🏃♀️💜 24th Annual Freedom Run to Raise Awareness of Epilepsy
5K & 10K Timed Run • 1-Mile Untimed Walk (Stroll, Skip, or Roll!)
🎉 Freedom = Freedom from stigma and fear around seizures.
Join the Epilepsy Foundation of Hawai‘i (EFH) for a feel-good, family-friendly morning that brings our community together to raise awareness, build understanding, and support people living with epilepsy across our islands.
The Freedom Run is named for what we’re running toward: freedom from stigma and a world where people living with epilepsy feel safe, supported, and fully included. 💜
📍 Event Details
🗓️ Sunday, August 2, 2026
📌 Kailua High School — 451 Ulumanu Dr., Kailua, O‘ahu
🕠 Check-in: 5:30 AM
⏰ Start Time: 7:00 AM sharp
🏁 Choose Your Distance
🏃 10K & 5K Timed Run (chip-timed by Timeline Hawai‘i)
💵 $50 (includes race shirt for adults while supplies last 👕)
🚶♀️ 1-Mile Awareness Walk (untimed)
✅ FREE • Open to all ages • Walk, stroll, skip, or roll—everyone is welcome!
🎁 Perks & Prizes
👧🧒 Keiki Deal: First 100 keiki registrants get $5 off with code [KEIKI2026]
🎟️ Early Bird Prize: Register by [date] for a chance to win a $200+ gift basket
🧢 Race Day Bonus: First arrivals get a custom embroidered visor
🍧 Cool Down Treat: Registered 5K/10K runners & volunteers enjoy a refreshing shave ice after the race!
🌟 On-Site Fun
🏆 Platinum Partner: Hawai‘i Pacific Neuroscience (HPN)
🎮 Visit sponsor booths for games + health education
🐾 Pet Oasis: Learn about pet seizures & safety (sponsored by Enchanted Lake Pets)
✨ Costume contests: Most Purple 💜 • Best Superhero 🦸 • Best Dressed Pet 🐶 • and more!
💥 Fundraising Incentives
Want to help even more? Fundraise and earn prizes! 🎯
💼 Raise $150: Waist Pack
🚿 Raise $300: [Refrigerator Cooler Fan]
🎒 Raise $1,000+: Hydration Backpack
🏅 Awards
🏁 Top Runners (10K/5K — chip timed)
💪 Top Individual Fundraisers
👯 Largest / Most Spirited Team
💜 Most Purple
🐾 Most Creatively Dressed Pet
🦸 Best Superhero Costume
💜 Why It Matters
EFH is the only local nonprofit dedicated solely to epilepsy in Hawai‘i—serving an estimated 14,000 people, including about 2,000 children. And a headline reality: Seizures are among the top three medical emergencies in schools. 🏫🚑
✅ All proceeds stay in Hawai‘i and support:
📘 Seizure First-Aid training • 🗣️ community education • 🎨 group art & support groups • 👨👩👧 ‘ohana outings • 🤝 referral & advocacy services • 🎤 annual community education conference
🌺 Mahalo for being part of our Freedom Run ‘ohana—let’s run for awareness, inclusion, and freedom from stigma. 💜