Champions Run for Heroes 2026

Join us on Saturday, September 12 for the Champions Run for Heroes, featuring a 5K, 10K, and ½-Mile Kids Run at The Lodge at the Evergreen Aviation Museum.

Held in remembrance of the anniversary of September 11, this meaningful community event honors the lives forever changed by the events of 9/11 while paying tribute to the everyday heroes who continue to serve and protect our communities.

Throughout the day, we will recognize the extraordinary dedication, courage, and sacrifice of our local Police Officers, Firefighters, EMTs, Paramedics, 911 Dispatchers, Search & Rescue teams, and other first responders who answer the call whenever their community needs them most. Their commitment reminds us that heroism isn't confined to history—it's demonstrated every day through acts of service, compassion, and selflessness.

Whether you're an experienced runner chasing a personal best, walking alongside family and friends, or cheering participants on from the sidelines, your presence helps show appreciation for those who put others before themselves. The Champions Run for Heroes is more than a race—it's an opportunity to come together as a community, reflect, remember, and celebrate the people who make our neighborhoods safer and stronger.

Bring your family, invite your friends, and help us create a morning filled with remembrance, gratitude, and community spirit.

❤️ Be a Champion. Honor Our Heroes. Support Our Community.

Sponsorship Levels:

Presenting Sponsor – $3,000
Includes 10 race entries, logo on all promotional materials including website, event signs, shirts and flyers (by 9/1), recognition online and at the event, booth space, and goody-bag promotion.

Champion Sponsor – $1,000
Includes 8 race entries, large logo on shirts and flyers (by 9/1), recognition online and at the event, booth
space, and goody-bag promotion.

Extra Mile Sponsor – $500
Includes 4 race entries, logo on shirts and flyers (by 9/1), public and digital recognition, booth space, and
goody-bag promotion.

Community Hero Sponsor – $250
Includes 2 race entries, logo on shirts (by 9/1), recognition online and at the event, booth space, and goody-bag promotion.

Event Registration Waiver RELEASE:

I know that running, walking and volunteering at races are potentially hazardous activities. I should not participate in activities unless I am medically able and properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of a race official concerning my being allowed to participate in or complete
this event. I assume all risks associated with participating in this event, including, without limitation, falls, contact with other participants, the effects of weather, including high heat and/or humidity, the conditions of the road and traffic on the course, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts, and in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone enlisted to act on my behalf, waive and release See Ya Later Foundation and all sponsors, and their respective directors, officers and successors from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participating in this event, even though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver, and grant permission to them to use photographs, motion pictures, or other record of me in this event