October 9th
Packet Pick will be from 8am-10:00am at New Bo Market located at 1100 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, Iowa

October 10th (race day pickup 7:15am to 8:20am) Race Starts at 8:30 am
Packet Pickup will be at Zeller Memorial, Palo, Iowa I would encourage everyone to try to be at Zeller Memorial, Palo, Iowa at least 30 to 45 minutes prior to the race to pickup their race bib and shirt so we can start on time.

October is Mental Health Awareness Month!

We’ve partnered with Tim Vipond whose 21-year-old son Jeff, died by suicide in November 2019.

The Mental Health Matters 5K Run and Walk was created in an effort to decrease stigma around mental health challenges, encourage reaching out for help and honor those who have died by suicide. We know the stigma of mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis can lead to reluctance to seek help or treatment or prevent family, friends, and others from understanding the challenges that exist. Jeff Vipond, Matt Bertel, Cam Kranich and Hunter Ackerman were all young adult males , who were struggling with their mental health and died by suicide. Because so many people struggle with suicidal thoughts and behaviors regardless of age, race, gender, socioeconomic status, Foundation 2 Crisis Services is a trusted support for all people, any time, every time! We have been providing support in Cedar Rapids and the surrounding communities for over 50 years.

Our crisis support and suicide prevention services are available 24/7 at no cost.

You can call us at the Foundation 2 Crisis Line at (319) 362-2174 or chat and text through Your Life Iowa (www.yourlifeiowa.org).

We’re all part of suicide prevention and you can learn more here www.foundation2.org/suicide/ .

Every registrant receives a high-quality long-sleeved race t-shirt and proceeds will benefit Foundation 2 Crisis Services!

If you would like to honor someone please email tlvipond@gmail.com with the first and last name and we will add them to the program.

Participants and donors receive a shirt with event registration.

Additional event shirts can be purchased from our apparel website:
mentalhealthawareness5k.itemorder.com/sale

For event-related questions, please click on the Contact the Organizers button on the left-hand side of this page.