Please join us on Sunday, June 7th, at the beautiful Millennium Park for the second annual Ele's Place - West Michigan Healing Hearts 5k!
Let's "Run for Kid's Grief Relief" while raising funds and awareness for grieving children, teens and their families in Grand Rapids and the surrounding West Michigan area. Ele's Place is a healing center for grieving children and teens. We provide grief support groups for kids ages 3-18, who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or anyone significant in their life. All services are free of charge for as long as a family needs them. This is why we need YOU!
We invite families, corporate partners and the community to participate in this outdoor, family-friendly, "fun" run/walk event to raise funds for grieving kiddos, with the option to honor, celebrate and remember someone special in your life who has died. This event is an opportunity to put “one foot in front of the other” to support our peer-to-peer grief programs and ensure they remain FREE OF CHARGE to all who are in need of our services today, tomorrow and always. Let's come together to make sure that No Child Grieves Alone.
Grab your sneakers and meet us at Millennium Park!
Event Schedule:
9:30 AM: Event begins! Race Registration & Kid Zone activities open. (Face painting, yard games & more!)
10:45 AM: Event Welcome & Mission Moment Speaker
10:50 AM: Kid’s Dash
11:00 AM: 5k Run/Walk Starts!
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Kid Zone remains open, post-run/walk snacks and drinks available until 12:30 PM.
Jun 07, 2026
Distance — 100 Yards
Type — Running
10:50
$0.00
Jun 07, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
11:00
$25.00
Jun 07, 2026
Distance — 5K
Type — Running
11:00
$20.00
Jun 07, 2026
Distance — 2 Miles
Type — Running
11:00
$25.00
These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for June in Walker.
Learn more about the host city, Walker.
Walker is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A suburb of Grand Rapids, Walker borders the city to the north and west. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 25,132.
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