2025 I Love LK 5k and Lila's Mile: Run YOUR Race Virtually and share with us!

Saturday, March 22 – Monday, March 31, 2025 Past event

8:00 AM CDT

Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

Free · 1 race

5km

Event summary

Join us for the 2025 I Love LK 5K and Lila's Mile, a virtual event celebrating love, community, and the spirit of Lila Kate McAlister! While we won't host a physical race this year, we invite you to run your own race anytime between March 22nd and March 31st, 2025, in beautiful Hot Springs National Park, Garland. Wear your favorite LK5K shirt and embrace the joy of movement while honoring Lila's memory, as her birthday falls on March 31st.

This uplifting event encourages participants to commit to their own fitness journey, with the option to donate to support local nonprofits benefiting children with special needs, including the Garland County Special Olympics and the Arkansas Down Syndrome Association. Since its inception, this heartfelt initiative has raised over $300,000 to assist families and children in our community. Join us in keeping the legacy of Lila Kate alive, and let's make a positive impact together!

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VIRTUAL RACE: 2025 I Love LK 5k and Lila's Mile
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Although we are not having an official event this year, we encourage you to keep remembering Lila Kate. Wear your favorite LK5k shirt or hat on your spring break vacation and tag us on Instagram and Facebook! We want to see LK's ripples of love spreading all over the world!

Saturday, Mar 22, 2025

Free

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Organiser's description

We regret to announce we will not have a race for 2025, but we encourage you to get out in the month of March with your favorite LK5k shirt on and run your race! Lila Kate's birthday is March 31st, and we always enjoyed celebrating her life during the first weekend of spring break. We hope you will continue to keep the ripple effects of her spirit and her love alive. You can sign up for free just to commit to the idea, and if you are so inclined, make a donation.

The I Love LK 5K was a fund raising event meant to memorialize precious Lila Kate McAlister. LK lived a remarkable 41/2 years, touching the hearts and lives of all people who met her. Born with Down Syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, and a heart defect, simple illnesses such as the common cold were a constant source of concern for her family. On January 9, 2015, Lila Kate left our lives to be in heaven. Raising funds for organizations such as Garland County Special Olympics and the Arkansas Down Syndrome Association in her memory is a top priority for her family, friends, and our community. Your participation in this event gives great comfort to Lila Kate's family, and it helps support many nonprofit organizations in our community. With your generosity, we have given over $300,000.00 to local non profits assisting special needs children and their families!

Since 2015, with your help, we have supported Sunshine Therapeutic Riding, While We Are Waiting, Special Olympics, I Can! of Arkansas, Arkansas Down Syndrome Association, Our Promise, CASA, OCC, The Call, Miracle League, Beacon of Hope, Cooper Anthony CAC, and Arkansas Hunters for the Hungry, and many more. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

Stay tuned as we are hoping to announce a new and exciting chapter in our efforts to continue raising funds supporting special needs children and families in our community.