • 28 Anonymous $100.00
  • 29 Richard Atwell $100.00
  • 30 carla hassler $100.00
  • 31 Phousa Khounpachamsy $100.00
  • 32 Kate Capehart $100.00
  • 33 Katherine Kershaw $100.00
  • 34 Sam Bryan Jr $100.00
  • 35 Lisa Longerich $100.00
  • 36 lee hei ching $100.00
  • 37 Bill and Susie Hansley $100.00
  • 38 Carrie Faber $100.00
  • 39 Philip Dow $100.00
  • 40 Gina Pergerson $100.00
  • 41 Anonymous $100.00
  • 42 Amy McArdle $100.00
  • 43 helen navascues $100.00
  • 44 Randy Longerich $100.00
  • 45 Betty Garland $100.00
  • 46 Linda Underwood $100.00
  • 47 Randy Longerich $100.00
  • 48 Hadley Graham $100.00
  • 49 Anonymous $100.00
  • 50 Kelli Brinson $100.00
  • 51 Rhonda Rogers $100.00
  • 52 Alexandria Walsh $100.00
  • 53 Dianne Moorefield $100.00
  • 54 andrea muller $100.00
  • 55 Ellen DeFlora $100.00
  • 56 Karen Morgan $100.00
  • 57 Angelyn Nelson $100.00
  • 58 Alan Stone $100.00
  • 59 Hadley Graham $100.00
  • 60 Kirsten Willis $100.00
  • 61 Terrence Burke $100.00
  • 62 Anonymous $100.00
  • 63 Emily Hill $100.00
  • 64 Christie Hitchcock $100.00
  • 65 Anonymous $100.00
  • 66 Laura Shaughnessy $100.00
  • 67 niki juralewicz $100.00
  • 68 Gina Goulding $75.00
  • 69 Mark Davis $75.00
  • 70 Matt Jones $75.00
  • 71 Priscilla Smith $70.00
  • 72 Lisa Longerich $70.00
  • 73 Liz Kasberg $60.00
  • 74 Jada Walker $60.00
  • 75 Carrie Faber $60.00
  • 76 Zachary Yuen $52.50
  • 77 Carol Smiley $50.00
  • 78 Alan Dow $50.00
  • 79 David Goulding $50.00
  • 80 Laura and David Weisberg-Wong $50.00
  • 81 Karen Lenz $50.00
  • 82 John Warner $50.00
  • 83 Stephen Mann $50.00
  • 84 Patricia Godwin $50.00
  • 85 Anonymous $50.00
  • 86 Brittany Marsh $50.00
  • 87 Mary Bushnell $50.00
  • 88 Amy Eller $50.00
  • 89 carolyn aaronson $50.00
  • 90 Barbara Elliott $50.00
  • 91 Marge Webster $50.00
  • 92 Mark Wainwright $50.00
  • 93 Anonymous $50.00
  • 94 beth bakke $50.00
  • 95 Zane Duffner $50.00
  • 96 Emily O'Hare $50.00
  • 97 Teala Spitzbarth $50.00
  • 98 Jackie MacLeod $50.00
  • 99 Barbara Szombatfalvy $50.00
  • 100 Anonymous $50.00
  • 101 Nicole Hair $50.00
  • 102 Stacey Poston $50.00
  • 103 Skye Murray $50.00
  • 104 John Clark $50.00
  • 105 Linda Studer $50.00
  • 106 Anonymous $50.00
  • 107 Jodie Saccani $50.00
  • 108 Joanne Passaro $50.00
  • 109 Jodie Saccani $50.00
  • 110 Heather Mounts $50.00
  • 111 Winston Bowden $50.00
  • 112 Anonymous $50.00
  • 113 Erica McCarthy $50.00
  • 114 Kim Cleary $50.00
  • 115 Laura Bailey $50.00
  • 116 Anonymous $50.00
  • 117 Ruth Drye $50.00
  • 118 Beth McClure $50.00
  • 119 Dana Euler $50.00
  • 120 Barbara Elliott $50.00
  • 121 David Epstein $50.00
  • 122 Sara Howell $50.00
  • 123 Elizabeth Stockman $50.00
  • 124 Kim Gurley $50.00
  • 125 sherry hay $50.00
  • 126 Jacob Kim $50.00
  • 127 Debra Eveland $50.00
  • 128 Betsy McCorkle $50.00
  • 129 Julea Gardener $50.00
  • 130 Elizabeth Stockman $50.00
  • 131 Marla Benton $50.00
  • 132 Ellen Clements $50.00
  • 133 kathryn demarco $50.00
  • 134 Carrie Faber $50.00
  • 135 Linda Johnston $50.00
  • 136 Jennifer Lyons $50.00
  • 137 Susannah Sloan $50.00
  • 138 108 Churton $50.00
  • 139 Anonymous $50.00
  • 140 Natasha Pavlova $50.00
  • 141 Angela Dickerson $50.00
  • 142 Jennifer ALBRIGHT $50.00
  • 143 karen carpenter $50.00
  • 144 Melissa Wood Saltzman $50.00
  • 145 Lori Ebert $50.00
  • 146 Anonymous $50.00
  • 147 Samantha Bryant $50.00
  • 148 Susan Heske $50.00
  • 149 Anonymous $50.00
  • 150 Elizabeth Flint $50.00
  • 151 Deb Gould $50.00
  • 152 Maggie Moakley $50.00
  • 153 Barbara Elliott $50.00
  • 154 Karen Sage $50.00
  • 155 Victoria Loveland-Coen $50.00
  • 156 Elizabeth Stockman $50.00
  • 157 Carrie Faber $40.00
  • 158 Alissa montgomery $40.00
  • 159 Michelle Rosoff $40.00
  • 160 Nicole Bogas $40.00
  • 161 Anonymous $40.00
  • 162 Anonymous $40.00
  • 163 Zen for your Zoo $40.00
  • 164 Ward Lenz $35.00
