PAWS Chicago Run for Their Lives September 25 - Register online! Run for Their Lives - 4k Walk/8k Run - Montrose Harbor, Chicago, IL September 25, 2011. Run for Their Lives Logo

Thank you to all supporters of PAWS Chicago!

Presenting Sponsors

Spooky Buddies North Community Bank

Race Results

Overall Results (pdf)
Results by Age Group(pdf)
Top Male Runners by Age Group(pdf)
Top Female Runners by Age Group(pdf)

View race results on active.com

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Event Day Registration: Adults: $40 each, Children (12 & under): $30 each

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Event Details

If your pet cannot join you, bring a photo and a PAWS Chicago volunteer will make a button for you to wear.

1st-3rd place male and female 8K runners will each win $250, $100 and $50 respectively. Top 3 winners in each age group will also receive awards.

Participants will receive a t-shirt and enjoy complimentary food, beverages and freebies at booths hosted by the sponsors.

Prizes will be awarded to 3 winners of the Howl-o-ween costume contest, a dog and owner dress-up competition!

The Canine Carnival will include an agility course hosted by K-9 University, pet massages, an animal communicator and more!

 

Rain or shine, the 8K Run/4K Walk will begin at 9 a.m. on Sep. 25 at Montrose Harbor, along Lake Michigan, east of the Montrose Harbor & Simonds intersection.

If driving, take Lake Shore Dr. to the Montrose Ave. exit and head east toward the lake. If the Montrose Ave. exit is backed up, continue north and exit at Wilson Ave.

Run fo Their Lives map
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Why Run for Their Lives?

Gilda Run for Gilda, a 2-year-old German Shepherd mix who was left outside in the heat with her two newborn puppies, Steffi and Annika. Emaciated and in need of a safe place to care for her puppies, the family was transferred from Animal Care & Control to PAWS Chicago where they are recovering in a foster home until they are ready for adoption.

Run for Little Kevin, a 13-week-old kitten who was brought to Animal Care & Control when his owners could no longer care for him. Alone and nervous, Little Kevinhe quickly re-gained his confidence and can now be found pouncing on toys and playing while awaiting a home at the Adoption Center.

Run for the 4,000 homeless pets who will be rescued, healed and adopted to new families through PAWS Chicago this year.

Run because one day, together, we will build a No Kill community where pets will no longer be killed because they are homeless.

Every dollar raised from the 11th Annual Run for Their Lives 8K Run/4K Walk helps PAWS Chicago save more homeless cats and dogs.

PAWS Chicago is the city’s largest No Kill humane organization. Through a solutions-based approach, PAWS Chicago’s lifesaving work has helped place Chicago on track to become a No Kill city in the next five years. Since PAWS Chicago’s founding in 1997, the number of homeless pets euthanized in the city each year has dropped by more than 50 percent: from 42,561 to less than 19,000 in 2009.

PAWS Chicago’s cageless Adoption & Humane Center at 1997 N. Clybourn in Lincoln Park is a national model for quality care. The Center is on track to find new homes for more than 4,000 homeless animals through 2010.

PAWS Chicago's Lurie Clinic provides free and subsidized spay/neuter surgeries for pets of families who could not otherwise afford the procedure, performing more than 16,000 surgeries each year.

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Raise Pledges & Save Lives!

Money Raised Win Prizes!**
$50 Receive a PAWS Chicago canvas tote
$100 Receive a PAWS Chicago t-shirt or water bottle (your choice)
$250 Receive a $25 gift card for Francesca's restaurants
$500 Receive a $50 Best Buy gift card and $25 gift card for Francesca's restaurants
$1,000 Receive an iPod Touch (8gb)
$3,000 Receive an iPad2 (Wi-Fi 16gb)
$6,000 Receive a MacBook
Grand Prize 2 domestic round-trip plane tickets courtesy of American Airlines

**Prizes may be picked up at packet pick-up locations or at the event on Sep. 25.

Team up! Get together with friends, family or colleagues and take the Team Challenge! Have at least 25 members and raise the most money, and you'll win a party for all registered participants.

Top Classroom The classroom or school that raises the most money as a team for Run for Their Lives will get a pizza party with kittens and puppies at PAWS Chicago’s Adoption & Humane Center!

Top Junior Fundraiser The top junior fundraiser (12 and under) will get to have his/her birthday party for up to 15 friends at PAWS Chicago’s Adoption & Humane Center!

Costume Contest

Register for the costume contest online! Registration will also be available at Run for Their Lives in the tent labeled "Costume Contest Registration and Button Making".

The entry fee is $15 per pup, and judging will take place on the stage at 11 a.m.! Prizes will be awarded to the winner of each category.

Win an award in one of three categories:

1) Best Owner/Pup Look-Alike: Do people always stop you to tell you that you and your pup have a striking resemblance? Do you plan matching Halloween outfits every year? Wow the judges with just how much you and your pooch can look alike!

2) Most Creative: Sit down with your pup, put on your thinking cap, and come up with a costume we have never seen before!

3) Most Humorous: This category is wide open. We can't wait to see what you (and your pup) come up with!

 
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Special thanks


4k Walk/8k Run Registration   ·   Costume Contest Registration

Run for Their Lives - Sunday, September, 25, 2011 9:00 a.m. (Event day registration starts at 7:00 a.m.)
Montrose Harbor - Chicago, IL - Directions

For more information or questions about Run for Their Lives, please contact Christine Witte at 773-890-5118 or cwitte@pawschicago.org

 

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