Abby Furco Memorial Color Fun Run 2025

🎉 Let's Do This Again!

We are excited for our FOURTH annual event! Registration will open September 1st.

🏃‍♀️ Join Us

Join us Sunday, October 19th for the FOURTH Annual Abby Furco Memorial Color Fun Run honoring Abby, our beloved friend who passed away too soon along with supporting and loving ALL those affected by childhood cancer.

• Event Type: A color fun run/walk, non-bib, approx. 5k course.
• Participation: You can run, walk, push a stroller...bring your entire family & friends!!
• Goal: Celebrate life while giving back to foundations that helped Abby and other childhood cancer fighters!

💰 Event Fundraiser

The event is a fundraiser with all proceeds (goal being all entries and donations) to the charities St. Baldrick's Foundation, EDMARC, and Abby's Legacy Foundation. All donations made here are tax-deductible. See more about our charities on our Donate Page!

• Funding: The Abby Furco Memorial Color Run is fully funded by local sponsors.
• Support: We are looking for additional business & individual race sponsors to help cover costs.
• Last Year: Our event was 100% community sponsored & all registration fees went to charity.

📺 Past Coverage

Get a glimpse of what you are in for through the news coverage from our past years' events at:

• News Coverage 1
• News Coverage 2

📝 Event Entry

- $25 per adult participant ($5 price increase on October 6)
- $15 per 18 and under participant

All participants will receive a white race T-shirt with logo and sunglasses to wear during the race. Sign up by midnight October 5th to guarantee your T-shirt size event day.

All race proceeds will benefit Abby's Legacy Foundation, St. Baldrick's Foundation, and EDMARC. Donations can be made at registration or also by clicking the Donate button linked above.

📅 Event Details

Date - Sunday, October 19, 2025

Location - Lago Mar Park at Back Bay, 801 Casa Verde Way, Virginia Beach, VA 23456. Start/Finish festival at the park with course through the Lago Mar Neighborhood. Event will take place rain or shine, watch the website, social media (see below) & registered participants will receive email if there is severe weather.

• Parking: Please come towards the park area from the Nimmo Pkwy direction.
• Drop-off: If you are dropping off, please drop off on Casa Verde Way.

⏳ Event Timeline

9am - 9:40am - Runner check-in

9:45am - Start line warm-up

10am - Color fun run start

Festival music, snacks & fun to follow.

🙌 Volunteers

Please fill out the Volunteer Interest Form at XX to sign up or contact Patty at pattylynn1@aol.com

You will be provided with a race t-shirt for helping. Volunteer check-in times will be emailed out as the race gets closer, plan on anywhere from 7am to Noon.

💼 Event Sponsorships

Interested in becoming an event sponsor? Businesses and individuals can make a tax-deductible contribution to help us cover race costs. We offer great benefits as we are so thankful for you. Please go to Event Sponsorship Form for more information.

🔔 Updates & Info

Follow us on Instagram @abby.color.run or Facebook Abby Furco Memorial Color Run and your race registration email for information updates.

💖 About Abby's Legacy Foundation

More about Abby's Legacy Foundation, 501c3 founded in memory of Abby to help support childhood cancer patients and families through funding research, support, hope & love go to www.abbyslegacyfoundation.org or Instagram @abbyslegacyfoundation

For more on Abby's incredible journey watch this memorial special Memorial Special or visit her site at www.caringbridge.org/visit/abbyfurco

Thank you!!

Patty (Abby’s mom), Caroline, Elizabeth, Jenna, Maggie, Izzy & Emily (our incredible student founders & planning committee)