Mile for a Child 5K is the largest Friends for Life of America fundraiser of the spring semester. Participants run, walk, bike, or skate 3.2 miles to help raise money for pediatric patients living with cancer.

Friends for Life members please click here if you are interested in tabling for Mile for a Child or helping to run the event on Saturday, March 1, 2008. If you are interested in seeing the current tabling schedule, click here.

Last year, the University of Florida chapter of Friends for Life of America raised nearly $2,000 to benefit the Christy Fund.  The Christy Fund is a non-profit organizations that provides support for everyday needs of cancer patients.  Their goal is to fill some of the gaps existing in the delivery of health care by addressing insufficiencies of insurance and supporting programs outside the scope of traditional patient care. To find out more information, visit http://www.christyfund.org/home.htm. To find out more about past Friends for Life grant recipients please click here.

Online registration is now open and remain open until Friday, February 29, 2008 at 5 p.m.

You can also register on the day of the race, Saturday, March 1, 2008, between 7:00 and 8:00 am. Forms will be available at the race. The race will start at 8:30am.

Mile for a Child 5K participants must be at the Commuter Lot on Gale Lemerand (formerly North South) Drive no later than 8:00 a.m. on March 1, 2008.

2008 Registration Form (printable pdf form)

Make a day trip to Gainesville! To find out about other events after Mile for a Child visit the following links:
www.cityofgainesville.org
www.gainesvillesun.com

 

To view images from past MFAC 5K, please click on the thumbnails below.

Fastest Male Winner 2003	Fastest Female Winner 2003	Fastest Male Winner 2004	Fastest Female Winner 2004

 

If you would like to view the race course please click the map on the right.

 

 

 

 

If you have any other questions or would like more information please contact the 2008
Mile for a Child 5K Program Chairs Jennie Allen and Adelina Vaughn.