Join Us for the 2025 Race for Big Dreams on Saturday, September 13!
Join Connected Roots Care Center (CRCC) at this year’s Race for Big Dreams — a celebration of community, courage, and compassion. The event brings together families, friends, and supporters for a day of fun and purpose, while raising essential funds for the specialized care and inclusive education CRCC provides to more than 600 children and young adults each year.
Lap of Champions
We’re excited to continue this new tradition to honor the amazing children in our community. The morning will start off with the Lap of Champions where children will be the stars of the show! All children are welcome to take part in the Lap of Champions while race participants encourage and cheer them on. Our hope is to have families from across the metro area join in so we can lift up and celebrate everyone! Plus, all children will receive their own medal! Register your kiddos for a free shirt while supplies last!
Fun Walk & 5k
Similar to last year, we will have an untimed 5K, a virtual option, and the half-mile fun walk. The event brings together families, friends, and supporters for a day of fun and purpose, while raising essential funds for the specialized care and inclusive education CRCC provides to more than 600 children and young adults each year.
Family Fun Zone
The Family Fun Zone is happening 9-11am at Stinson Park and admission is FREE! :)
Our Family Fun Zone will be the best one yet! Check out some of our community partners joining and the activities we'll have:
- UNO Mavs Track Team - they were so fun last year!
- Face Painting
- Bracelet Making
- VROOM! Mobile Sensory Theatre
- Child Saving Institute
- Bling Strings for Your Hair
- Omaha Police Department
- Down Syndrome Alliance (DSA)
- Elks Lodge #39
- Sidewalk Chalk & Bubbles
- Early Development Network
- United Way of the Midlands
After Party
After the Race = More Fun! Join us after the race for some family-friendly fun at Sonny’s! This great outdoor hangout has space for kids to run & play while adults can kick back with a beverage. CRCC will start a hosted tab with a special drink menu sponsored by our friends at Pathfinder Wealth Advisors! We’ll be there 10 a.m.–Noon, and you can grab food from nearby eateries.
Founded in 2022 in partnership with Lisa and Lonny Sund in memory of their son and former CRCC student JJ, the Race for Big Dreams includes an untimed 5K and a half-mile fun walk, open to participants of all ages and abilities. A highlight of the event is the Lap of Champions, when the kids take center stage—cheered on in a moment of joy, unity, and celebration.
For 35 years, Connected Roots Care Center (CRCC) has supported Omaha-area children—whether typically developing or those with complex medical or developmental needs—and their families.
See photos from last year!