Fort Mardi Gras Fun 5k Run/Walk & Fest

Thank You for Making the 7th Annual Fort Mardi Gras Fun 5K Run/Walk a Success! 🎭💜💚💛
To our incredible participants, volunteers, vendors, sponsors, and supporters — THANK YOU.

Because of your energy, commitment, and community spirit, the 7th Annual Fort Mardi Gras Fun 5K Run/Walk was a powerful success. We are proud to share that we reached our fundraising goal of $5,000, which will directly support mental health initiatives and programs within our community.

This event is more than a race — it is a movement of awareness, support, and unity. Your presence made a meaningful impact, and we truly cannot thank you enough.

We look forward to seeing you even bigger and better next year!

Stay tuned for updates and details for the 2027 Fort Mardi Gras 5K Run/Walk & Fest.

With gratitude,
Fort Mardi Gras 5K Run/Walk Team 💜💚💛

The 7th Annual Fort Mardi Gras 5K Run/Walk & Festival is back and bigger than ever, bringing the energy, color, and culture of Mardi Gras to Fort Walton Beach.

Powered by the Beads, Beats, and Better Minds Foundation, this family-friendly celebration blends fitness, fun, and mental health awareness with live music, vendors, food, and unforgettable vibes. — because community is the real parade!

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The 5k will be our 7th Annual, presented by the Beads, Beats & Better Minds Foundation, a Non-Profit whose mission is to support active minds and uplift young adults, their family and peers. We want to focus foremost on 

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS! Mental Health/Dis+ease is a social dilemma that's greatly damaging our communities. The fact is either not readily addressed, quietly spoken about or simply ignored.

The Fort Mardi Gras 5k is designed to address Mental Health /Dis+ease by promoting proper exercise, creating healthy minds, coordinating wellness and encouraging mental stability.

Approaches as such are preventive measures that will enable us all VICTORIOUS!  Together we will raise awareness while embracing diversity, supporting one another and using this stance to help direct hundreds of lives as we get closer to defeating mental dis+ease to the fullest extent possible.

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501-837-5219 

404- 573-0951

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