Let's Make Pink Just a Color
- Date Sun 17th October 2027
- Time 3:00PM EDT
- Location Morehead City, North Carolina
- Price $38.10
- Races 2 races
- Distances 5km
Event summary
Join us for the 5th Annual "Let's Make Pink Just a Color" event on Sunday, October 17th, 2027, in the beautiful Morehead City, Carteret. This vibrant occasion features a 5K run and a 1.5-mile fun run/walk, starting at 3 PM, dedicated to celebrating love, hope, and healing in memory of Brittany Kelley, the inspiring founder of this initiative. Brittany’s vision was to transform the color pink from a symbol of pain and loss into one of joy and community support.
Since its inception in 2023, this event has grown tremendously, drawing hundreds of participants and raising nearly $100,000 in Brittany's honor. The funds raised have provided essential support to local families, including chemotherapy access shirts, meals, and therapy sessions. This year, we invite you to run for Brittany's legacy and help us continue to support those in our community who are battling cancer. Together, let’s embrace the spirit of unity and remind everyone that while pink may represent a cause, it's the people that truly matter. Join us and be a part of this uplifting movement!
Since its inception in 2023, this event has grown tremendously, drawing hundreds of participants and raising nearly $100,000 in Brittany's honor. The funds raised have provided essential support to local families, including chemotherapy access shirts, meals, and therapy sessions. This year, we invite you to run for Brittany's legacy and help us continue to support those in our community who are battling cancer. Together, let’s embrace the spirit of unity and remind everyone that while pink may represent a cause, it's the people that truly matter. Join us and be a part of this uplifting movement!
Organiser's Description
5th Annual Let's Make Pink Just a Color 5K & 1.5-Mile Fun Run/Walk on October 18th, starting 3 pm. 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.
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.
Races
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5 K Run/Walk
Incl. $3.10 Fee & Giveaway
Sun 17th October 2027 (3:00PM EDT)
$38.10
OPENS 15 JAN 27 -
1.5 Mile Fun Run/Walk
Incl. $3.10 Fee & N/A
Sun 17th October 2027 (3:00PM EDT)
$38.10
OPENS 15 JAN 27
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