Race to End Homelessness
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About the race
The Race to End Homelessness is a community run and walk in Ottawa organized by the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa. The event offers multiple distances to accommodate different participants and aims to raise awareness about the need for safe, affordable housing while bringing local agencies and residents together.
Participants can choose from the following distances:
- 1K walk
- 5K run or walk
- 10K run
The event is hosted at Pine View Golf Course in Ottawa and involves more than 75 agencies and partners working on homelessness. The program mixes community engagement, public education, and visible support for housing solutions, and highlights stories behind local housing statistics.
Entries include basic race services such as nutrition stations, race photos, event apparel, a race bib, professional timing, and access to washrooms. Event materials include an athlete handbook, a course map, a spectator guide, and orientation resources to explain how the day is organized.
The organizer describes itself as a member driven coalition focused on systems planning and coordination, public education and advocacy, and community mobilization to end homelessness. The event is presented as a community effort to connect participants with local work on housing and to make the issue more visible in Ottawa. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
