On February 18, 2018, over 500 people came together at Sunset Park in Las Vegas to celebrate World Rare Disease Day at our Vegas Cares About Rare 5K event. Participants came in to town from all over Southern Nevada as well as California, Washington, and Massachusetts!
The success of this event went above and beyond our expectations, actually making this our most successful fundraising event in the history of our organization. We raised over $23,000 to continue to fund our programs, and our community showered love on the 24 children diagnosed with rare diseases who were our event VIPs. The coming together of our community to raise awareness for childhood rare disease was exciting and awe-inspiring!
Click here for 300+ photos from our event!
This year’s event statistics:
- 370 registered participants (176 for the 5K, 169 for the 1M, and 25 Virtual racers) – 5K race results
- 24 VIP rare children attended plus families of 4 rare angels (including Hannah)
- 35 teams (largest was 38 people!)
- Fundraising teams raised over $6000
- Over 100 volunteers including:
- Green Valley Kiwanis Club
- Eldorado HS NJROTC
- Foothill HS Key Club
- Sierra Vista HS Key Club
- Coronado HS Key Club
- Del Sol HS Key Club
- West CTA HOSA
- Clark HS NHS & NTHS
- Roseman Student Nursing Association
Special thank you to our sponsors:
$2500 to $5000 | $500 to $1500 |