Peak Sports Club, Loves Park IL
Saturday, May 17th, 2025
🎖️ Event Overview
Who Gives a Ruck? about Veteran Suicide is a 5K ruck march hosted by the Rockford Vet Center to bring awareness to Veteran suicide and the services provided by the Vet Center. Participants are encouraged to carry a 20 lb. backpack/ruck (NOT PROVIDED) to symbolize the roughly 20 Veterans who succumb to suicide every day.
💰 Proceeds
All proceeds will benefit local organizations/agencies that serve the Veterans throughout our community in various ways.
🌟 New This Year
- Food Truck: Provided by Sizz N Fizz - stay for lunch after the event!
🏆 Special Thanks to Our Sponsors
- General: Assisting Hands Home Care and Peak Sports Club
- Lieutenant Colonel: Brian Pinkstaff State Farm
- Major: Rosecrance Behavioral Health, LawnCare by Walter, Cellusuede Products Inc., Iron Workers Local 498
- T-shirts: Provided by local sponsors
- Dog Tags: Exterior Estimates and Consulting Inc.
- Water: Mission BBQ
- Snacks: Rockford Tech-Systems
- DJ: RPM's DJ Service
- Food Truck: Sizz N Fizz
📅 Event Details
The race will take place on May 17, 2025 at Peak Sports Club, Loves Park, IL.
🔗 More Information
For additional details, please visit our site: Who Gives a Ruck? about Veteran Suicide.
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