Sandy Running Festival

A huge shout out to the 266 participants, 640 donors, Kings Baptist & Portside Schools, our amazing sponsors and the many volunteers who helped make 2026 happen!! You are all legends!!! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Over $35,000.00 raised this year, and more than $115,000.00 raised since the first 5 years ago! 👏

Every step, every dollar given is helping fund vital maternal and child health projects in South Sudan and Northern Uganda.

Thank YOU for making a real, life changing impact 🙏🏽

Thanks to our photographer Lynton, for capturing these great shots from Sandy Running Festival 2026!! 📸

💡 All donations are tax deductible! 💡

Check out the link below to track your progress or make a donation! Thank you!! 🙏🏽 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Sandy Running Festival 2026 Get involved in this great event. - www.mycause.com.au/events/5871

2026 RESULTS BELOW!! Well done everyone!🫡 ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Just a moment...

🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️Sandy Running Festival Finish Line! 🏁

This Saturday, 21 March, all roads lead to the Osborne Foreshore Reserve Finish Line on Lady Gowrie Drive - where every Sandy runner, whether 5km, 10km or 21km, finishes up!

Join the party and soak up the atmosphere as we cheer on our competitors 🙌🏽

Let’s celebrate the effort, community spirit, and amazing fundraising for a great cause - plus a coffee van will be on site for an extra pick-me-up! See you there 💛

Amazing effort and still three sleeps until the event. Great work Portside Christian School and Kings Baptist Grammar who are leading the fundraising field! 🙌🏽

6 days to go and almost $18k raised thanks to YOU!

The Mustard Seed Family Project will be at the finish line for a post run coffee fix ☕️

See you there!! 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

Sandy 2026 fundraising update:
$13,834.00 raised so far 🙌🏼
Thank you to YOU, our amazing community!!

All funds raised will support healthcare initiatives in Uganda and Southern Sudan, focusing on prenatal care and fighting malaria.

Keep track of our fundraising or donate here:
https://www.mycause.com.au/events/sandyrunningfestival2026

So where does the fundraising from the Sandy Running Festival actually go❓

Last year, together we raised $25,347.00!

Half of those funds helped support local midwives in Lukodi, Northern Uganda, provide safe birthing services for more than 400 mothers and babies.

The other half helped complete a paediatric ward in Tonj, South Sudan, a country with the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

📸 This photo was taken inside the new ward in Tonj, South Sudan that last years Sandy Running Festival helped complete 🫶🏼

This year funds raised will focus on prenatal care and fighting malaria, which poses a serious risk to mothers and babies during pregnancy.

Support the 2026 Sandy Running Festival and help continue the life saving work! 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

https://www.mycause.com.au/events/sandyrunningfestival2026

www.sandyrunningfestival.com.au