Speak Up Pink Duck 5K- Run/Walk

RACE DAY STARTS SUNDAY JUNE 29th!

TWO WAYS TO RACE!

1) Virtual-anytime! Join by clicking here!

VIRTUAL June 29th-July 13th- your own way, place, and time that week! Kick-off is June 29th, you have a week to complete your race. 

Or

2) Join us at Lifty's in Bend, Oregon, at 11:00 AM! Join by clicking here! 

June 29th, Sunday at 11:00AM-Start and Finish at Lifty's Bar and Restaurant Address: 1787 SW Chandler Ave, Bend, OR 97702

 

Pink Duck 5k-Run/Walk

Race Entry is $30! All participants will receive a medal if paid and registered by 5/15/2025! 

Children ages 0-17 $20 - includes participation medal 

Children 0-5 (free if no participation medal is requested)

Join the Pink Duck 5k! Together, we will race to speak up and positively stop human trafficking in Central Oregon or virtually anywhere! This is a friendly 5k for all ages. Families will have Connection Challenges to help them discuss online safety and safe adults with children and friends to stay safe. After finishing the race, kiddos will turn in their Connection Challenge Cards for prizes at the end. Lifty's will provide a fun after-party for all friends! 

JOIN PINK DUCK SPEAK UP! TO PROTECT YOUTH FOR A LIFETIME THROUGH AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING! Through trafficking prevention presentations, 1 of 10,000 will be reached. 

BEND OREGON-EVENT TIMELINE: 
10:00 am – Race-day Registration opens, and Packet Pick up opens 
11:00 am—The 5K Fun Run/Walk begins and ends at Lifty's. Smaller ducks will collect feathers with "Safety Feathers" to discuss along the route. 
11:30 am—Post-race celebration! Turn in your "Safety Feathers" for Pink Duck prizes! Participants will receive a medal if registered to receive it. All participants received a 2-inch rubber duck to help raise awareness for others! 

WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! Think pink, think feathers, think big! The best-dressed winner will receive the "Most Spirited Award." Make sure to tag @inourbackyard to show off your outfit AND raise awareness for human trafficking prevention!

RACE AMENITIES INCLUDE: 
-Pink Duckie keepsake to raise awareness with friends - Race Bib- Water and post-race snacks 

Race Shirt Purchase: Shirts are available for $40 during checkout. Shirt orders for race day were due June 1st. We do carry a few sizes but if we don't have your size your shirt will be mailed to you after the race.

DUCK TRAIL FUN HUNT:

Walk, talk, and have fun with family and friends during your trail walk. Children can participate in the Fun Duck Hunt:
Collect Duck feathers along the pathway. Each feather has a simple question for families to discuss, keeping families and friends safe. Children who collect feathers can turn them in for a prize at the end of the 5K at Lifty's.

EMAIL US IF YOU HAVE A TEAM OF TEN+! PERKS INCLUDE SHIRTS FOR YOUR TEAM AT NO COST AND PINK RUBBER DUCKIES! EMAIL Kellie, at info@inourbackyard.org

 

Why join this Fun Duck 5k?

Proceeds support IN OUR BACKYARD's mission to create a world where everyone can live in Freedom. Help protect youth and victims of trafficking by creating a pathway to Freedom! Your race protects more than 100 human trafficking victims during our Super Bowl intel operation in partnership with law enforcement and over 10,000 local youth through IOB's prevention program- Teens Against Trafficking. 

More info:

To learn more about our seven prevention programs, go to www.inourbackyard.org

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IN OUR BACKYARD, established in 2009, is now a survivor-led(2020) national
organization with more than a decade of dedication to the fight against sex and labor trafficking. IOB
links arms in the fight against human trafficking by empowering communities to prevent this atrocity
and creating access to Freedom for victims of human trafficking (HT). IOB Founder Nita Belles was
driven to take action to stop the exploitation of children, women, and men. Her book, In Our Backyard:
Human Trafficking in America and What You Can Do to Stop It has been acclaimed as the primer on
human trafficking in America. In 2020, Cheryl Csiky, a child-trafficking survivor, joined IOB as Executive
Director to further lead the mission and growing needs.