5K for Hear Your Song: Run, Walk, or Roll

May 5K for Hear Your Song: Run, Walk, or Roll

The May 5K for Hear Your Song is a hybrid 5K event that supports Camp Hear Your Song and the nonprofit's songwriting programs for youth living with chronic illnesses. The event offers both in-person and virtual participation. The in-person race takes place in Prospect Park, beginning at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza and following almost one full Inner Loop of the park clockwise before finishing with a picnic near Meadowport Arch. The virtual option can be completed anywhere between May 17 and May 31.

Registration for the event is free. Organizers encourage participants to fundraise for a collective goal of $10,000 to help pilot a two-day Camp Hear Your Song in August, including collaborative programming and travel or accommodations for out-of-town youth songwriters. Suggested personal fundraising goals range from $250 to $1,000.

Hear Your Song is a nonprofit that provides free, individualized songwriting and music production programs for young people. The organization reports more than 700 youth songwriters, over 900 songs created, and more than 500 volunteer mentors and contributors. The May 5K includes fundraising incentives: awards for the participant with the most unique donors and for the highest donation total, raffle entries for engaged fundraisers, and a personalized musical shoutout for participants who raise at least $100. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.

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