Making Strides 5k Cincinnati

Making Strides of Greater Cincinnati

LOCATION + PARKING
Event Address - Yeatman's Cove | 705 E Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Parking and Transportation

Parking is available in garages and surface lots around downtown and the Banks. For more information, please visit the parking directory for the Banks Cincinnati.

EVENT DETAILS + SCHEDULE
We can't wait to see you on October 21 for the 27th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk + 5k Run of Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky!

Making Strides has always been more than just a walk, it’s a movement. We are making it easier for anyone, anywhere to make an impact. We know the future can be free from breast cancer. THANK YOU for joining us this year for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Greater Cincinnati! We can’t wait to see you on Saturday, Oct. 21. Here are few details for you in advance of the event.

Schedule:

• 7:30am – Registration/Check In/Donation Drop Off opens
• 8:30am - chip-timed 5K start time (separate registration required)
• 9:00am - Walk Start #1
• 9:30am - Walk Start #2
• *Make sure you join us at Yeatman’s Cove both before and after you walk or run!

CHECK IN + REGISTRATION
Registration

• Registration to walk is FREE 
• Registration to run in the chip-timed 5k is $35, which includes chip-timing, a t-shirt, and a finisher medal
• You can select your chosen participation type during the registration process.
• Please have everyone attending register online in advance of walk day.
• If you have already registered and have no donations to turn in, you can simply start the walk.

Day of Event Check In

If you're registered in advance, there's no need to check in the day of the event!

If you need to register, have questions, or have donations to turn in, please join us at the INFORMATION tent.

To be more contactless this year we encourage you to turn in all donations using our FUNdraising App. You can even enter check donations straight to your participant dashboard!
5K RUN/WALK + 1 MILE WALK
5K RUN/WALK ROUTE:

START: West End of Yeatman's Cove
West on Mehring Way
North on Central Avenue
East through Transit Center
East on Pete Rose Way
Taylor Southgate Bridge
East on 3rd Street (NKy)
Purple People Bridge
West on Pete Rose Way
FINISH: Left onto Butler Street

NEW THIS YEAR!: 1 MILE WALK ROUTE:

START: West End of Yeatman's Cove
West on Mehring Way
Turn Left towards the river at Elm Street to continue on the river walk sidewalk
Turn Left on Joe Nuxhall Way
Turn Right on Johnny Bench Way
Soft Left onto Pete Rose Way (Johnny Bench turns into Pete Rose)
FINISH: Turn Right onto Butler Street

All our cancer Survivors and Thrivers are encouraged to visit our SURVIVING AND THRIVING ZONE, indicated on the site map below. If you are a registered survivor or thriver, please stop by to get some goodies!

SURVIVOR AND THRIVER MAKING STRIDES SHIRT

Survivors and thrivers who register for the Making Strides walk will received an email to redeem an event shirt by mail before the walk. We will not be offering survivor shirts at the walk this year, we encourage everyone to register early to get a shirt before the walk. If you do not receive this redemption email, please reach out to CincinnatiOHStrides@cancer.org.
  
YEATMAN'S COVE - ACTIVITIES!
  
Activities + Areas onsite at Yeatman's Cove (available both before and after the walk/run)

Survivor/Thriver Tent - if you are a survivor or thriver, stop by to get some goodies and love from us!
Kids Zone - fun activities available for the kiddos!
Making Strides Merchandise for sale
Mission information & Tribute Area – honor, remember, and celebrate your loved ones, survivors, thrivers, and caregivers
Entertainment from DJs and local media partners
Three Photo Op areas from Tap Snap and Card My Yard
American Cancer Society Sponsors & Partners
VIP Team Village Area - reserved tent space for teams who fundraise $5,000+
Refreshments including fruit, water, and more
YOUR IMPACT
We are the movement. We are the hope. We are the future.

The American Cancer Society believes that all people deserve a fair and just opportunity to live a longer, healthier life free from breast cancer. The American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer has been an integral part of our community for the last 26 years. This event celebrates survivors and thrivers, and raises funds for lifesaving breast cancer research, advocacy, programs, and services. Thanks in large part to decades of work and the dollars our community so generously donates, a breast cancer diagnosis does not come without hope, and the breast cancer journey is not one that has to be traveled alone.

Driven by hope, we continue to fight on and can’t wait to join forces with you once again as we work towards a world free of breast cancer. Join your community in saving lives, remembering loved ones, and funding the future of breast cancer research and programs by joining the nation’s largest and most impactful breast cancer movement.

With your support, we can continue our fight to provide more services, more research, and more hope to those who need it the most. Here are just a few ways your support is bringing hope to our community.

ACS is currently investing $78.1 million in breast cancer-specific research through 160 grants (as of January 2023).
Since 1993, the American Cancer Society has invested more than $600 million in breast cancer research.

Thank you for all you do for so many affected by breast cancer. If you have any questions at all, please reach out us any time!

LOCAL CONTACT
To learn more about the Making Strides of Greater Cincinnati or for other information, call us toll free at 1-800-227-2345. We're available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can also contact your local American Cancer Society representative using the contact information provided below Monday through Friday during standard business hours.

MELANIE SCHMID
melanie.schmid@cancer.org | 5134930840

MAILING ADDRESS:
American Cancer Society
ATTN: Making Strides of Greater Cincinnati - 9WLCBM
PO Box 42217
Cincinnati, OH 45242