10:00 a.m. | Onsite Registration

10:30 a.m | Opening Presentations

11:00 a.m. | 5K Run/Walk

Fairfield University’s Social Work Club and Phi Alpha Honor Society are hosting a Start With Hello 5K and Awareness Fundraiser on September 29, 2024, to help local school communities build cultures of empathy and inclusivity. The event kicks off at 10 a.m. at the Birkenstock Field House in the Leslie C. Quick, Jr. Recreation Complex, a.k.a. the RecPlex.

The annual student-led event, held in support of the Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) campaign to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence, raises money to fund Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Promise Clubs at middle schools in Connecticut.

Participation is free to the public, and donations are accepted at the door.

Guest speakers will include Sarah McCann, SHP National Youth Advisory Board member; Vae Champagne, SHP student programs manager; and William A. Gerber, first selectman of the Town of Fairfield.