IN OUR BACKYARD‘s Fun Duck 5k Walk/Run in partnership with the Bend Women's Expo. Trust your gut, show up, and speak up about human trafficking! Join the fight against human trafficking with this Fun Pink Duck 5k!! This is a friendly 5k for all ages; you can run or walk. 13 and under can participate for FREE!
Race Details:
This is a FUN PINK DUCK race, so we ask all participants to have fun with the color “pink.” Think pink, think feathers, think big! The best-dressed winner will receive the "Most Spirited Award." Make sure to tag @inourbackyard and @bendwomensexpo to show off your outfit AND raise awareness for human trafficking prevention! We are asking you to put together a team and participate in our “Freedom Fighter” category and win the “MOST Ducked out TEAM” and/or “LARGEST TEAM” in 2024! Walk, talk, and have fun with the family during your trail walk. Children can participate in the Fun Duck Hunt: Children can collect rubber duckies along the pathway. Each duck has a simple question for families to discuss how to keep families safe. Children who collect duckies can turn them in for a prize at the end of the 5K. Put your team together today, invite the family, and show your spirit and help us fight human trafficking by supporting IN OUR BACKYARD. Thank you for signing up and we look forward to seeing you there!
EVENT TIMELINE:
8:00am – Race-day Registration and Packet Pickup opens 10:00am – 5K Fun Run/Walk begins. Link to Trail HERE. 12:15am - Celebrate results at panel time with Cheryl Csiky (Executive Director of IOB). Survivor artist Lily Lawson will join us as we celebrate the results and hear why she speaks up to prevent human trafficking from happening to one more child! 5K FUN RUN/WALK RACE AMENITIES INCLUDE: - Fun Duck Keychain with the Human Trafficking Hotline as a keepsake. Keep, share, or duck a jeep to spread awareness! - Bib - Water and post-race snacks - FREE Entry to Bend Women's Expo
SHIRTS Shirts are available for $25 during checkout. Register BEFORE April 20th to receive your shirt on time.
Why join this Fun Duck 5k? Proceeds support IN OUR BACKYARD's mission to create a world where everyone can live in Freedom. Support prevention programs like our school curriculum, where we equip students to keep them safe!! Help create a pathway to Freedom for over 100 human trafficking victims during our Super Bowl intel operation. YOU can make a difference in someone's life! Join our 5k now! Keep the conversation going. Tell three people after the 5k run. Education and awareness are key to preventing human trafficking!
More info: To learn more about our seven prevention programs go to: www.inourbackyard.org For more info on the Bend's Women's Expo go to: www.bendwomensexpo.com
IN OUR BACKYARD, established in 2009, is now a survivor-led(2020) national organization with more than a decade of dedication to the fight against sex and labor trafficking. IOB links arms in the fight against human trafficking by empowering communities to prevent this atrocity and creating access to freedom for victims of human trafficking (HT). IOB Founder Nita Belles was driven to take action to stop the exploitation of children, women, and men. Her book, In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What You Can Do to Stop It, has been acclaimed as the primer on human trafficking in America. In 2020, Cheryl Csiky, a child-trafficking survivor, joined IOB as Executive Director to further lead the mission and growing needs.
