Speak Up Pink Duck 5K- Run/Walk
- Date Sun 29th June 2025 - Sun 6th July 2025
- Time 11:00AM PDT
- Location Bend, Oregon
- Price $20.00
- Races 2 races
- Distances 5km
Event summary
Join the excitement at the Speak Up Pink Duck 5K Run/Walk, taking place from Sunday, June 29th to July 6th, 2025, in beautiful Bend, Deschutes, Oregon! This spirited event offers two fantastic ways to participate: join us in person at Lifty's Bar and Restaurant on June 29th at 11:00 AM or choose the virtual option, allowing you to complete the race anytime, anywhere during the event week. Whether you’re walking or running the 5K distance, it’s a family-friendly event designed to raise awareness and combat human trafficking in Central Oregon.
Participants of all ages are encouraged to wear pink and engage in fun activities, including collecting "Safety Feathers" along the race route and completing Connection Challenges with family and friends. With a post-race celebration featuring prizes and refreshments, this event is more than just a race—it's a movement towards creating a safer community for everyone. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make a positive impact while enjoying a day of fun, fitness, and friendship! Register now for just $30, and be part of the mission to protect youth and promote awareness in our communities!
Participants of all ages are encouraged to wear pink and engage in fun activities, including collecting "Safety Feathers" along the race route and completing Connection Challenges with family and friends. With a post-race celebration featuring prizes and refreshments, this event is more than just a race—it's a movement towards creating a safer community for everyone. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make a positive impact while enjoying a day of fun, fitness, and friendship! Register now for just $30, and be part of the mission to protect youth and promote awareness in our communities!
Organiser's Description
RACE DAY STARTS SUNDAY JUNE 29TH!
TWO WAYS TO RACE!
1) VIRTUAL-ANYTIME! SIGNUP HERE
VIRTUAL JUNE 29TH-JULY 6TH- YOUR OWN WAY, PLACE, AND TIME THAT WEEK! KICK-OFF IS JUNE 29TH, YOU HAVE A WEEK TO COMPLETE YOUR RACE.
OR
2) JOIN US AT LEFTY'S IN BEND, OREGON, AT 11:00 AM! SIGNUP HERE!
JUNE 29TH, SUNDAY AT 11:00AM-START AND FINISH AT LIFTY'S BAR AND RESTAURANT ADDRESS: 1787 SW CHANDLER AVE, BEND, OR 97702
PINK DUCK 5K-RUN/WALK
CLICK [https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/?raceId=161864&eventId=833916]TO REGISTER! RACE ENTRY IS $30! ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A MEDAL IF PAID AND REGISTERED BY 5/15/2025!
EARLY BIRD $20 APRIL, 15TH THOUGH MAY 15TH, 2025
CHILDREN AGES 0-17 $20 - INCLUDES PARTICIPATION MEDAL
CHILDREN 0-5 (FREE IF NO PARTICIPATION MEDAL IS REQUESTED)
Join the Pink Duck 5k! Together, we will race to speak up and positively stop human trafficking in Central Oregon or virtually anywhere! This is a friendly 5k for all ages. Families will have Connection Challenges to help them discuss ways with children and friends to stay safe. After finishing the race, will turn in their Connection Challenge Cards for prizes at the end. Lifty's will provide a fun after party for all friends!
SPEAK UP PINK DUCK!
PROTECT YOUTH FOR A LIFETIME THROUGH AWARENESS
BEND OREGON-EVENT TIMELINE:
10:00 am Race-day Registration opens, and Packet Pick up opens
11:00 amThe 5K Fun Run/Walk begins and ends at Lifty's. Smaller ducks will collect feathers with "Safety Feathers" to discuss along the route.
11:30 amPost-race celebration! Turn in your "Safety Feathers" for Pink Duck prizes! Participants will receive a medal if registered to receive it. All participants received a 2-inch rubber duck to help raise awareness for others!
WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! Think pink, think feathers, think big! The best-dressed winner will receive the "Most Spirited Award." Make sure to tag @inourbackyard to show off your outfit AND raise awareness for human trafficking prevention!
RACE AMENITIES INCLUDE:
-Pink Duckie keepsake to raise awareness with friends - Race Bib- Water and post-race snacks
RACE SHIRT PURCHASE: SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $30 DURING CHECKOUT. REGISTER BEFORE MAY 20TH TO RECEIVE YOUR SHIRT ON TIME!
DUCK TRAIL FUN HUNT:
Walk, talk, and have fun with family and friends during your trail walk. Children can participate in the Fun Duck Hunt:
Collect Duck feathers along the pathway. Each feather has a simple question for families to discuss, keeping families and friends safe. Children who collect feathers can turn them in for a prize at the end of the 5K at Lifty's.
GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW! WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM, PARTICIPATE IN OUR FREEDOM FIGHTER CATEGORY, AND WIN THE MOST DUCKED OUT TEAM AND/OR LARGEST TEAM IN 2025!
WHY JOIN THIS FUN DUCK 5K?
Proceeds support IN OUR BACKYARD's mission to create a world where everyone can live in FREEDOM. Help protect youth and victims of trafficking by creating a pathway to Freedom! Your race protects more than 100 human trafficking victims during our Super Bowl intel operation in partnership with law enforcement and over 10,000 local youth through IOB's prevention program- Teens Against Trafficking.
