SoleKIDs is an Award Winning, 501(c)(3) recognized, non-profit organization founded in January 2017 right here in Boise, Idaho by your race directors Jonathan (aka Huckleberry) and Jamie Stevens. Our mission is to create more active and healthier communities. SoleKIDs is an 8-week running / adventure program where elementary-aged runners learn to be BRAVE, STRONG, SMART and KIND. At the end of the eight weeks, we race.
And how cool is this, you'll get to see SoleKIDs giving back throughout your race!!!
Your donation(s) provides us the opportunity to create youth running programs around the Pacific Northwest. The support of these races has allowed us to open up programs in Seattle, WA, Pomeroy, WA and LaGrande, OR., Burley, ID, and coming soon.. Montpelier, ID. (I don't know where that is.)
HOW DID YOU GET HERE? (Good Question)
COVID really changed the landscape of the running community throughout the Treasure Valley. The short story is.. it was ridiculously hard and lots of folks found other opportunities. It almost wiped out SoleKIDs, for sure. But it didn't. And while we were in that "re-building" mode, we talked about putting on a race for the "tall" people. So in Spring of 2022, we launched the Boise River Marathon. At the time, we were astounded that we had 176 runners. Since then, we've added this twenty-year old City of Trees Marathon (thanks Jeff!!!), the Boise Half Marathon and the Boise Marathon.
So to recap, in the spring of 2017, we set off with 36 runners. For 2024, we expected around 7500 runners to cross our finish lines across the Pacific Northwest. And while we're not putting on races, we love to VOLUNTEER at them. You should too, btw.
Your support and donations help us continue our mission we are so appreciative!!!
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