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We Run Chinatown is a Project: VISION fundraiser highlighting Chicago’s Chinatown Community.
Join the We Run Chinatown
Fitness Challenge!
CELEBRATE 20 YEARS WITH 20K
Run (or ride or row) your own race at your own pace. Challenge yourself to accumulate 20K (12 miles) while supporting Chinatown community youth!
Challenge Duration:
May 26th – June 11th
in honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and PV’s 20th anniversary!
Open to some new sights? If you’re running, plan your run route around the iconic Chinatown area and learn more about this proud and vibrant community.
REGISTRATION INCLUDES:
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- Race Shirt
- Finisher Medal
- Invitation to join Race Club (invite sent upon registration)
- Access to in-person Popup Activities
- Race Hoodie (For 20K challengers)
- personalized shoutout from pv students (for 20K challengers)
- Social Media Shoutout (For 20K team challengers only)
- For fundraisers: Online fundraising page
2023 Community Partners
Community Partners
The We Run Chinatown Community partners all promote chinatown while supporting and serving the chinatown community in impactful ways.
PLEASE consider supporting our community partners.
Click their logos to donate directly to each Organization.
2023 Fitness Challange
WHY TAKE THE CHALLENGE?
fitness & fundraising
20k for 20 Years
Project: VISION is
celebrating 20 Years!
Proceeds from this fitness challenge will benefit Project: VISION programs that support and serve community youth in impactful ways.
FOR WE RUN CHINATOWN PARTICIPANTS
RACE PARTICIPANT GUIDE
2023 Virtual Challenge
POPUP EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS

MAY 2023
- MAY 20 – Saturday: MAHA – Asian Heritage Month Celebration & Chinatown Health Fair
- MAY 25 – Thursday: Family Style Run Club – Run-Along in Chinatown
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- Sign Up for this event!
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- MAY 30 – Tuesday: Chicago White Sox – AAPI Heritage Night Game:
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- Tickets: https://fevo.me/projectvision
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JUNE 2023
- JUNE 3 – Saturday: Orange theory charity burn
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- Sign up for this event!
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- JUNE 7 – Wednesday: Chicago Asian Women Empowerment Series
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- RSVP for this event!
- RSVP for this event!
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- JUNE 10 – Saturday: PROJECT: VISION FAMILY RUN
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- Sign up for this event!
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- JUNE 11 – Sunday: Family Style Run Club – Run-Along in Bridgeport
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- Sign up for this event!
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Example Routes
COMMUNITY RUN ROUTES


TEAM PROJECT: VISION
Team PV’s Route passes by these important points in the Chinatown community:
- STARTING LINE: Ping Tom Memorial Park
- Chinatown Library
- Piloted an afterschool program here pre-pandemic.
- Project: VISION Youth Center -Middle School Space
- Our home in the heart of Chinatown, where over 300 youth participate in afterschool programming.
- Project: VISION Youth Center – High School Space
- NEW space dedicated to high school youth!
- Haines Elementary School
- Our first satellite school site! We provided academic support to 30 Haines students.
- James Ward Elementary School
- Our second satellite school site! We provided academic support to 30 Ward students.
- Ping Tom Memorial Park
- FINISH LINE: Project: VISION Youth Center -Middle School Space