Last updated April 26th, 2012

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Join us for the 7th Annual, now the Minnesota Hope & Hearts 5K Run, Memorial Walk & Kids' Fun Dash. Our 2012 event will take place on September 8th.
Please consider becoming a volunteer at the Run or helping to prepare for the event. For more information, please click on the Volunteer tab above. Thank you.

YOU ARE INVITED to attend the Hope & Hearts Team Captain Rally on Saturday April 28th from 10 - Noon ~ Coming to the Rally, you will meet with other team captains to network and discuss fundraising ideas. You will also be able share your story with other bereaved parents and tour the new Center for GRACE.

HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED...

RUN or WALK! Consider forming a team for the event; running and walking with friends makes it even more special and fun. Prizes offered for Top Male and Female Finisher and Top Fundraisers, and Top Youth Fundraiser.

CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONAL MEMORIAL/FUNDRAISING PAGE. Utilize the online service we provide to help reach out to your friends and family, letting them know about your involvement in the Hope & Hearts Run/Walk and invite them to your personal page. Share the story of your baby in Heaven (or a friends baby that you are remembering) and why this cause is important to you. Forming a Team is a great way to raise awareness, maximize your fundraising efforts, and help leave a lasting legacy for a dearly loved and missed baby. Click here for an example of how this "Team thing" works.

DONATE. If you are unable to participate or volunteer, you can still support the Foundation with your valuable donation. Help support an individual or team, or make a general contribution.

SPONSOR. Individual and corporate sponsorships help off-set costs of the race and allow us to direct funding to our goal of supporting and educating families about pregnancy loss and help with stillbirth prevention.

VOLUNTEER. This event requires the help of hundreds of people to give of their time and talents to make this event a success. This includes everything from overall planning, advertising and posting flyers event day crew roles of helping with registration, parking, blowing up balloons and much more. Ask your friends and family to join in! If you would like to help out, please fill out our online volunteer form. Feel free to contact Missing GRACE Foundation at: info@missinggrace.org for further information. or 763-497-0709

HOPE & HEARTS IN YOUR STATE. What better way to honor your baby, than to have a Hope & Hearts Run/Walk right in your own state! Hosting a run not only helps to bring needed resources and support to families across the country who are grieving the loss of a baby, but it also builds awareness of pregnancy and infant loss. Help us bring this great event to YOUR state!

PERSONALIZE AND ORDER A PAGE FOR HOPE & HEARTS MEMORIAL WALL. You can create a personalized 8.5 x 11 page to have posted on the Hope & Hearts Memorial Wall and include pictures, poems, birthdates, and special sentiments in memory of a baby you wish to honor.

Example Page:

PURCHASE A STEPS FOR HOPE MEMORIAL SIGN for the upcoming Hope & Hearts Run and publicly commemorate your baby or that of a loved one. The signs are placed on the 5K courses on event day, so your baby is shared with the many people that are there not only for our event but those who are out on their own leisure.



"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" -Chinese Proverb