Helen's 5K Run/Walk

🏃‍♀️ Helen's 5K Run/Walk 2025

📅 In Person: Sunday, November 2nd, 2025

✅ USATF Certified

🌐 VIRTUALLY: October 26 through November 9, 2025

Join Us In Person - November 2, 2025
Sands Point Preserve, Long Island

• Time: 9:30 AM EST • USATF Certified Course
• Registration: $40: $25 for ages 1-17
• Check-in & Registration: 7:45 - 9:00 am (Official Start: 9:30 am)
• Location: Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point, NY

Join Us VIRTUALLY - October 26 - November 9, 2025
Anywhere in the Nation

• Dates: October 26 - November 9
• Activity: Walk, run, or roll in your community
• Registration: $35: $25 for ages 1-17

👕 Registration Includes:

• T-shirt: Available only for people who have pre-registered for the in-person event
• Post-race Refreshments: Lite bites and refreshments
• Policy: Registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferrable
• T-shirt Guarantee: Register by October 15th to guarantee T-shirt size: not guaranteed for same-day registration

👟 Walkers & Runners

Individuals of all ages and abilities are welcome to participate. Participants under 18 years of age must have a waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian.

💪 Two Powerful Causes, One Shared Mission

Your participation creates lasting impact for individuals who are blind, DeafBlind, or have low vision, from early childhood through adulthood.

📚 HKSB: Children's Learning Center Long Island Expansion

We're embarking on an ambitious expansion: opening two new Children's Learning Center locations on Long Island - one in Suffolk County and one in Nassau County. These new centers will bring our comprehensive model of care - the same approach that has transformed countless young lives in Brooklyn - closer to home for Long Island families. They will offer specialized early intervention services, a multidisciplinary team of experts including teachers of blind and low vision children, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and our Parent Resource Center - all working together to give children the strongest possible start in life.

🔈 Advancing Communication Access for the DeafBlind Community

Funds raised will support communication and environmental access initiatives, including interpreting and SSP services at HKNC. Independence for DeafBlind individuals depends on reliable access to communication - whether that's ASL interpreters, tactile interpreters, assistive technologies, or other communication support.

🤝 Become a Champion for Independence - The Power of Your Network

Registration is just the beginning—your real impact comes through peer-to-peer fundraising and connecting with your network to support our mission. Many participants choose to set additional fundraising goals beyond their registration fee, asking friends, family, and colleagues to sponsor their participation and multiply their impact.

👥 Form a Team

Gather friends, family, or colleagues to multiply your impact. Team challenges create friendly competition and shared purpose while supporting Helen Keller Services' impactful programs. Teams can set collective goals, track progress together, and consistently raise more funds than individual participants.

🏢 Corporate Team Challenges & Participation

Engage your workplace in meaningful impact while building team connections. Companies can form teams, create internal fundraising campaigns, and choose between in-person participation at Sands Point Preserve or virtual participation. Corporate teams offer valuable team-building opportunities while supporting programs that create lasting change for blind and DeafBlind individuals.

🏅 Award Categories

• Overall Male and Female finishers
• The first physically challenged male and female finishers
• The 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place finishers who are DeafBlind
• The 1st place, 2nd place and 3rd place finishers who are Blind/Low-Vision
• The first three male and female winners in each age category: 10 and under, 11-15, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
• Medal to the top male and female Veterans or in the Military

💖 Thank You For Your Support!

Helen Keller Services (HKS), a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, offers programs and services through two divisions: Helen Keller National Center for DeafBlind Youths and Adults (HKNC) and Helen Keller Services for the Blind (HKSB). With your support and sponsorship, HKS will continue to offer a rich variety of innovative programs and services for individuals who are blind, have low vision or DeafBlind.

For more information, please visit Helen's 5K Run/Walk.