Lettuce Run on Thanksgiving 5K

🏃‍♂️ Lettuce Run on Thanksgiving 5K

Please join the Van Cortlandt Track Club for our second Lettuce Run on Thanksgiving 5k to raise money for the Friendly Fridge Foundation, which was created with the sole purpose of supporting the Friendly Fridge BX with the goal of rescuing and redirecting even more food into the community through outreach and action. The need is so great and the opportunity to effect change is enormous.

📍 Event Details

• Date: November 28, 2024
• Location: 6087 Broadway, Bronx, NY
• URL: Lettuce Run 5K
• Registration: Family-friendly event, all abilities are welcome!

🍃 Why Do We Need the Friendly Fridge BX?

• Lettuce Facts: A single head of lettuce can take up to 25 years to decompose in a landfill, giving off harmful methane gas the whole time.
• Food Redirection: On average, the Friendly Fridge BX redirects over 67,000 lbs of good, healthy food every month - and the team wants to do even more!
• Daily Operations: The Fridge fills up and empties out several times a day as more and more food is redirected.
• Community Service: Last year alone, the Friendly Fridge BX served over 28,000 bowls of hot, nutritious vegetarian soup made mostly from redirected vegetables and rescued bread.

🏅 Event Features

• Participatory: If you're not interested in running the 5k, there will be a 2k walk and we will have kids races starting at 9:30am so bring the whole family!
• Fundraising: All money raised will go to support the Friendly Fridge BX and their quest to open a storefront to serve the community.
• Fun Run: This will be an untimed fun-run so we won’t be giving out awards but we will have goodies and giveaways and maybe even a raffle.
• Health Access: We want to ensure everyone can get home to cook on Thanksgiving.

💰 Sponsorship Opportunities

Bronze Tier ($250)

• Recognition: On the Friendly Fridge BX website
• Logo: On Friendly Fridge Food Hub sponsorship banner
• Social Media: Shout-out
• Race Entries: Two complimentary race entries

Silver Tier ($500)

• All Bronze Benefits:
• Logo: Featured on participant T-shirts
• Race Entries: Four complimentary race entries

Gold Tier ($1,000)

• All Silver Benefits:
• Social Media: Dedicated social media post
• Press Releases: Company name mentioned
• Race Entries: Six complimentary race entries

Platinum Tier ($2,500)

• All Gold Benefits:
• Booth Space: At the event
• Race Entries: Eight complimentary race entries

Diamond Tier ($5,000)

• All Platinum Benefits:
• Speaking Opportunity: At the event
• Location: Premium location on sponsorship signage
• Race Entries: Ten complimentary race entries

🎁 Additional Perks

• Event Program: Recognition in event program
• Thank-You Emails: Inclusion in post-event thank-you emails
• Promotional Materials: Opportunity for promotional materials in race packets

Goods & Services Sponsor: In kind donations:

Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
Van Cortlandt Track Club

🤝 Get Involved

If you aren’t able to join us on Thanksgiving, please consider donating, every contribution helps keep more food from the landfills and gets it to someone who needs it.

Read more about the Friendly Fridge here.