RunBarefoot has been a team of runners for a number of years and its purpose has been to raise scholarship funds for Barefoot Republic Camp.
Barefoot Republic Camp is so much more than a summer camp program. It's a camp and retreat center with programs that focus on cultivating Christ-centered relationships between individuals and families from diverse racial, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Camps take place at their Kentucky Retreat and Event Center (residential weekend camps for families and week-long residential summer camps for kids) and day camps (hosted locally at places like Amy Grant's farm and local churches across multiple states and cities).
There are so many things that make Barefoot Republic special - but one of the most important parts is that NO PARTICIPANT is denied because of their ability to pay for a program. They just figure it out...
SOOOOO... The RunBarefoot team is going to be part of how we make sure that Barefoot Republic Camp can continue to "figure it out". We want to make sure that they never, EVER, have to turn a child or family away from participating in a program that, that family and/or child has been called to participate.
ALL DONATIONS are tax deductible and a receipt will be provided to donors at the end of each calendar year.
This year the need is greater than ever. So we are getting aggressive and going to be focused. Our runners / walkers / bikers / crawlers / and swimmers are ready to go. We hope you'll support the team either by participating or by GIVING to one of the many members.
HERE'S HOW YOU JOIN:
- Read up on Barefoot Republic by visiting their website here.
- Create an account on MIGHTYCAUSE.com
- Find the Run Barefoot2021 Team page
- Click "Join Team".
- Start your journey.
- If you're on Facebook we will be starting a private group for the RunBarefoot team so we can share about our training / progress / struggles as we go - go here and request to join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/232565747644689/
- Throughout the months leading up to the events and different races we will discuss and help you with strategies for fundraising - but ultimately it comes down to this... be honest. Share about your training. Share YOUR why you care about a place like Barefoot Republic.
- YOU CAN USE FACEBOOK FUNDRAISERS to raise your funds and apply them to your MightyCause total... here's how:
- Screenshot your fundraiser when it's complete. Email it to jenny@barefootrepublic.org
- Then either she or Derek (mentioned below) will update your total with an "offline" transaction.
- You can also do things like Bake Sales, Fun Auctions, Wash People's cars, Cut People's Grass... and earn toward your fundraising total the same way. You just need to let Barefoot know to be looking for the donation - when it arrives - we'll update the total. See EASY! ;-)
- Oh yeah... disclaimer... Please consult your personal physician before starting any training program and follow their instructions based on any concerns that they may have.
- Oh yeah... one more cool thing. If you raise $1,500 by August 31st we'll give you a free ticket to Amy Grant's Tennessee Weekend happening in October 1-3. Pretty cool right?!
- LET'S DO THIS!
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE WILL DO SEVERAL RACES OF VARYING LENGTHS... but the BIG race day, that we will all try to run together on the same day is Saturday, April 24, 2021.
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If you have any questions email Jenny Myhr at jenny@barefootrepublic.org or Derek Spirk at spirkee@mac.com - one of the two of them will assist as soon as they possibly can.
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The RunBarefoot Tennessee Race Schedule is below - all races are 100% optional:
We will have at least a team member running all of these races.
TEAM EVENTS:
- January 18, 2021: MLK Virtual 5K... more info coming soon
- April 24, 2021: Rock'N'Roll Marathon (Marathon, Half Marathon or 5K - Nashville, TN)
- June 4-6, 2021: The 4x4x48... Run 4 Miles, Every 4 Hours, for 48 Hours... (as an individual, as a team, as a family... more info coming soon)