The 2024 Run, Walk, & Roll for Hope 5k is an opportunity to move for something that matters — bringing Hope and Healing to English and Spanish speaking families grieving the loss of their child/sibling/grandchild around the world!  

WHO is Hope Family Care?

Hope Family Care's goal is to raise $50,000 to support our mission of providing Hope Bags, Hope Family Retreats, and Local and Online Support to child loss families. 

When Hope Family Care began in 2017 the focus was to support child loss families in their grief. We have supported over 2,100 families in the past seven years! The support has been focused not only on parents but on siblings and grandparents as well, who are often forgotten in their grief. Below is a graphic of our English ministries: 

In 2020, we were approached by a few Spanish pastors asking for grief materials in Spanish. We began helping them find materials and realized there were very few, especially Christian based grief materials. We began translating our materials shortly after. In 4 short years, we have three of our Hope Unshakeable editions in Spanish, have led over 12 online groups in Spanish with members from all over Latin America.

In Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024 we hosted Spanish workshops in Ecuador and Colombia. The General Grief Workshops (for people in grief) and the Best Practices in Grief Care (for pastors and leaders caring for people in grief) were some of the first of their kind Spanish. We also hosted the first international retreat for grieving families in Ecuador this past summer. 

In 2024, we officially launched Esperanza Inquebrantable Ecuador a nonprofit serving the country of Ecuador. We already have a team with over 25 Ecuadorian leaders.  We also have leaders in Colombia who are building a team and establishing Esperanza Inquebrantable Colombia over the next year. 

Below is a graphic of our Spanish ministries: 

Both the English and the Spanish workshops and retreats are made possible by the donations we receive beyond our monthly partners' giving.  

Your support this year will help us continue supporting families through: 

-Hope Bags (for parents and siblings)

-Hope Family Retreats (for parents and siblings) 

-Online Support Groups (for parents, siblings, and grandparents) 

Thank you for joining with us this year to bring Hope & Healing! 

WHAT is this year's theme? 

At Hope Family Care, we walk with families in such a way that we learn to carry our children who have passed away in a healthy way. Their lives have marked our hearts in profound ways, and remembering them and keeping them apart of our families is key to healthy grieving. Making space for this special type of love we carry (also called grief) we give their lives permission to continue impacting us their family and those we meet along the way. This October we will share and celebrate creative inspirational ways for you and your family to keep your child's life apart of your family forever; forever in our hearts.

HOW Can I Participate?:

Join us this October in your own community as a runner, walker, or roller. Your registration includes a t-shirt and instructions on how to participate. During the month of October, you will complete your 5k with a team, with your family, or on your own! The start time and 3.1-mile course are up to you. 

Here are the various ways you can participate:

1. Join an Already Existing Team

2. Create Your Own Team 

3. Donate Toward a Team or Our General Goal 

4. Purchase a T-shirt

Grab a T-shirt With This Year's Theme HERE!

Front- Forever in Our Hearts

Back- Psalm 73:26, 'My flesh and heart may fail, BUT GOD is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.'

HOW Can My Team Honor My Loved One:

This year you will have to opportunity to choose how you would like your team funds designated. Below are the options for how you can honor your child with all your team funds raised.