One of the things I love most about working at TrizCom is our work with nonprofits. Giving back to the community is an important part of Jo’s life that she has built into her business, and the best example of this is when we all come together to support one of our nonprofit clients as a team. We had the opportunity to do that on Saturday at the Heart of Gold 5K Run for the Children Benefiting Heroes for Children (our client) and Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer.

Heroes for Children is a unique nonprofit organization that provides social and financial assistance to families battling childhood cancer. For this event, they partnered with Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer, which raises awareness and funding for pediatric cancer research on a national level. The 2017 Heart of Gold 5K was a blast – fun for the entire family, with a DJ, games, activities and food, as well moments and spaces to remember children affected by cancer, the reason we were all there that day. There was a commemorative balloon release, representing the families of Heroes for Children, right before the big race. I managed to get a few photos from the event on Saturday.

The balloon release! It was moving, seeing how many families have been helped by Heroes for Children and their mission.

Face painting was a big draw for the kids.

It was packed, and everyone was in great spirits.

Yes, everyone’s a winner, though there was special recognition and medals awarded to those with the best time in their age groups. It was a race for avid runners (like our own Jeff Cheatham – who achieved a personal best) and, well, the rest of us! My family and I were so proud to be part of Team TrizCom and look forward to next year’s event.