MORE INFO:
To learn more about our seven prevention programs, go to www.inourbackyard.org [http://inourbackyard.org]
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IN OUR BACKYARD, established in 2009, is now a survivor-led(2020) national
organization with more than a decade of dedication to the fight against sex and labor trafficking. IOB
links arms in the fight against human trafficking by empowering communities to prevent this atrocity
and creating access to Freedom for victims of human trafficking (HT). IOB Founder Nita Belles was
driven to take action to stop the exploitation of children, women, and men. Her book, In Our Backyard:
Human Trafficking in America and What You Can Do to Stop It has been acclaimed as the primer on
human trafficking in America. In 2020, Cheryl Csiky, a child-trafficking survivor, joined IOB as Executive
Director to further lead the mission and growing needs.
JOIN US VIRTUAL JUNE 29TH-JULY 6TH
OR
TWO WAYS TO RACE!
1) VIRTUAL-ANYTIME! SIGNUP HERE
VIRTUAL JUNE 29TH-JULY 6TH- YOUR OWN WAY, PLACE, AND TIME THAT WEEK! KICK-OFF IS JUNE 29TH, YOU HAVE A WEEK TO COMPLETE YOUR RACE.
OR
2) JOIN US AT LEFTY'S IN BEND, OREGON, AT 11:00 AM! SIGNUP HERE!
JUNE 29TH, SUNDAY AT 11:00AM-START AND FINISH AT LIFTY'S BAR AND RESTAURANT ADDRESS: 1787 SW CHANDLER AVE, BEND, OR 97702
PINK DUCK 5K-RUN/WALK
CLICK [https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/?raceId=161864&eventId=833916]TO REGISTER! RACE ENTRY IS $30! ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A MEDAL IF PAID AND REGISTERED BY 5/15/2025!
EARLY BIRD $20 APRIL, 15TH THOUGH MAY 15TH, 2025
CHILDREN AGES 0-17 $20 - INCLUDES PARTICIPATION MEDAL
CHILDREN 0-5 (FREE IF NO PARTICIPATION MEDAL IS REQUESTED)
Join the Pink Duck 5k! Together, we will race to speak up and positively stop human trafficking in Central Oregon or virtually anywhere! This is a friendly 5k for all ages. Families will have Connection Challenges to help them discuss ways with children and friends to stay safe. After finishing the race, will turn in their Connection Challenge Cards for prizes at the end. Lifty's will provide a fun after party for all friends!
SPEAK UP PINK DUCK!
PROTECT YOUTH FOR A LIFETIME THROUGH AWARENESS
BEND OREGON-EVENT TIMELINE:
10:00 am Race-day Registration opens, and Packet Pick up opens
11:00 amThe 5K Fun Run/Walk begins and ends at Lifty's. Smaller ducks will collect feathers with "Safety Feathers" to discuss along the route.
11:30 amPost-race celebration! Turn in your "Safety Feathers" for Pink Duck prizes! Participants will receive a medal if registered to receive it. All participants received a 2-inch rubber duck to help raise awareness for others!
WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! WEAR YOUR PINK! Think pink, think feathers, think big! The best-dressed winner will receive the "Most Spirited Award." Make sure to tag @inourbackyard to show off your outfit AND raise awareness for human trafficking prevention!
RACE AMENITIES INCLUDE:
-Pink Duckie keepsake to raise awareness with friends - Race Bib- Water and post-race snacks
RACE SHIRT PURCHASE: SHIRTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR $30 DURING CHECKOUT. REGISTER BEFORE MAY 20TH TO RECEIVE YOUR SHIRT ON TIME!
DUCK TRAIL FUN HUNT:
Walk, talk, and have fun with family and friends during your trail walk. Children can participate in the Fun Duck Hunt:
Collect Duck feathers along the pathway. Each feather has a simple question for families to discuss, keeping families and friends safe. Children who collect feathers can turn them in for a prize at the end of the 5K at Lifty's.
GET ALL YOUR DUCKS IN A ROW! WE ARE ASKING YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM, PARTICIPATE IN OUR FREEDOM FIGHTER CATEGORY, AND WIN THE MOST DUCKED OUT TEAM AND/OR LARGEST TEAM IN 2025!
WHY JOIN THIS FUN DUCK 5K?
Proceeds support IN OUR BACKYARD's mission to create a world where everyone can live in FREEDOM. Help protect youth and victims of trafficking by creating a pathway to Freedom! Your race protects more than 100 human trafficking victims during our Super Bowl intel operation in partnership with law enforcement and over 10,000 local youth through IOB's prevention program- Teens Against Trafficking.
MORE INFO:
To learn more about our seven prevention programs, go to www.inourbackyard.org [http://inourbackyard.org]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IN OUR BACKYARD, established in 2009, is now a survivor-led(2020) national
organization with more than a decade of dedication to the fight against sex and labor trafficking. IOB
links arms in the fight against human trafficking by empowering communities to prevent this atrocity
and creating access to Freedom for victims of human trafficking (HT). IOB Founder Nita Belles was
driven to take action to stop the exploitation of children, women, and men. Her book, In Our Backyard:
Human Trafficking in America and What You Can Do to Stop It has been acclaimed as the primer on
human trafficking in America. In 2020, Cheryl Csiky, a child-trafficking survivor, joined IOB as Executive
Director to further lead the mission and growing needs.
JOIN US VIRTUAL JUNE 29TH-JULY 6TH
OR
Races
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Bend, Oregon Speak Up Pink Duck 5k! -Run/Walk
Incl. T-Shirt Shirts Are Available for $30 During Checkout.
Sun 29th June 2025 (11:00AM PDT)
$20.00
OPENS SOON -
VIRTUAL Speak Up Pink Duck 5k! Anytime, Anywhere!
Incl. T-Shirt Shirts Are Available for $30 During Checkout.
$20.00
OPENS SOON
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