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Verona Street Animal Society

The Fast & the Furriest®

Saturday, June 6th, 2026

We are celebrating 20 years!!! Mark your calendars for the 20th annual The Fast & The Furriest® event on Saturday, June 6th, 2026! The Fast & The Furriest® includes 5K & 10K races, kid's race, dog walk, pet festival, and vaccine clinic. This event will feature music, food trucks, sponsor giveaways, vendors, pet contests, and a variety of activities for you, your family and your dogs. Come out and help us celebrate our love of animals and our city. Can't make it in person? Virtual options for the 5K, 10K and dog walk will be available as well!

Packet Pick Up:

• Friday, June 5th at Fleet Feet @ the Armory (155 Culver Rd) from 10am - 6pm

• Saturday, June 6th at the event from 7am - 10:15am - Location - 184 Verona Street Rochester, NY

**Register by Sunday, May 17 to be guaranteed an event t-shirt! Registration for the 5K & 10K closes at 11:59PM on Friday, June 5th. There is no race day registration.

How can you be involved this year?

1. Participate in the 5K, 10K or 1/2 mile kid's race in person or virtually

2. Participate in the dog walk in person or virtually

3. Attend the in person Pet Festival on Saturday, June 6th at Brown Square Park

4. Enter your pet into the pet contests

5. Bring your dog to the vaccination clinic which includes rabies and DAPP vaccines and microchipping. This is first come, first serve.

6. Create a fundraiser when registering for the event and help raise money for pets in need in your community! Ask your friends and family to support a cause you are passionate and contribute to your fundraiser.

Fundraising is Important! Please consider Fundraising for VSAS through this event. It's easy and you can win some great prizes!

While going through the registration process make sure to set up your individual and/or team fundraising page and help increase our impact in serving people and animals in our community. Personalize the page with your own story, link it with Facebook Fundraising, and set your own personal goal. Learn more about setting up a fundraiser and other tools and tricks here.

Why is your paw-ticipation so important?

By supporting Verona Street Animal Society and Rochester Animal Services, you are helping animals get the second chance they deserve. Just your registration for this event will spay/neuter a male cat or feed a cat for one month. Think of the impact an additional donation would have! All funds raised through The Fast & The Furriest® event directly impact the animals in our community by:

• Providing food, shelter, enrichment and medical care at the shelter

• Promoting adoption, lost and found, and spay/neuter programs

• Supporting under-served communities by providing access to pet resources

When registering for the race, make sure to set up your own individual or team fundraiser on the donation page!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, June 6th , 2026

8:00 AM……………....Registration opens at Longhouse shelter at Seneca Park

9:00 AM……………....5K run/walk begins

10:15 AM……………..Children’s Fun Run

10:30 AM……………...Award Ceremony

AWARDS

Overall Male & Female $100, 2nd & 3rd place medals

Overall Masters Male & Female $50

1st place age group medals

NO DUPLICATION

Participation Awards given out at FINISH LINE (for those who want them)

CHILDREN’S FUN RUN

Free, no registration required

BIO

Javier Ortiz Rivera was born in Cayey, PR on September 7, 1984. He moved to Rochester, NY at the age of 7 along with his family. Upon graduating high school he enrolled in the US Marine early entry program. In September of 2010 Javier was deployed on his 2nd tour to Afghanistan and 4th total in his 9 years as a Marine. He achieved a rank of Staff Sergeant and Platoon Leader. On November 16, 2010 Javier was killed by an IED roadside bomb while on foot patrol in an Afghanistan province. Javier represents all of the fallen soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice defending our Freedom. Javier 26, was survived by his wife Veronica and three children, Alyssa, Andrew, and Anthony.

COURSE INFORMATION

The SSGT Javier Ortiz Memorial 5K Race and Fitness Walk is sanctioned by USA Track and Field (USATF# NY12901KL). The race will start and finish at Trout Pond . For a map of the course, parking and directions visit www.prfestival.com.

RACE AMENITIES

• First 90 registered get T-Shirt

-Water stop on course

• Digital display clock at finish

• Accurate mile course

• Computerized race results by Robin Hood Racing

• Post race refreshments and fun

• Free entrance to PRFI Festival (one night only) First week of August at Rochester Main Street Festival Site

REGISTRATION PACKET PICK-UP

Registration and packet pickup is available at BURGOS Income Tax , 1816 Clinton Ave North, Rochester 14621

Friday, 6/5 from 1pm - 6 pm 585-266-2680

Race Day Registration and packet pick up will begin at 8:00 am at Longhouse shelter at Seneca Park.

Proceeds from the SSGT Javier Ortiz Memorial 5K Race and Fitness Wall will go to TAPS . Tragedy Assistance Program For Survivors. Families of fallen heroes. Go to taps.org for more information. Also, Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester New York.

NOTE: There is a processing fee of $2.50 when you register on-line. To avoid the fee you may register in person at 1816 Clinton Ave N.

