Austin Based findhelp announced plans to be the presenting partner of Run For The Water. A three-year deal for the uniquely transformative event, entry to Run For The Water allows the Gazelle Foundation to provide people in Burundi with access to clean water – for life. For 16 years running, the Gazelle Foundation has thrown the best race in town. Each November, over 5,000 runners and walkers take to the streets of downtown Austin for the annual Run For The Water 10 Miler, 5K, and Kids K through our beautiful west Austin course.
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Today, findhelp, the Austin-based social care network, has announced it has signed on as presenting partner of the Gazelle Foundation’s annual Run For The Water event. The three-year deal with Austin’s premier racing event attracts beginners and veterans alike and continues to inspire runners to lace up every year to help bring a crucial resource to people living on the other side of the globe.
The partnership will solve big problems and help more people. findhelp is the leading search and referrals platform in the US serving millions of users, most major health plans, hospital systems, foundations, and tens of thousands of community-based organizations (CBOs). “findhelp is stepping up to make a big difference in Run For The Water. Their involvement will elevate awareness and the impact we have in transforming lives both here in the U.S. and abroad in Burundi”, said Cheryl Teekell, race director. Erine Gray is the Founder and CEO of findhelp (formerly Aunt Bertha) a Public Benefit Corporation in Austin, Texas. Gray and findhelp have been involved in the race for several years before signing on as Presenting Partner.
“I’m honored to know that Erine Gray and findhelp are supporting Run For The Water in a pivotal way,” said Gilbert Tuhabonye co-founder of the Gazelle Foundation. “Partners like findhelp are critical to our success and to our ability to design and build clean water systems in Burundi. There’s nothing quite like the Run For The Water, we can't wait to stand with findhelp to welcome participants back on November 6th, sing the anthems and “Run with joy,” said Tuhabonye.
“findhelp’s mission is to connect all people seeking help and the programs that serve them — with dignity and ease. That aligns with what the Gazelle Foundation does in Burundi, said Paula McCaul, board member of Gazelle Foundation. “Margaret Mead, the cultural anthropologist has a quote I’ve always liked, ‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.’ I am proud to be part of a group of individuals who are passionate, optimists, and bold enough to make a change so that others in our world can have dignity and hope,” said McCaul.
“Austin is expanding it’s a health, tech, and wellness-oriented community, Gilbert Tuhabonye, our co-founder, is a local celebrity, who brilliantly inspires a whole generation of Austinites to exercise, and challenge themselves. Gilbert also embodies hope, generosity, and kindness. And that's what Run For The Water supports. We believe the Gazelle Foundation and findhelp will do extraordinary things together. ” Says Peter Rauch, board president. Learn more about findhelp
On Sunday, November 6, 2022, the Gazelle Foundation will produce the 16th annual Run For The Water 10-Miler, 5K, and Kid’s K. The race, has been named Austin’s best of by "Austin Runner Magazine", and a “crown jewel and must-do event for beginners and veterans alike” it is the marquee event for our charity. Runners are treated to experience Austin at its best. The Gazelle Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that implements charitable efforts to improve life for people in Burundi, Africa, and offers assistance to children of our community in Central Texas. Run for the Water is the Gazelle Foundation's annual fundraiser and allows us to continue our mission that to date has provided over 117,000 people with access to clean water. See the lasting impact the race has on real people in need.
Gilbert Tuhabonye leads the Gazelle Foundation, and he is a renowned motivational speaker and local running coach. Gilbert is a survivor of genocide, having been locked in a burning building with 150 of his classmates during the civil war that plagued his country from the early ’90s to mid-2000s. Gilbert used his running ability to eventually make it to the US, carry the Olympic torch in ’96, win multiple National Championships as a collegiate runner, and now give back to the Austin community through his Gilbert’s Gazelles training group, as the coach at St. Andrews High School, and the Gazelle Foundation. Naturally, he decided that a road race would be the Foundation's marquee event and fundraiser, the race is a signature fall event in Austin.
RACE LOCATION AND START TIME
November 6, 2022 — Run For The Water
Kids K (9:15 am) starts and finishes on South 1st Street Bridge
10-mile and 5k (7:00 am) Cesar Chavez east of Lamar Blvd
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