Max Run raised $10,000 for childhood cancer research thanks to the efforts of Christine Bowen. Christine used the model of getting sponsors to offset the full cost of the event, ensuring our attendees that 100% of their donations and race registrations go to childhood cancer research.

And a great job she and her amazing crew of volunteers did! The 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run was so well planned and executed. It ran seamlessly. The races started promptly at 7:30am with a family-friendly 1 mile where we were joined by none other than Ronald McDonald himself, while two Storm Troopers kept everyone in check along the way. The kids totally loved the characters participating in the race (so did the adults!).

At 8:00am the gun sounded for the 5K to start. Most participants were adults (with our men's winner finishing in 16 minutes!), however we had several young runners tearing up the road and leaving everyone in their dust. Ryan Boyd, winner of the boys division in the 5K finished in 21 minutes and took home a family four pack to Legoland.

In addition to the races, attendees had a full buffet to stop at after running – a runners buffet: bananas, oranges, bagels, bars, water, and more. There was a bake sale, race photos, Pat & Oscars had hot bread sticks, and we (MROF) set up a booth with lots of great gifts to take for a donation. The race earned over $1,000 in random donations this morning.

Christine’s efforts to produce this race would’ve been for naught without her dedicated planning staff and their crew of over 50 race-day volunteers. It takes a leader to envision the idea – but it takes people to bring the idea to life. Christine found out today what we feel when so many people – those we know and those we’ve never met – come together to do good. Serving from your heart is the best experience you can ever have – next to bringing hundreds of people together to serve with you.