Let's Make Pink Just a Color
- Date Sun 18th October 2026
- Time 3:00PM EDT
- Location Morehead City, North Carolina
- Price $38.10
- Races 2 races
- Distances 5km
Event summary
Join us for the 4th Annual Let's Make Pink Just a Color event on Sunday, October 18, 2026, in beautiful Morehead City, Carteret. This uplifting occasion features both a 5K and a 1.5-mile fun run/walk, celebrating the legacy of Brittany Kelley, a beloved community figure who turned her battle with breast cancer into a movement of hope and healing. Since its inception in 2023, this event has grown exponentially, raising nearly $100,000 in 2025 alone to support local families affected by cancer.
This year, we run not just for Brittany, but for everyone who has faced the challenges of cancer. With your participation, we aim to spread the message that pink is just a color, symbolizing love and resilience rather than pain. Let's come together to honor Brittany's vision, support our community, and create a brighter future filled with hope. Don't miss this chance to be part of something truly special!
This year, we run not just for Brittany, but for everyone who has faced the challenges of cancer. With your participation, we aim to spread the message that pink is just a color, symbolizing love and resilience rather than pain. Let's come together to honor Brittany's vision, support our community, and create a brighter future filled with hope. Don't miss this chance to be part of something truly special!
Organiser's Description
Here's the updated version for the 4th annual:
4th Annual Let's Make Pink Just a Color 5K & 1.5-Mile Fun Run/Walk In Loving Memory of Brittany Kelley, Founder
Brittany Kelley founded this race in 2023 with a simple but powerful dream: to make pink just a color again, not a symbol of pain or loss, but of love, hope, and healing. She passed away on September 28, 2025, after a courageous fight with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer. She was a mother, a fighter, a community builder, and the heart behind this movement.
Her Legacy Lives On
What began as Brittany's vision has grown beyond anything she could have imagined.
In year one, over 400 participants raised more than $38,000. In 2024, we surpassed $50,000. And in 2025, our first year without her, over 800 participants came together and raised nearly $100,000 in her honor.
Thanks to your support, we've been able to provide chemo port access shirts, surgical bras, drain holders, meals, gas cards, therapy sessions, and weekend getaways, all staying right here in Carteret County, just like she wanted.
This Year, We Run for Her, Again
Join us as we carry her mission forward, support our neighbors still in the fight, and remind the world that pink doesn't define us. People do.
Let's make pink just a color. for Brittany.
Please note: This race will not be officially timed.
4th Annual Let's Make Pink Just a Color 5K & 1.5-Mile Fun Run/Walk In Loving Memory of Brittany Kelley, Founder
Brittany Kelley founded this race in 2023 with a simple but powerful dream: to make pink just a color again, not a symbol of pain or loss, but of love, hope, and healing. She passed away on September 28, 2025, after a courageous fight with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer. She was a mother, a fighter, a community builder, and the heart behind this movement.
Her Legacy Lives On
What began as Brittany's vision has grown beyond anything she could have imagined.
In year one, over 400 participants raised more than $38,000. In 2024, we surpassed $50,000. And in 2025, our first year without her, over 800 participants came together and raised nearly $100,000 in her honor.
Thanks to your support, we've been able to provide chemo port access shirts, surgical bras, drain holders, meals, gas cards, therapy sessions, and weekend getaways, all staying right here in Carteret County, just like she wanted.
This Year, We Run for Her, Again
Join us as we carry her mission forward, support our neighbors still in the fight, and remind the world that pink doesn't define us. People do.
Let's make pink just a color. for Brittany.
Please note: This race will not be officially timed.
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