THE Homeless Run 2025

The 10th of October is World Homeless Day, and The Hope Exchange facilitates a social run for our homeless clients. We would love for you to support them and us by running for hope!

In 2022, The Hope Exchange launched this initiative, organizing our very first run – THE (The Hope Exchange) Homeless Run. While it was a modest event, it was a tremendous success – our clients loved the experience of running and achieving something together with our dedicated staff and volunteers. The smiles on their faces were truly unforgettable.

THE Homeless Run has become an annual event, making this year our fourth. Our clients are excited about it, and it also marks World Homeless Day by allowing us to break down misconceptions about homelessness. It reminds us that we are all human, sharing common interests like running and supporting each other.

We aim to grow this event not only in terms of participants and volunteers but also in raising awareness about homelessness and the work we do at The Hope Exchange. Now we have the privilege to partner with U-turn who also will participate in the run. 

Want to run for Hope? This is how you can join and support us:

• Collect preloved running shoes and sneakers to donate to The Hope Exchange. We will arrange for our homeless participants to get a pair in their size for the run.
• Tie your running shoes and run on the 10th of October (or any day that week). Invite others to join you.
• Post about your run on social media (on your story or your feed) tagging The Hope Exchange and using our hashtag #thehomelessrun (Insta: thehopeexchange_ – FB: /TheHopeExchange.org).
• Donate R100 to The Hope Exchange using any of the payment options provided below.
• Encourage everyone else to do the same.

Sponsor the event:

• T-shirts for the participants
• Bottled water and fruit
• Raffle prizes (we do a draw after the event based on the participants’ running number)
• Make a donation to The Hope Exchange using any of the payment options provided below

Collections of shoes and sponsor interest: Contact Marie (marie@thehopeexchange.org) for more details and arrangements.

We would love to invite all our supporters to participate in the run! (10th Oct at 16 pm)

All proceeds will be used to support our homeless clients in their journey away from homelessness.  

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