Visit http://www.gardnerkansas.gov/celebration/ to learn more about Celebration Park!

 The 5K event is at Celebration Park and the Start/Finish line will be near the main shelters by the play park.  

 In the event of questionable weather, please check the website's front page for information.  We will run in the rain if conditions are not dangerous. There will be no rain date or rescheduling of this event.  No refunds can be given in the event of a cancellation. 

 If you need to transfer your registration to someone else's name, you need to do so by April 30th, 2010.  We are sorry, but we will not be able to transfer registrations after this date.  

 The course is not flat.  There's one good hill, but the course outline is very simple.  We will have plenty of refreshments ready for you when you cross that finish line!

 Yes! We will have overall awards for the top three finishers, plus division awards for the top finisher. Second and third place finishers in each division will be announced at the awards ceremony.   The divisions are as follows:12-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70+.  Awards will be given to both male and female winners.

Everybody wins with Bases for Brent!  The first 500 finishers (regardless of age) will receive a commerative Brent Bays Foundation awareness bracelet. Very cool!

 All proceeds from all fund rasiers will be given away to area families who have some kind of financial battle with cancer.  Potential recipients are encouraged to apply to receive money, and the board members of the Brent Bays Foundation will decide on how much of the money goes to each recipient.  For the 2009-2010 (inaugural)  year, the Brent Bays family will receive a greater percentage of the money raised than anybody else.

Learn more by visiting our Mission Page.

 The 5K event is the Brent Bays Foundation's signature fund raiser. We are looking forward to the next one!

The Foundation blossomed from a series of conversations that happened while a few folks were reading Mark Batterson's book, Wild Goose Chase.

The Bays family has such a large network with personal connections, and we knew that we would have the support of a core group of individuals to pull of a 5K event in 2010.  

The original goal was simply to host a 5K event in order to raise money for the Bays family, as handful of people (who later became the Brent Bays Foundation board members), wanted to do something to show Brent and his family Christian love and support.

After our first meeting, what started out as a fairly simple fund raiser developed into an organization with a greater purpose. We all discovered in ourselves a strong desire to branch out and help multiple families who have been financially impacted by cancer in some way. We decided to dream big, and we now are an organization striving to be a blessing to multiple families in and around our community.

The Brent Bays Foundation was officially established in October of 2009.  We submitted the paperwork and applications required to become a non-profit organization under the proper codes of the IRS, and began holding meetings monthly.  Past meeting agendas and meeting minutes are available upon your request.

The Brent Bays Foundation, Inc. is a federally recognized non-profit organization under the 501(c)3 code of the IRS.  We received the IRS's letter of acceptance on  April 10, 2010 stating that our foundation is recognized as a non-profit, retroactive to October 30, 2009.

This organization would love to work year round in meeting its purpose.  We are open to suggestions and ideas of other big, exciting ways to raise money for our cause, but are also thrilled with the 5K event as our primary fundraiser.

The Brent Bays Foundation is ready, excited about, and proud to support multiple families in the Gardner and surrounding areas.

During an early board meeting, a process was created and voted on that will allow us to find other famillies in the area who are financially battling cancer.  We are giving all our proceeds away - in 2010, the majority of the funds raised will go directly to the Bays family, but at least one other family in the surrounding area will also receive money from the Brent Bays Foundation after the May 5K event.

If you or anybody you know is currently fighting a battle with cancer, whether physically or now just financially, please spread the word about our organization!  Below is the form we ask applicants to fill out in order to get a monetary award.  

 Apply for a monetary award!  

You can start by praying for us!  The Brent Bays Foundation's board of directors are Christian volunteers, and would love to know that you are praying for them. Send an email today - info@bbfcancer.org

And then, you can visit our Volunteers Page and sign up!

If you wouldn't mind, we'd also love for you to help us get the word out!  Encourage your family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers to participate in the 5K event.... or any of our fundraisers!

Direct folks to our website and our facebook page.  Let your place of business know that we'd love to have them visit our sponsors page!

Come to our next planning meeting.  

The opportunities to get involved seem endless!  Email us at info@bbfcancer.org if you want to know where we think you should plug in!