33rd Annual Willow Bay 5k Run & Fitness Walk for Women

Run or Walk The Chocolate Challenge

If you like a refreshing morning run followed by delicious chocolate treats, then this event is for you. The Chocolate Challenge is a charity race that supports Kelleigh's Cause, an organization created to raise funds for Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM) and rare disease research. This charity focuses on community involvement. Our goal is to hold a community wide event while raising critical funds for necessary medical research and public education.

All runners will receive a shirt, medal, and post race chocolate!

Share with us your pictures and videos on social media by tagging @ChocolateChallengeRace on Facebook or by using #ChocolateChallenge or #KelleighsCause

Register today for the 16th Annual Remembrance 5K Run/Walk for HOPE!

Join us as we come together to remember and celebrate our loved ones who have passed away. All proceeds from the event support HOPE For Bereaved’s mission to provide FREE peer grief support services to our community.

Participants are invited to bring a picture of a loved one, that they would like to remember, to be displayed on the memory board the day of the race and later displayed in the HOPE office.

Registration is online only. No paper or cash accepted. All 5K runners and walkers will be timed!

PLEASE NOTE - TSHIRT CUT OFF IS 7/10. Those registering after the cutoff date of 7/10 will not be guaranteed a t-shirt.

$30 4/1 - 5/31

$35 6/1 - 7/4

$40 7/5 - 8/1

$50 Day of Event

Packet Pickup: Wednesday, 7/29 4-7pm @ HOPE For Bereaved (4500 Onondaga Blvd, Syracuse, NY 13219)

T-Shirt Memorial Opportunity

Remember your loved one by having their name appear in the Memorial Section of the back of our Run/Walk shirt. Every donation over $100 will be eligible. Please enter a name under the "on behalf of" section as you make your donation. Deadline is July 10th!

The Life Worth Living 5K Run and Walk at Abbott Farms is an event to raise awareness to prevent suicide.

The 5K course is open to all, whether looking for a competitive race or just a fun time. Certainly unique, the road and trial course will run through various areas on the farm. The 5K course will include the roads through the housing development behind Abbott Farms. The course also includes a very special memorial orchard remembering over 80 victims with local ties who lost their battle to suicide. Not your average race! Runners will be timed utilizing chips.

At Abbott Farms, there will be ice cream, bakery goods, berry picking and a variety of other family fun activities. And don't forget to visit the baby animals in the barnyard. The Cider House Grille will be open with a full menu of grilled entrees and treats. Abbotts is well known for providing lots of fun on the farm for families and kids!

The event is in memory of Zach Helfrich, a former employee of Abbotts. All who knew Zach remember his smile, sense of humor and kindness. Zach had just turned 19 and graduated Baker High School. He was headed to Virginia Tech and accepted into the prestigious Corps of Cadets, US Army ROTC. Military service was his lifelong dream. We were incredibly proud of him. Sadly, Zach unexpectedly took his life on the morning of August 16, 2019. Let's celebrate our love for Zach as well as others who lost their lives to suicide, at the Life Worth Living day at Abbotts. With your help, we can raise awareness to prevent other similar tragedies.

The Zach Helfrich Memorial Fund, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our mission is to build awareness, support effective treatment programs and reduce the prevalence of suicide among young people in our communities. To date, we have raised over $170,000, all of which has stayed in our community to support programs to reduce suicides among our teenagers and young adults. Among other things, we have established an endowment in Zach Helfrich's name to support the Upstate Medical University's Psychiatry High Risk Program which is a highly effective outpatient treatment center for adolescents and young people at high risk of suicide. They have phenomenal success and are truly saving young lives. We are also supporting the new Mental Health Respite Program at Elmcrest Children's Center in Syracuse which provides residential care for children and teens in crisis.

PACKET PICK-UPS & IN-PERSON REGISTRATION

Fleet Feet Syracuse - 5800 Bridge St, East Syracuse, NY 13057

Friday, August 14, 2026

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Abbott Farms - 3275 Cold Springs Rd, Baldwinsville, NY 13027

Saturday, August 15, 2026

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

RACE DAY PACKET PICK-UP, Abbott Farms - Sunday, August 16, 2026 - Same-day Registration does not guarantee a shirt or medal

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

On 9/3/2020, the Annal family was in a tragic car crash on the NYS Thruway. Their daughters, Maryella, 11, and Elizabeth, age 9, did not survive the accident. This event is to honor the girls and their “Angel birthdays” and bring the community that loves them together to celebrate their lives. All proceeds from the event will be shared with several community not for profits and Annal’s Angels, for the benefit of the Central New York community with a focus on literacy. Last year, donations were shared with The Baldwinsville Christmas Bureau, Friends Forever Animal Rescue, and the Baldwinsville Public Library. Past projects include the renovation of the Baldwinsville Public Library children’s room establishing the “Maryella & Elizabeth’s Children’s Corner” and fully funding endowment scholarships in each of the girl’s names.

The 5K will be at Palmer Elementary in Baldwinsville 7864 Hicks Road, Baldwinsville

Register by August 20th to be guaranteed a shirt.

Packet pick up will be 9/3, 4-7pm @ Baldwinsville Public Library at 33 East Genesee St.

If you can’t make it at this time, packet pick up for the 5K run/walk will be from 7:30- 8:30am on Saturday 9/5 at Palmer Elementary School.

Koala Krawl - Kids fun run, 10 and under, $12 (includes shirt)

Virtual option