Come together for Howard County youth
Run it, walk it, or sponsor it. The race is one morning, and the mentoring it pays for runs all year.
Registration is on RunSignup.
- Date and time
- Sunday, May 23, 2027
- Starting line
- Howard County
- Distances
- 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run & Walk
What Our Community Makes Possible
The energy is contagious when the whole OhanaHC community comes together. It’s a morning full of laughter, cheers, familiar faces, and new connections, all celebrating and supporting the people and relationships that make OhanaHC special.
Bring Your People
Grab your coworkers, friends, family, classmates, or neighbors and make the morning even more fun together. Create a team, show up for OhanaHC, and be part of a community celebration that supports mentoring all year long.
- 67+young people served
- 192+mentors and volunteers
- 8,000+mentoring and volunteer hours
FY2026, across four schools and sites in Howard County.
The businesses behind the race
Thank you to these generous businesses that sponsored the 2026 OhanaHC 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run & Walk. Become a sponsor for our next event.
Presenting Sponsor
- Bauder Fund
Generation
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- Sharon & Bob Cantor
- The Porter Family
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Kindred
- Ben & Cindy Sandler
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Tribe
Family
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- Stacie Hunt
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Friends
- Katherine Amshey
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- Marcy Leonard
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- REACH commUNITY
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Neighbor
- Best by Noah
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- Paige Mills-Haag
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- Laurie Remer & Bob Fleishman
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In-Kind Support
Put your support behind the community
Sponsorship gives your organization meaningful visibility before and during the event, opportunities to connect with local families and community members, and recognition alongside an organization investing in young people for the long term. Most importantly, your support helps fund consistent mentoring and connection throughout the year.
Levels of giving
- Presenting Sponsor$10,000
- Sponsors the 5K expenses fully, so additional proceeds support the operations and programmatic needs of OhanaHC.
- Generation$5,000
- Supports curriculum development, mentee and volunteer educational and developmental programs, and pays for translation and interpretation services to remove language barriers.
- Kindred$3,000
- Supports the year-end celebration, and gives our village coordinators a budget for community building events.
- Tribe$2,000
- Covers marketing support for one month, and helps us purchase OhanaHC gear for our mentees and mentors.
- Family$1,000
- Helps fund a school liaison stipend to better support our teachers and school administrators, covers event costs, and keeps OhanaHC events free for mentees.
- Friends$500
- Pays for food at our events and field trips for mentees and their mentors, and covers transportation to and from events.
- Neighbor$250
- Supports the cost of materials and snacks for after-school club meetings.
A portion of each sponsorship is considered a tax-deductible donation to OhanaHC.
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Donate Your Time
Volunteers help bring the morning to life, from welcoming participants and cheering people on to making sure everything runs smoothly.
Come spend the morning with OhanaHC and help create the kind of community celebration people remember.
Join Us
Walk, run, volunteer, fundraise, or donate to the 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run & Walk. Together, we can surround more young people with the people and support they can count on.