Olympia Host Lions Club

Run with the Lions

Come Run with the Olympia Host Lions

April 25, 2026 - Race time 9 a.m.

Chehalis Western Trail in Lacey

5k/10k or one mile course

Walk, Run or Roll

4601 67th Ave SE

Register Early to Save

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Register for 5k or 10k for just $35 per runner until March 31. Includes Tshirt with your choice of size guaranteed.
Beginning April 1, registration is $40 per runner. Includes Tshirt but size cannot be guaranteed.
One mile course is free - no tshirt.
Sighted partner/guide for blind runners register for free.

Run, Walk or Roll

Blind Running Teams Welcome

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Wheelchair Racers welcome!

Whether you choose the 5K, 10K or slower paced one mile event, you are good to go for this event. Let us know if you have special needs we can help you meet.

No bikes, skates or strollers on the 5k or 10k events please; strollers are permitted for the one mile course.

Blind Running Teams Welcome

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Blind runners are welcome - and your sighted partner/guide registers for free. Walk the course if you prefer - and let us know if you have special needs we can help you meet.

Bring the Kids - this is a family friendly event

Your registration supports people with failing vision

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What a great way to get in your steps and introduce the children to the joy of running.

The whole family is welcome to hit the one mile course at your own pace. (Children under 18 need parental consent.)

The one mile event is free but registration is required. Strollers are welcome on the one mile course and there will be prizes for our younger participants.

Your registration supports people with failing vision

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Losing your sight can be a frightening experience. But the Lions have resources to help.

100% of the proceeds from this event - EVERY PENNY - goes to support the Lions Low Vision Resource Center (LVRC) in Olympia. The only Center of its kind in western Washington, the LVRC loans equipment and provides training on devices that can help people with failing vision remain independent and engaged.

Learn More About the LVRC

Sponsor Stride for Sight 2026

Sponsors Make Stride Possible

A HUGE thanks to the businesses who so generously sponsor Stride for Sight 2026.

In 2025 our amazing sponsors helped us provide more than $10,000 to support the Lions Low Vision Resource Center in Olympia.

Sponsors provide water stops and pay for event needs like course certification and marking, signage, awards, and the ever popular Str

A HUGE thanks to the businesses who so generously sponsor Stride for Sight 2026.

In 2025 our amazing sponsors helped us provide more than $10,000 to support the Lions Low Vision Resource Center in Olympia.

Sponsors provide water stops and pay for event needs like course certification and marking, signage, awards, and the ever popular Stride t shirts.

To learn how your company can be a Stride for Sight sponsor, visit RunSignnup.com

We also appreciate the support from the Lions club volunteers and all the volunteers in our community. Stay tuned for more updates on volunteer opportunities in Olympia and the local Olympia WA clubs involved. (coming soon - check back)

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Bill Yount Farmers Insurance

I support Stride for Sight for two simple reasons.

First, I love that the funds go to the Low Vision Resource Center (LVRC). I've witnessed so many individuals who have used the resources of the Center; I've seen their joy and increased hopefulness when they find out there is an available tool or apparatus that makes their lives much easier. They're always astounded that the resources are free, and they can just walk out that day with whatever they found that helps their specific need.

Secondly, the race is just a fun community centric event that brings people together; rallying around a great cause. There's nothing better than being part of such a community-driven effort.

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Erik Johnson Olympia Computer

The Lions Low Vision Resource Center is one of those cornerstone community services that just quietly makes Olympia such a great place to live.

I watched my grandmother struggle with failing vision when we couldn't find any resources to help make her life easier. Today - at the LVRC - she would have found peer support and activities and

The Lions Low Vision Resource Center is one of those cornerstone community services that just quietly makes Olympia such a great place to live.

I watched my grandmother struggle with failing vision when we couldn't find any resources to help make her life easier. Today - at the LVRC - she would have found peer support and activities and free loaned devices that could have helped her stay independent longer.

Olympia Computer is proud to support Stride for Sight to help keep LVRC services available to folks with failing vision.

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Law Offices of Harold D Carr

Erik Johnson Olympia Computer

Law Offices of Harold D Carr

Sponsors 2025

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Thank You to Our Generous 2025 Sponsors

Olympia Host Lions Club is proud to host the first annual Stride for Sight 5k/10k run, walk or roll to benefit the Lions Low Vision Resource Center. But we couldn't do it alone, so please help us say thank you to our generous sponsors and tireless volunteers.

Gold Sponsor - The PARC Foundation

Gold Sponsor - Kiley Juergens Wealth Mgmt

Silver Sponsor - Harold D. Carr Law

Silver Sponsor - Vision Health Olympia

It Takes a Village to put on a running event

Heather Antanaitis
Minute Man Printers
Trader Joe's
Tumwater High School Track Team for race day course support
Mixx96 and Dick Pust
L&E Bottling
Safeway
Eastside Big Tom's
Equal Latin

Our Coordinating Team

Andrew Beattie - Chair

James Reddick

Michael Petty

Bill and Heidi Beattie

Karen Sell

Katie Fritts