OPERATION LIVE THE DREAM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Virtual 5K Run/Walk

The OPERATION LIVE THE DREAM Memorial Day Virtual 5K Run/Walk is an amazing way to stay active and healthy while remaining safe throughout the Corona Virus pandemic. This Safe Distance Virtual Run/Walk is a fitness event with a cause to support a 6 month reintegration program for our nation's Post 9/11 combat veterans. 

THE CAUSE

The uncertainty that America has faced in the last month is the norm for combat veterans that are reintegrating to civilian life. The nagging question of what is next? The fear of illness after service. The knotted stomach from wondering how various bills are going to be paid. Fitting back into the family after being away and working so much. Applying and waiting for promised Government benefits that are now a vital lifeline to financial survival. The anxiety that follows the question of when and how things going to feel normal again? Those who have devoted their lives to serving our country should never experience this.

20 veterans commit suicide everyday. The uncertainty of post-military life can be brutal with too many hurdles and hardships to withstand. The sad fact is much of the suffering could be averted with a little change in the system.

Operation Live the Dream is the missing link in post-combat life.  A 6 month paid program designed to heal the ill effects of combat, while creating and preparing for a bright and promising future. Our mission, first and foremost, is to save lives and to obliterate hardship for our heroes. To achieve this, our focus is to have the Operation Live the Dream program implemented into a military career so all veterans are prepared for post-military life and excited about the future. As young men and women are trained to excel as members of the greatest military in the world, when their service is complete, we must take these same men and women and prepare them for life as civilians and give them every advantage to live the dream. No veteran should ever feel the type of uncertainty that would make taking their own life seem like the best way forward. Veterans deserve to live the American Dream they make possible. Operation Live the Dream will make this a reality. 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE:

1. Register from Thursday April 9th to Monday May 25th, 2020.
2. Do your Run/ Walk over Memorial Day Weekend.
3. Run or walk at your own pace from any location (road, trail, treadmill, even your own home and yard (see below))
4. Take lots of photos and email to us at info@OperationLivetheDream.Org
5. Post your photos on your social media using #OperationLivetheDream
6. All participants receive a commemorative medal. 

Run or walk at your own pace. Bring your family and friends (register together for lowered registration fees), and/or bring your beloved dog(s). The Virtual 5K Run/Walk can be done from any location: road, trail, or treadmill. For those who want to participate, but still have complete stay at home orders, you can use your home or backyard. Visit The Calculator Site - Health Steps. and approximate your steps in a 5K Run/Walk (3.1 miles). Set the timer on your phone and do the steps to go the distance at home!! Don't forget to take lots of photos and email to us at info@operationlivethedream.org.  Also share your photos on your social media using #OperationLivetheDream. ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE MAILED AN COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL.

REGISTRATION FEES:

Registration: $15/person before midnight May 1,2020. After this registration fees are $20.00 per person.

Thank you for your participation in this event.

Thank you for helping us raise the funds necessary to make our dream a reality for our veterans.