We are thrilled the annual Freedom Run 5k on July 4th in Bigfork will continue this year and for years to come! The Rotary Club of Bigfork will oversee the organizing of the Freedom Run and Grateful Nation Montana will continue to benefit from race proceeds - enabling continued support for the surviving children of our Fallen Montana Military Heroes who were killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

The Run/Walk is open to all ages and abilities, and is a great opportunity to come together to remember and give thanks to all of our Military families before Bigfork's 4th of July parade. Families and friends gather at Lake Baked starting at 7:30am for check in and the race begins at 9:00am. The Freedom Run 5K heads out along the beautiful and scenic Wild Mile Nature Trail. Competitive Timing is out at the start and finish line and is found right in front of Lake Baked. At the finish line everyone enjoys cookies and medals! Please register early before June 1st to guarantee a shirt and your shirt size. Thank you so much!

If you would like to be a part of the Freedom Run 5K and are not interested in walking or running the race then we'd greatly appreciate your help to make the event a well-oiled machine. We welcome you to visit the Volunteer page on the tab to the left and sign up! Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you on July 4th at 7:30 a.m. for race day check in!

More on who the race benefits:

http://www.GratefulNationMontana.com

The Grateful Nation Montana childrens fund provides financial scholarships to any post secondary school/University in the state of Montana for the children of our Montana fallen Iraq and Afghanistan Soldiers. GNM also partners with Folded Flag Foundation and Children of Fallen Patriots. FFF provides financial assistance in education for our Montana's Fallen surviving spouse and their children from K-12th grade. CFP provides financial scholarships when our Montana Fallen's children decide to pursue their education outside the state of Montana for post secondary school. 100% of every $1.00 you donate to Grateful Nation Montana goes directly into the children's educational fund. All general and administrative costs at Grateful Nation Montana are covered by the board and most GNM Freedom Run/Walk expenses are covered by all the amazing and generous business sponsors!

All of the donations to the annual Grateful Nation Montana Freedom Run/Walk registrations will go directly to the Grateful Nation Montana childrens scholarship fund. Additional proceeds will go from the race will go to support the Bigfork High School unfunded or partially-funded sports teams. Members of the cross country team and coaching staff are among the volunteers helping to make this 4th of July tradition happen!

*GNM is a 501 c 3 organization.