  • 165 David Howard $35.00
  • 166 Nina Alperin $35.00
  • 167 Susan Demeri $35.00
  • 168 Anonymous $30.00
  • 169 Mary Jane Collins $30.00
  • 170 Missy Farrell $30.00
  • 171 Margaret Anderson $25.00
  • 172 Andres Rosales $25.00
  • 173 Katie Westermann $25.00
  • 174 Laura Heyneman $25.00
  • 175 Nicole Wendelbo $25.00
  • 176 Kathleen DOstroph $25.00
  • 177 MARC SCAGNELLI $25.00
  • 178 Lester Levine $25.00
  • 179 Ellen Cohen $25.00
  • 180 Tiffany King $25.00
  • 181 Ellen Weinzapfel $25.00
  • 182 Margaret McQuillan $25.00
  • 183 jonathan weinstein $25.00
  • 184 Alexander Dawson $25.00
  • 185 Anonymous $25.00
  • 186 Libbie Hall $25.00
  • 187 Michael Young $25.00
  • 188 Christa Evans $25.00
  • 189 Pat Massard $25.00
  • 190 Tonu Scudder $25.00
  • 191 Brandy Fleming $25.00
  • 192 Yusif Barakat $25.00
  • 193 Miriam Smith-DeCoster $25.00
  • 194 Ellen De Flora $25.00
  • 195 Peter deLeeuw $25.00
  • 196 Mary Browne $25.00
  • 197 Mary Nettleton $25.00
  • 198 Katie McQuillan $25.00
  • 199 Anonymous $25.00
  • 200 Jennifer Broenner $25.00
  • 201 Kathy H McDonald $25.00
  • 202 Anonymous $25.00
  • 203 DANA NOTTE $25.00
  • 204 John Clark $25.00
  • 205 David McQuillan $25.00
  • 206 Sean McQuillan $25.00
  • 207 Jill Hall $25.00
  • 208 Robert Herrick $25.00
  • 209 Yik Lam $20.00
  • 210 Ryan Hartlen $20.00
  • 211 Jonathan Lyness $20.00
  • 212 Anonymous $20.00
  • 213 Lori Rhoades $20.00
  • 214 Jenni Detwiler $20.00
  • 215 Anonymous $20.00
  • 216 JJ Shreders $20.00
  • 217 Kristi Matthews $20.00
  • 218 Anonymous $20.00
  • 219 Angela Androes $20.00
  • 220 Yik Lam $20.00
  • 221 Carol Manenti $20.00
  • 222 Brenda McCall $20.00
  • 223 Juli DeBacco $20.00
  • 224 Elisabeth Noble $20.00
  • 225 Rachel Whetten $20.00
  • 226 Judi Saxe $20.00
  • 227 CYNTHIA JONES $20.00
  • 228 Joe Farrington $20.00
  • 229 Anonymous $20.00
  • 230 Anonymous $20.00
  • 231 JJ Shreders $20.00
  • 232 Anna Wilson $20.00
  • 233 Caryn Utberg $20.00
  • 234 Gloria Hill $20.00
  • 235 Irina Mokrova $15.00
  • 236 Kelly Donaldson $15.00
  • 237 Jerry Carey $15.00
  • 238 Mary Flannigan $15.00
  • 239 Mark G Smith $15.00
  • 240 Claire Long $15.00
  • 241 Darby Odom $15.00
  • 242 Amy Krasnyanskaya $15.00
  • 243 Karah Mitchell $15.00
  • 244 Anonymous $15.00
  • 245 Amanda Annas $10.00
  • 246 Caitlin Alexander $10.00
  • 247 Anonymous $10.00
  • 248 William Harris $10.00
  • 249 Michaela Albright $10.00
  • 250 Caity Barnes $10.00
  • 251 Tristan Thrall $5.00
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EVENT SCHEDULE and KEY DATES

February 8  - T-shirt design contest opens.

February 8  - Early Bird Event Registration opens. Register as an early bird and you will receive your event T-shirt before March 27th!

March 1-6  - Public voting for the T-shirt design contest winner.

March 7  - T-shirt design contest winner announced.

March 10 -  Early Bird Event Registration ends. You will still get a T-shirt but it may be after March 27th.

March 27 - The virtual 5K event begins! Start working on reaching your 5K goal.

April 3 - The virtual 5K event ends. Bask in the glory of your accomplishments!

February 15- April 3  - Share your page and get your friends, family, and anyone you know to sponsor you in support of IAR!

We Have Prizes for the Most Creative 5K Concepts

Three participants with the most creative and impressive 5K concepts will win $25 Amazon gift cards! Have fun with your 5K goal and see what you can come up with.

T-Shirt Design Contest

Check out the T-Shirt Design Contest! All of the details are on the T-Shirt Design Contest page, which you can find in the menu. Open Feb 8-26. The winning design will be printed on the 2021 Fast and Furriest 5K event T-shirts! Everyone who registers for the event will receive a T-shirt. The top 3 designs will be put to a vote March 1-6 so be ready to pick your favorite!

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