Saturday, October 5, 10am, Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St.

Join us this year on Saturday, October 5, at our new venue at Genoa Park in downtown Columbus!

Race start time: 10am

Our mission is to help refugees and immigrants reach safety and stability, sustain self-sufficiency, and achieve successful integration into the Central Ohio community.

Community Refugee and Immigration Services [CRIS] is an independent non-profit organization that serves the growing refugee and immigrant populations in Central Ohio. Our various programs have dedicated staff members from around the world who speak many different languages. Among other things, we are a refugee resettlement agency, meaning that we have a contract with the Department of State to directly receive and place refugees in our community. In partnership with Church World Service, we resettle individuals and families from all over the world.

Join us at our live and in-person event on Saturday, October 5, or virtually between Tuesday, October 1, and Saturday, October 5, 2024, to complete your 5K run or walk as we celebrate our mission and our community.

Additional Race Information

What is a Virtual Race?

A virtual race is a run or walk that can be completed by participants anytime and anywhere. Reasons to host and participate in virtual races vary, but the most prominent today is to stop the spread of the coronavirus by adhering to social distancing guidelines. Virtual participation allows us to continue to support the organizations we love, standing together even when we’re apart.

Virtual How-To

Even when we cannot be together physically, we want to be able to maintain that in-person race day feel. Be sure to download the RaceJoy app to access features such as GPS location and split-tracking, automatic results posting, and customizable “Send-a-Cheers” from your followers and the race makers! This is suggested, but not a necessary component of your virtual race. Feel free to run and record your time independently, as well!

RSVP for this event by using this link.

Hosted by Community Refugee and Immigration Services [CRIS].