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The Freed to Run Challenge: Ensuring Housing Stability for Area Seniors
Following their success with Freed to Run, which fully endowed Jacksonville Area Legal Aid’s Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership, JALA and Gunster Shareholder Mike Freed have reinvented the six-marathon series established in 2017 as the Freed to Run Challenge, which began in 2023 with a new event format set on the streets surrounding the Duval County Courthouse.
Instead of running from the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee to the Duval County Courthouse over six days, participants, whether as individuals or relay teams, now complete half-mile laps around the courthouse within either a 12 or 24-hour timeframe. And with the pediatric medical legal partnership fully funded, the event has a new goal: to fully fund a $2.25 million Shelter for Elders Endowment supporting housing-related legal services for Northeast Florida seniors.
Participants engage in fundraising based on their event participation, with each participant or team measuring the distance run by counting the laps completed around the courthouse. The new format allows for flexibility in pace—whether running or walking. As an alternative to this exciting challenge, supporters can elect to participate in a 5K run in Jacksonville or a 35-mile bike ride from St. Johns County to the Duval Courthouse.
2024 Freed to Run Challenge Leaderboard
- 1 Tracy Miller $2,600.00 raised
- 2 Daniel Navarro $1,900.00 raised
- 3 Lou Vaccaro $1,300.00 raised
- 4 Mary Scott $1,300.00 raised
- 5 Paul Ferrara $1,150.00 raised
- 1 Harrell & Harrell $5,525.00 raised
- 2 SooPage $4,720.00 raised
- 3 Ameris Bank $3,730.00 raised
- 4 JALA Board of Directors $2,970.00 raised
- 5 Miles' Milers $1,600.00 raised
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1 FJA/JJA $26,500.00
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2 Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Fund $25,000.00
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3 FJA/JJA $23,500.00
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4 Gunster $10,500.00
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5 Florida Blue Foundation $10,000.00
Our Newest Participants
- Chad Deberry $50.00 raised
- Richard Stuart $50.00 raised
- Maximilian Suchy $0.00 raised
- Kaitlyn Corban $0.00 raised
- Ashlea Edwards $150.00 raised
- Scott Belcher $0.00 raised
- Danielle Belcher $0.00 raised
- Giselle Carson $0.00 raised
- Ashley Englund Stuart $50.00 raised
- Harris Blackwell $0.00 raised
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Kolar Law, PA donated $200.00 to Regina Sooey
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2024 Freed to Run Challenge has reached its fundraising goal of $180,000.00!
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FJA/JJA donated $23,500.00 to 2024 Freed to Run Challenge
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Mary Scott donated $700.00 to Mary Scott
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Fisher Tousey donated $500.00 to Tracy Miller
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Freed to Run Leadership
FOUNDER
Mike Freed
Gunster
Race Director: Regina Sooey
regina.sooey@gmail.com
Experience Director: Mike Freed
mfreed@gunster.com
Teams Director: BJ Taylor
btaylor@harrellandharrell.com
Youth Experience Director: Kenny Crowell
Kenneth.Crowell@trustpoint.one
Food (and Donations) Director: Brittany Love
brittany.kanter.love@gmail.com
Bike/St. Johns County Director: Jim Kowalski
Jim.Kowalski@jaxlegalaid.org