Shoppers Drug Mart® Run for Women - Calgary 2026

The Fun Run in Support of the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation

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Supporting the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation

Join us for a morning of movement, community, and celebration! Whether you run, walk, or stroll, come out to support the life-saving work of the Alberta Children's Hospital.

Registration is FREE, although donations are encouraged and the event is 100% kid-friendly—bring the whole family!

📅 Event Details

• When: Saturday, May 30th, 2026

• Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• Where: Montgomery Community Association (5003 16 Ave NW, Calgary)

• Cost: Free (Donations over $20 receive a tax receipt). There are no fees to participate though we ask that you please donate to the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation if you can help: https://my.childrenshospital.ab.ca/fundraiser/5136200.

🍦 Post-Run Social & Prizes

Celebrate your finish with local treats and a chance to win in our community raffle!

Featured Partners:

• Village Ice Cream: Scoops for participants to celebrate a morning of movement.

• Gord’s Running Store: Providing $500 in total gift certificates for our runners.

• Games from Carnivals for Kids at Heart.

• Warm-up and activities led by Kidstrong.

• A reading centre from the Little Red Reading House.

• Coffee from Monogram and fruit courtesy of the Calgary Produce Marketing Association.

• Kidstrong: Drawing for a private party hosted at Kidstrong ($450 value).

• YYC Cycle: Win a 1-month unlimited membership ($225 value).

• Orange Theory: Drawing for a 1-month free membership + free weeks for participants.

• Fuwa Fuwa Pancakes, the Canadian Brewhouse, Banquet Bar and Grill and Borough Bar and Grill: Gift certificates for some of the best eats in the city.

❤️ Why We Run: James’ Story

In February 2023, our son James was diagnosed with toxic shock syndrome at age 4. He required emergency life-support (ECMO), a program that only exists at the Alberta Children's Hospital because the Foundation raised the funds to pay for it.

Today, James is a symbol of resilience. We are committed to paying it forward so that the 100,000+ kids treated here every year get the same fighting chance. Every child deserves the best care possible.

Thank you for being part of our story and supporting this community.

The incredible ECMO program at the Stollery Hospital and James' story was featured recently on Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/11730479/stollery-ecmo-program/

With love,

Matt, Dianne, James and Izzy

Please register below so we can track participation. All are welcome!

Heart Beats 17th Annual Fun Run & Walk

June 13, 2026 | Rosemont Community Hall & Confederation Park Pathway

It takes a community to support a child and their family with a heart condition, and on June 13, that community comes together.

Join us for Heart Beats Children's Society's 17th Annual Fun Run & Walk, a celebration of movement, connection, and every heart family who has needed their community to help them navigate what pediatric heart disease looks like for their family.

Choose your distance and show up your way:

• 5KM Fun Run — Start time 10:00 AM

• 3KM Family Walk — Start time 10:30 AM

Last year, our community raised over $90,000, and thanks to Rogers' Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink, more than $18,000 in additional matched funds meant our impact went even further. This year, we're reaching higher. Every registration and every dollar raised goes directly toward Heart Beats programs that provide connection, peer support, and meaningful moments of care for hundreds of children and families living with congenital and acquired heart conditions.

Whether you run, walk, or roll - your participation matters. And if you can't join us on the course, a donation in support of a participant helps ensure no family navigates a heart journey alone.

Kids' activity areas featuring CHAMPS Camp and Offbeats offer free, fun programming designed to get children moving and learning about heart-healthy living. Plus, enjoy face painting, cotton candy, popcorn, a balloon artist, and more on the day.

Together, we move. Together, we give. Together, we make sure every heartbeat and footprint counts.

Ready, Set, Bounce!!

Run the crazy 5k inflatable obstacle course, Mega Bounce Run

Canada's largest all-inflatable race

For more information on our rules and refund policy go to www.megabouncerun.ca

Are you ready? 2025 will be Mega Fun as our team brings the craziest inflatables to locations across Canada. This is a "serious" run for people that want to have "serious" fun and physically challenge themselves and their friends to the best run ever. Join us to have the most fun you will ever have on an inflatable as you run, jump, and bounce around the Inflatables.

Mega Bounce is open to all levels of runners and walkers. Whether you are a seasoned runner or want to join the fun, this obstacle course is for you.

ALL PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE A HEADBAND OR BUFF AND A FINISHERS MEDAL!

Register early to avoid disappointment! Race Day July 05, 2026

Each participant in the 5K, 10K and Half Marathon will receive a top-quality T-Shirt and a reusable silicon 200ml Hydrapack speed cup (while quantities last). Men’s and Women’s sizing from Small to XX-Large. Participants in the kid's race will receive a cotton shirt.

All races will finish on the track - stick around for the post-race festivities, including a traditional Stampede Breakfast!. A bag check will also be available at the Glenmore Track. Port-a-potties located by the start line.

NO REFUNDS

Start Times

Half Marathon Early Start - 6:30am walkers and those over an estimated time of 2:40:00 - If you are faster than 2:40:00 please don't start at 6:30am, start at 7:20am. The results are skewed, and we will have to disqualify those who are faster.

Half Marathon - 7:20am

10km - 8:00am

5km - 8:15am

Kids Races - 10:00am (those in the 100m - 1200m races)

Package Pickup Times:

July 2nd 5-7:30pm - Strides Marda Loop - 3566 Garrison Gate SW

July 3rd- 1-8-pm - Strides Marda Loop - 3566 Garrison Gate SW

July 4th- 10am - 4pm - Strides Fish Creek 380 Canyon Meadows Drive SE

NO REFUNDS