RunFAR

Last year, Covenant Mercies' Executive Director Doug Hayes took up the challenge of running in two half-marathons as a way of raising funds for the ministry. We called it Run for African Relief (now shortened to RunFAR), and 21 other runners joined him in the effort. Cumulatively, they raised nearly $20,000 for the ministry of Covenant Mercies!

Doug running his first half-marathon last year

This year, Doug is planning to attempt his first-ever full marathon in November, and he's challenging you to train with him for a run/walk of any length. You can choose an event that makes sense for you (in terms of both geographical region and length), then use it as an opportunity to raise funds for Covenant Mercies. Last year, we had people running in everything from 5Ks to full marathons.

If you are interested in running on behalf of Covenant Mercies, here's how it works: Select ANY fitness event (run, walk, triathlon, etc.) in your area, register to run in that event on behalf of Covenant Mercies, then begin asking your friends to support you in your efforts (we will provide you with a sample e-mail that you can edit and send, or you can download our Runner's Sponsorship Form and ask your friends personally).

Allow our children in Africa to provide you with extra motivation to reach your fitness goals, while you also provide them with hope for a brighter future.

Receive a free POH print for raising $500 or more!

If you raise $500 or more in run/walk sponsorships, we will send you your choice of five running-themed images from our exclusive Portraits of Hope collection. If you're not able to run this year but you'd like to support someone else, encourage a friend to participate! Or, click here to make a contribution in support of Doug's run.

Thanks for considering whether you might run a few miles, and make a world of difference!

We are grateful to Endurafit for significantly discounting
our RunFAR t-shirts, enabling us to give one FREE to
every registered RunFAR participant.