LIBERTY 4 LIBERIA
5K/10K Run-Walk-BIKE
Join us on June 14th as we Run, Walk or Bike to raise money for Lighthouse Medical Missions' trip to Libera. You can join our local Santa Monica team or walk a route in your home town to help us raise money for the poor and underprivileged in Liberia.
As medical missions are becoming more expensive, we want to do our part to raise money. Our goal is to raise $40,000. We can do it. For starters, I would like to see 20 people raise just $1,000 each and that is $20,000 closer to our goal.
When you click on Sponsor or Register - you can make a donation directly to a participant. When registering to be a part of the Run/Walk team, either in Santa Monica or your hometown, we have a small registration fee of $20. Thank you!
When you click on Sponsor or Register - you can make a donation directly to a participant. When registering to be a part of the Run/Walk team, either in Santa Monica or your hometown, we have a small registration fee of $20. Thank you!
Location
Date & TimE
June 14, 2025
7:30 AM Check-in
8:00 AM Start Time
7:30 AM Check-in
8:00 AM Start Time
Why Liberia You Ask?
This coming October, Lighthouse Medical Missions (LMM) is hoping to return to the nation of Liberia, which is located on the western coast of the continent of Africa.
Liberia is the home to over 5.5 million people. For much of its history, Liberia was considered one of the more stable countries in Africa, but the end of the 20th century brought 14 years of civil war that left the nation economically and morally devastated. Our first medical mission to Liberia was in 2007. The UN considers Liberia “one of the poorest and least developed nations in the world”.
Liberia is the home to over 5.5 million people. For much of its history, Liberia was considered one of the more stable countries in Africa, but the end of the 20th century brought 14 years of civil war that left the nation economically and morally devastated. Our first medical mission to Liberia was in 2007. The UN considers Liberia “one of the poorest and least developed nations in the world”.
After a hiatus of nearly twenty years, we returned to Liberia last October. We again also found great medical needs, including malnourished babies and toddlers, something that I have not personally seen since our trip to post-war Sierra Leone in 2002.
So, in an effort to meet these needs, we are planning on revisiting Liberia this fall, BUT to accomplish this goal, we need others to partner with us financially. ALSO, we want to share with you how we are doing our part to raise funds.
On June 14th, we are sponsoring a “LIBERTY FOR LIBERIA, 5K, 10K RUN, WALK or BIKE” event. Me, Bob Hamilton, is personally planning on running a very, very slow 10K that morning and will be asking for friends to “sponsor” me.
We’re also encouraging others to have your own event wherever you live and ask others to sponsor your effort as well.
Thank you for considering participating in this endeavor.