Step onto the green where your participation helps bring us closer to solving Uganda’s water crisis.
The Ugandan Water Project’s 16th Annual 5K is back! We are excited to invite you to join us both in-person and virtually on Saturday, April 12th, 2025 at Powder Mills Park in Pittsford, NY. We will be running and walking for clean water. Online registration is open until 11:59 pm on April 10th. Early birds registering by April 1st guarantee their race day t-shirt and packet pick-up. Virtual runners, we’ve got you covered-your gear will come straight to your door!
Each year we have incredible people sign up to participate in our 5K and work to reach their fundraising goal. You can see the teams that have signed up and individual runners here-take a look through and see if there’s anyone you know! Looking for a way to get your company, church, or club involved in a great local mission? Each year our hardworking, purpose-driven sponsors in the Rochester area (and beyond) help provide a local solution to a worldwide need through their support of our 5K. There are various sponsorship levels available each with some incredible perks.
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Making a Tangible Difference
When you register for our 5K, you are making a tangible difference in the lives of people throughout Uganda. All participants agree to raise or donate $100 or more. A great way to make a big impact is to start a team! Your team can be made up of friends, family, your sports team, church group, alumni from your college, co-workers, or whoever else you want. The top fundraising team will get their name on our handcrafted trophy and keep it on display until the next 5K. Online registration is now closed, but same-day registration will be open at 8:00 am on Saturday, April 12th at Powderhorn Lodge!
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The River is a community of monthly supporters who share one passion: seeing people in Uganda expereince the freedom that only clean water can bring. The River is a community of monthly supporters who share one passion: seeing people in Uganda expereince the freedom that only clean water can bring.
Roberts Wesleyan University's Contribution
January 16, 2024 Roberts Wesleyan University Wins 2024 NCAA DII Award of Excellence. University student-athletes recognized for raising funds for the Ugandan Water Project with Roberts Wesleyan as the division’s first two-time winner in the award’s 11-year history.
Roberts Wesleyan University Athletics was awarded the first-place grand prize for the NCAA Division II Award of Excellence at the NCAA Convention on January 13 in Phoenix. University student-athletes were recognized for their yearlong fundraising initiative for the Ugandan Water Project, which raised more than $13,000 to build three water wells in Uganda and provide fresh water to communities in need.
As part of Redhawks Reachout, the university Athletics Department’s strategic community service initiative, the Redhawks selected the Ugandan Water Project, after learning about the need for clean water in the country and the global water crisis, which impacts 2.2 billion people worldwide. Throughout the past year, student-athletes from multiple athletics programs engaged in several community service opportunities to raise awareness and support the financial goals of the organization. Efforts included building nearly 300 kits to reset water pumps in Uganda, participating and volunteering in the nonprofit’s annual 5k, hosting a week-long educational water challenge and championing WaterNOW, a social media fundraising event, which surpassed the students’ initial $10,000 fundraising goal.
“We are so proud of our student-athletes who have inspired all of us to find creative ways to impact others through financial assistance and encouragement to communities, children and families in need,” said Roberts Wesleyan University President Dr. Rupert A. Hayles Jr. “This event stands as an excellent example of how Roberts, through the Redhawks Reachout initiative, is instilling in our student-athletes a profound sense of responsibility and compassion for their neighbors around the world.”
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Roberts Wesleyan was one of 25 schools and two conferences selected as finalists for the 2024 NCAA Division II Award of Excellence. The annual accolade honors its members for conducting events that promote student-athletes giving back and serving as leaders in their communities or on their campuses, and recognizes initiatives in the past year that exemplify the Division II philosophy, community engagement and student-athlete leadership.
This is the third time Roberts Wesleyan has been recognized by the national Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for this honor, and the university is the division’s first two-time winner in the award’s 11-year history. In 2021, the university won the grand prize for its work with Golisano Children's Hospital, and placed third in 2023 for its inaugural meal-packing event for Rise Against Hunger.
“I am continually amazed by the compassion and community-oriented spirit of our student-athletes,” Roberts Wesleyan University Executive Director of Athletics Bob Segave said. “Their steadfast support of the Ugandan Water Project last year is already making an impact with the development of new rainwater collection systems, water filtration stations and handwashing stations at three schools in Uganda.
| Initiative | Impact |
|---|---|
| Building Water Pump Reset Kits | Nearly 300 kits created |
| 5K Participation | Volunteers and participants raised funds |
| WaterNOW Social Media Event | Surpassed $10,000 fundraising goal |
| New Water Systems | Rainwater collection, filtration, and handwashing stations at three schools |
Transparency and Data Collection with mWater
The interactive map above allows you to see every major water project we’ve installed. We value transparency & we’re proud of our work, so we enjoy sharing it with you! Our partner, mWater, makes this easy. mWater allows data to be collected, viewed, analyzed, and shared in real time across 157 countries where it’s used. This gives you & and our partners instant access to data collected from the projects you sponsor, including GPS information, photos, survey information, and more. Our in-house mWater expert can set your nonprofit with custom reports beyond your donors’ wildest dreams.
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