Dalton's Dash 5k Walk/Run

🏃‍♂️ Event Overview

Grab your friends, family, survivors, and caretakers, and join us for a beautiful morning of love, laughter, and fun! Oh...and a 5k run/walk + kids' dash!

💚 Why D-Feet Cancer?

• Mission: D-Feet Cancer was formed in late 2021 after parents Jen and Will promised their 12-year-old son, Dalton, they wouldn’t stop fighting this disease to help kids like him.
• Funding: In January 2023, D-Feet Cancer wrote a check for $100,000.08 (8 was Dalton’s favorite number) to fund one year of Ewing Sarcoma research.
• Impact: This research aims to specifically target Ewing Sarcoma cells via cell surface receptors while leaving healthy cells alone.
• Commitment: D-Feet Cancer plans to donate at least another $150,000 to pediatric cancer researchers in the first half of 2025 as we approach half a million dollars of research funded.

🌟 Dalton Fox's Story

In March of 2018, Dalton began a standard chemotherapy regimen designed to kill the rapidly dividing Ewing Sarcoma cells along with a limb salvage surgery in July of 2018. After almost a year of chemotherapy and an artificial knee and metal tibia, Dalton was declared cancer-free in February of 2019. In May of 2019, Dalton's cancer had returned and on August 28, 2019, Dalton’s left leg was amputated just above his left knee.

• Spirit: Dalton’s smile and sense of humor were infectious. Even while fighting cancer, Dalton brightened every room he walked into.
• Legacy: Dalton loved animals, especially lemurs, and even had a lemur picture on Larry, his prosthetic leg.
• Courage: If pure grit, determination, and toughness had been enough, Dalton would have easily beaten his cancer.
• Journey: Dalton died on May 25, 2021, a little more than three years after his initial diagnosis.

🎉 Race Details

• Format: This is a FUN run and not a timed event.
• Strollers: Those running with strollers and walking are encouraged to start in the back of the pack.
• Access: Wheelchair/hand-cyclists/duo teams will be allowed on a limited basis, and these runners will start at the front of the pack.
• Restrictions: Pets, bicycles, skateboards, in-line skates, and scooters are NOT permitted in the race.

📅 Packet Pickup

Packet pickup will be MAY 16, 2025 at CLUB BRITTANY (800 Five Point Road, 23454) from 4-6 pm. Cheers to the 5th Annual Dalton's Dash 5k and kids' 100-yard dash! We hope to see you there!

🔗 Learn More

To learn more about D-Feet Cancer, the research we fund, and our mission, please visit www.DFeetCancer.org. You can also read more about the grant here.

🏅 Race Information

For more details about the event, please visit the official race page at Dalton's Dash 5k.