2024 GLOBAL "IN THEIR SHOES 5K" Run/Walk to Benefit Iraqi Orphans & Vulnerable Children

Join us September 28 at 8am for our 12th annual 5K run/walk to benefit Iraqi orphans and vulnerable children!  New this year:  For EVERY 5K sign up, a needy Iraqi child gets a brand new pair of shoes!  Participate in-person at beautiful Rock Creek National Park in Washington, DC or join us virtually from ANYWHERE in the world.  Come for the run/walk.  Stay for the after-party with snacks, music, and other activities.  Check-in starts at 7am.  Free parking at 5220 16th St.NW, Washington, DC.  No race day registrations.  

Together, we can do more than we can alone!  Organize your own 5K team or start a fundraiser for Iraqi children.  Awards go to the largest 5K team and the biggest fundraiser.  The run/walk is on, rain or shine unless there is dangerous weather.  No refunds.

Honorary Co-Chairs
- His Excellency Nazar Al Khirullah, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the United States
- Aziz Khudairi, Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Khudairi Group
- Dr. Jeremy Kohomban, President and CEO of The Children's Village of New York
- Steve Lutes, Vice President for Middle East Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Mais Abbas Abousy, Esq., Assistant General Counsel for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

Special 5K Youth Advisors:  Isabella Opladen and Maya Vernugopal, Severna Park High School

The Iraqi Children Foundation (ICF) intervenes in the lives of Iraqi kids who are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and recruitment by criminals, traffickers, and extremists. Across Iraq - from Baghdad to Mosul and Fallujah - ICF provides loving care to orphans and vulnerable children through education, legal protection, nutrition, rescue from the streets and child labor, medical and disability care, and fun!  ICF is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian US based, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charity (26-1394773). Learn more about us here.