2025 Rock Your Socks 5K
On Saturday, November 1, more than 300 runners, walkers, friends and volunteers gathered in Patterson Park for the 2025 Rock Your Socks 5K! This year was also a chance to mark 40 years of service to the Baltimore community with a bright and bold 80s theme.
Fueled by coffee, bagels, donuts and more, neighbors had a chance to tour our Mobile Clinic while kids enjoyed a bounce house and arts and crafts. DJ Rod Madd Flava spun throwback tunes for everyone to stretch and groove to!
This year was a runaway success. Together, we raised over $97,000 to support the work of Health Care for the Homeless!
That means a full year of comprehensive no-cost medical care, dental work, health screenings, prescription refills and housing support for 200 neighbors experiencing homelessness.
Get us to the finish line: Help us raise $100K!
One step at a time
"Next month, we will break ground on a 42-unit apartment building on the site of our former clinic. And we just got word that we got tax credits to build 117 apartments downtown next to our clinic on Fallsway. How do we do this work? One step at a time!" -President & CEO Kevin Lindamood
Say cheese!
Check out race day highlights and look for the wackiest socks in the crowd.
And the awards go to...
A select few participants stood out with rad fundraising skill, top race times and choice sock styles. Congratulations to...
- Erin Garrett, top individual fundraiser and captain of our top fundraising team, Happy Feet!
- Fastest runners by category:
- Under 18: Kate Staten
- Ages 19-39: Thomas Van Kley
- Ages 40+: Andrew Hadro
- Malcolm Williams, Director of Community Relations and Engagement, earned the Golden Sock Award for his gnarly Beetlejuice socks!
Celebrating our colleagues (and team captains!)
Health Care for the Homeless staff were out in force as they captained 10 teams, including:
- Koala Tea Team (Lisa Hoffman)
- The Flossy Posse (Monica Martin)
- No Agony for De Feet (Christina Bauer)
- Overwhelming SOCKcess (Hanna Mast)
- Running Up That Hill (...still) (Kevin Lindamood)
- Baltimore Striders (Muhammed Mamman)
- The Flock! (Iris Leviner)
- Team Sock & Sole (Lisa Lefavore)
- The T Walkers (Tosha Hershey)
- Toe-tally Awesome (Autumn Knight)
Three cheers for volunteers!
Thank you to all the awesome volunteers who arrived early to help set-up race village and stayed on to offer water, snacks and encouragement for participants. Your helping hands made this event a great success!
Special shout-out to volunteers from:
- Johns Hopkins
- Friends of Patterson Park
- Health Care for the Homeless clients, staff and board members
Ending homelessness is a team effort
Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition joined our Mobile Clinic to share ways for us all to make a difference beyond race day. And the Baltimore chapter of Back On my Feet got their steps in!
Thank you to our sponsors
A very special thanks to our event sponsors, for helping ensure that every dollar you raised will deliver comprehensive health care and support for people experiencing homelessness.
Thank you to our righteous in-kind sponsors:
- Baltimore Coffee and Tea Co.
- Borden Transportation
- Charm City Run
- The Smoothie Garden
- Lyfe Acai & Smoothie Bar
- THB Bagelry & Deli
- Wegmans
Thank you to our volunteers, community partners and supporters for making this event a radical success!
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