Race For A Soldier

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Join us at a benefit performance by The Mosaic Choir and Orchestra on Armed Services Day at the Boys and Girls Club!

Though your experience at the concert will be priceless, please donate whatever you would like to help support the mission of the Permission To Start Dreaming Foundation.

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Online registration now open!

On behalf of the The Permission To Start Dreaming Foundation, it is with great anticipation that we open up the early registration for the 8th Annual Race For A Soldier in Gig Harbor, WA. Our mission is to inspire hope and action in the community and provide access to solutions for veterans...

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​Are you doing your holiday shopping on Amazon.com? If so you can help raise money for Permission To Start Dreaming Foundation at no cost to you. Feel good while you are shopping! It's a win for both of us! Here's how...

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On this Veterans Day...

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." 
— JFK   

On this Veterans Day, the Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation is committed to elevating the lives of our Veterans and their families while pledging to live worthy of the 1% who serve our Country...

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A benefit concert by The Mosaic Choir and Orchestra
Registration now open!
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On this Veterans Day, the Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation is committed to elevating the lives of our Veterans and their families while pledging to live worthy of the 1% who serve our Country.
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Donate to the cause | please consider making a donation to the Permission To Start Dreaming FoundationPull For A Soldier, June 7, 2018 | 9:00 AM - click here to learn moreSwing For A Soldier, July 9, 2018 - click here to learn morePrayer Breakfast, September 14, 2018, 7:00 AM - click here to learn moreRace For A Soldier, September 16, 2018, 6:45 AM - Registration now open!

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Runners

Run for a Cause

Since our first event in 2011, thousands of runners have run for a cause in beautiful Gig Harbor. If you're ready for our new 10 Miler or prefer a slightly shorter haul (the 5K run/walk), this is an amazing event to be a part of.

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10 Mile Course

5K Course

Race Weekend Details

Parking

 

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Volunteers

Running not your thing?

If you would like to be on our list of volunteers for Race For A Soldier or other Permission To Start Dreaming Events, please contact us using the form below and our Volunteer Coordinators will contact you.

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Volunteer Information

Niagara Bottling, LLC | Mile 1 sponsor of the Race For A Soldier 5K
wear blue: run to remember | Mile 2 sponsor of the Race For A Soldier 5K
Wesley Inn & Suites of Gig Harbor - 5K sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Crista Camps | Island Lake and Miracle Ranch - Mile 1 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Peninsula Light Co. - Mile 2 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
The Geneva Foundation - Mile 3 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Burnett Hutchins Real Estate Group - Mile 4 sponsor or Race For A Soldier
Harborstone Credit Union - Mile 5 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Ralph's Concrete Pumping Inc. | Mile 6 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Tides Tavern - Mile 7 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Air Force Reserve - Mile 8 Sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Mile 9: Kyle's Mile in memory of Kyle Marshall Farr | a special thanks to Wounded Warrior Project
Wells Fargo - Mile 10 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
Mile 11: Mortgage Solutions Financial
Seattle Seahawks - Mile 12 sponsor of Race For A Soldier
361 Degrees | Mile 13 sponsor of Race For A Soldier

2017 Sponsors

Help make it possible

Race for a Soldier raises money and awareness to support programs offering essential healing needed by our soldiers. In addition to the hundreds of volunteers and thousands of participants, we couldn't do it without these sponsors.

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Who we help - the Grant Recipients of the Permission To Start Dreaming Foundation

Grant Recipients

Real people, real help

Since its inception in 2011, Race For A Soldier has given neary $300,000 to local and national programs that help soldiers give themselves Permission To Start Dreaming of life beyond their service to country.

Grant Recipients

Grant Application