Annual Awareness Events
2025 6th Annual Race and Walk to End Veteran Suicide
Date: September 21, 2025
Location: Old Mill Park, Downtown Fredericksburg (2410 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA, 22401)
Packet Pick-up: To be announced
Want to volunteer? Email us at [email protected] or call 540-848-4680
Race Start Times
Half – 7:30 am
(If you think your pace for the half marathon is near or above three hours, please reach out to [email protected] to arrange an earlier start time as we want to accommodate all runners’ abilities.)
10k – 7:45 AM
5k – 8 AM
Registration Fees
5k – $30, until Sept 15 ($35)
10k – $45, until Sept 15 ($50)
Half – $65, until Sept 15 ($70)
***Price will increase on race morning by $5 for each distance. T-shirts are guaranteed to runners registered before September 10th. We will order extra t-shirts for those who register after that date, but it is on a first-come first-served basis.
Food, Water, and Snacks will be available to all runners, walkers, and volunteers.
Sponsors for 2024 were:
- Wawa
- Wegmans
- BOW
- Dunkin
- Chick-Fil-A
- GE Energy
2025 6th Annual Christmas 4 Vets, Soldiers, & Families
Date: TBD (December 2025)
Application will open and be posted: September 15th 2025 through November 15th, 2025.
All approved applicants will be notified by November 20th, 2025, late applications will not be accepted.
Please follow social media Facebook (The Ruyts Foundation of Veteran Suicide Prevention for more details)
2025 2nd Annual RAIN of Hope Christmas
Date: TBD (same date as Christmas 4 Vets)
Application will be open and posted: September 15th, 2025 through November 15th, 2025.
All approved applicants will be notified by November 20th, 2025, late applications will not be accepted.
Please follow social media Facebook (The Ruyts Foundation of Veteran Suicide Prevention for more details)