NFF “Bridge To A Cure” 5K
Our third annual NFF5K was held in the beautiful Yellow Creek Park in Owensboro, Kentucky on May 22, 2021. We had a great turnout and are thankful to everyone who helped make this race possible, especially our sponsors!
Thank you to Atox Bio and Hayden Electric Inc. for sponsoring our race and helping us in our efforts to raise awareness of NF.
Our Atox friends in Israel and North carolina looked great completing their 5Ks Virtually
Co CEO Lindsay at our registration table proudly displaying our NF Awareness items, most of which she created.
We'd like to give an especially sweet thank you to Courtney's Candies for the fabulous awareness chocolates she made for us!
Thank you to Lisa and her family for once again participating in our race and also educating others about Sepsis.
Our first place male and female winners, Lucas Page with a time of 24:34, and Kelly Nash with a time of 34:39
Jonathin Perez, a survivor of NF and our youngest participant. This was Jonathin’s third NFF5K!
Co CEOs Tim Hayden and Lindsay Welch did a great job putting all of this together.
Thank you to everyone who couldn’t make it but still helped our cause by participating virtually.
Survivor Kelly and her sister (with her awesome new NF awareness hair) completed another virtual 5K in Morrisville, PA along the Delaware river.
Our CIO Elicia Peck and her husband Ernie, an NF survivor.
Survivor Andy completed another virtual 5K in the cold, cloudy, and windy UK, but he wore his T-shirt and scars with pride.
Not only did survivor Chris participate in our 5K virtually, but he also represented the NFF and displayed his scars proudly at a 10K race the next day!
Colm, Sinead, and their families completed an 8K! Their mountain trek at the Connemara National Park in Galaway, Ireland was in memory of their amazing mam Ann Carew, who passed away from NF.