RHSC's Super Hear-O 5K & Family Fun Run

For the past two years, over 200 families gathered on a beautiful Sunday morning in June, many wearing superhero costumes, and ran, walked, rolled and strolled for a really great cause. They came out for Rochester Hearing & Speech Center’s annual Super Hear-O 5K, an event to celebrate the superheroes making a difference in the lives of individuals with hearing health needs and children with developmental disabilities served through our nonprofit mission of “Communication for Life.”

At RHSC, we provide both hearing health testing and treatment for individuals of all ages, but we also provide Early Intervention and Preschool Developmental Services to our youngest and most vulnerable children, many of whom are currently on the waitlist for Early Intervention services in Monroe County. Our team of audiologists, special education teachers, speech-language pathologists and occupational and physical therapists are superheroes who change the lives of so many every single day.

Now in it's third year, RHSC's Super Hear-O 5K & Family Fun Run will take place on Sunday, June 7th, from 9-11am in Seneca Park. This inclusive and family friendly event is geared toward all ages and abilities and features a 5K Walk/Run and a one-mile paved walk/roll or stroll option. The event also includes a Super Kid Zone filled with fun activities and our friends at Netsin’s will be joining us once again to provide ice cream for our participants. And, we’re expecting an even bigger turnout!

Please note that registration is FREE for kids under 12, but race t-shirt must be purchased at checkout, if desired (youth sizes available).

Harborfest 5K & 10K | Saturday, June 20, 2026

Ontario Beach Park | Charlotte, NY

5K 7:45am

10K 9:00am

The Harborfest Festival is summertime, lakeside festival at Ontario Beach Park, celebrating over 200 years of the historic lighthouse and Monroe County. Among the many activities available that weekend join us for the Harborfest 5K and 10K. The courses take in the northern portion of the popular Genesee River Trail, the Marina and finishes beachside. The 10k traverses the beautiful Genesee River boardwalk at Turning Point Park

*Please Note: If you are signed up for the combo, you must be finished with the 5K before the 10K begins at 9AM

By registering for this event, you are acknowledging that the date, time, location, and distance of the race may be changed, switched to virtual, or canceled at any time as deemed necessary by the Race Directors due to circumstances beyond their control. In the event that any of these scenarios happens or any other, there will be no refunds, transfers, or deferrals allowed unless otherwise stated.

Please join us on Saturday June 21, 2025 for the Irondequoit Juneteenth 5K Run/Walk!

Juneteenth is a nationally recognized holiday and a celebration that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, on June 19, 1865. General Gordon Granger led 2,000 Union soldiers to Galveston, Texas to ensure the freedom of 250,000-still enslaved. Rochester, NY, home to Frederick Douglass, is the perfect place to host a Juneteenth Run/Walk!

This race is hosted by Irondequoit E.R.A.S.E. (Eliminating Racism And Seeking Equity). Registration fees will go towards our annual scholarships for college-bound Black and Brown students from Irondequoit and Eastridge High Schools.

Finish your day celebrating freedom by joining us at our 6th annual Juneteenth festival at 12 noon at the Irondequoit Town Hall yard.

Online registration will remain open right up until the start of the race or until sold out. Race day registration and packet pickup will take place at St. Josaphats Church from 7:15am right up until the start of the race at 8:30am. Participants who registered by Monday, June 16, 2025 at 5:30pm are guaranteed to receive a race shirt in their requested size. A small quantity of extra shirts will be ordered and distributed to late registrants on a first-come, first-serve basis until they are gone.

5K Registration: $30 / $35

EARLY PACKET PICKUP OPTION

Early packet pickup will be available on Friday, June 20th from 6-8pm at Salvatores Pizzeria located at 149 E. Ridge Rd.

POST RACE CELEBRATION

Our post race celebration will take place immediately following the race at the church. There will be music, bottled water, light refreshments and the awards ceremony. Runners are also invited to stick around for the 6th Annual Juneteenth Festival set to start at 12pm at the Irondequoit Town Hall.

Irondequoit Town Hall

1280 Titus Ave.

Rochester, NY 14617

AGE GROUPS & AWARDS

Prizes will be presented to the 1st place overall male and female finishers. Age group awards will be presented to the 1st and 2nd place male and female runner in each of the age groups shown below. All participants will have the option of downloading custom finisher certificates from the event page!

14 and under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and older.

PARKING

There will be plenty of free parking in the St. Josaphat's church parking lot. Enter via Stanton Lane.

CONTACT / INFORMATION

For additional information on the race or sponsorship opportunities available, please contact Latanya Morse at (585) 271-0428 or via email at [email protected].

CANCELLATION POLICY

In the event of foul weather, public safety concerns, or for any other reason deemed necessary by race organizers (ex: state of emergency, shelter-in-place, limit on social gatherings, permit issues, etc) we want runners to know up front that we reserve the right to reschedule the event date if needed OR convert this to a virtual event. There will be no refunds.