Champions of Hope
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Event overview
The Southeast Health Foundation will hold the 17th annual Champions of Hope on October 18, 2025 at The Plant in downtown Dothan, Alabama. The event brings together cancer survivors, current patients, caregivers, physicians, and community supporters. The celebration is open to anyone whose life has been touched by cancer. The event lists 166 participants.
Distances and formats:
- Molly's Mile - non-competitive walk
- 5K - chip-timed
- 10K - chip-timed
Program and fundraising
Event features include commemorative event t-shirts, finisher medals for all participants, roving entertainment, family activities, local vendors, inspiring speakers, and a survivor tent. Proceeds support local cancer services, programs, and patient support. Since 2008 the event has raised more than one million dollars. The 2025 funding project will help purchase a blood irradiator for the Southeast Health Medical Center blood bank to protect immune compromised cancer patients and premature babies from transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease, allowing those patients to receive care in Dothan. The event theme for 2025 is "Your Fight is Our Fight!" Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.