Orland Park Veterans Liberty Run/Walk

Join us for a scenic race through beautiful trails offering lakeside views and opportunities to spot local wildlife. This fun, family-friendly event welcomes runners and walkers of all levels to enjoy nature while staying active. Proceeds from the race directly support Lake Katherine’s conservation efforts, environmental education programs, and habitat restoration projects, ensuring the preservation of Lake Katherine for future generations.

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Explore the Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve - the largest tract of undeveloped land in Cook County, IL. This race will cover every inch of maintained trail within the Nature Preserve. With over 1000 ft of elevation, this marathon is mountainous by Chicago standards!

The course uses the Sag Valley Trail system, covering the Yellow, Green, Blue & Tan trails. The whole course is wide horsetrail, allowing for 2-way traffic and encouragement from fellow participants.

Results here: https://www.athlinks.com/event/353493/results/Event/1082897/Results

Photos here: https://www.highfivebb.com/Running/F3-Cap-Sauers-Trail-Marathon-10-Mile-May-10-2025

Defeat the Stigma 5k

Saturday, May 30th at Centennial Park in Orland.

10401 W. 153rd Place

Start time: 8:30 AM

5k Race

First 200 entries get free tech T-shirts.

Benefiting NAMI

Being held in conjunction with the Toy Box Connection Mental Health Wellness Fair

https://www.toyboxconnection.com/

Pricing

3/12/26 to 4/15/26- $25

4/16 to 5/29- $35

$45 on Race Day

Donations are accepted.

Packet pickup will be at Running For Kicks on 5/29 from Noon to 6 pm.

What is it?

The GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge is a 5k fun run, 1-mile walk, or other fitness format — that brings people together to raise awareness, acknowledge, and support the challenges in the Down syndrome community.

Taking place at all our Playhouse locations across the country, the GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge is GiGi’s Playhouse largest peer-to-peer fundraiser and a fun and inclusive fitness event that the entire community can attend!

When is it?

From March 15th – June 29th, 55+ GiGi’s Playhouse locations will host their own GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge events in their communities.

Don’t have a Playhouse near you? No problem! Our Virtual Playhouse hosts its own Virtual GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge from May 1st to May 30th!

Why should I participate?

The money we raise from our GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge events directly funds the 340,000 hours of FREE educational, therapeutic, and career development programming GiGi’s Playhouse provides to our participants and families a year.

Beyond this, our GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge events give entire communities the opportunity to come together with the Down syndrome community to embrace differences, foster inclusivity, and create a more ACCEPTING world!

Register here!!