ICF 2026 GLOBAL "IN THEIR SHOES 5K" Run/Walk to Benefit Orphans & Vulnerable Children

Join us August 29 at 8 AM for our 14th annual 5K run/walk to benefit Iraqi orphans and vulnerable children! Participate in-person at beautiful Burke Lake Park in Fairfax, VA or join us virtually from ANYWHERE in the world.  Come for the run/walk.  Stay for the after-party with snacks, music, and other activities.  Check-in starts at 8am.  No race day registrations.  

Together, we can do more than we can alone!  Organize your own 5K team or start a fundraiser for Iraqi children.  Awards go to the largest 5K team and the biggest fundraiser.  The run/walk is on, rain or shine unless there is dangerous weather.  No refunds.

The Iraqi Children Foundation (ICF) intervenes in the lives of Iraqi kids who are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and recruitment by criminals, traffickers, and extremists. Across Iraq - from Baghdad to Mosul and Fallujah - ICF provides loving care to orphans and vulnerable children through education, legal protection, nutrition, rescue from the streets and child labor, medical and disability care, and fun!  ICF is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian US based, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charity (26-1394773). Learn more about us here.

The ICF Team are pleased to announce the following Honorary Co-Chairs for our 2026 "In Their Shoes" 5K: 

• General David Petraeus: Retired US Army General, Former CIA Director

• Ambassador Al-Khirullah: Iraq Ambassador to the US

• Ambassador Stuart Jones: Former US Ambassador to Iraq, President of the Middle East Institute

• Ambassador Douglas Silliman: Former US Ambassador to Iraq, President of the Arab Gulf States Institute

• Ian McDuffie: Senior Manager - Amazon Global Military Affairs

• Sura Khudairi: Managing Director - Al Nadir Trading Co. First Iraqi World Major Marathon Finisher

• Zenovia Jafar: Miss Arab USA 2024, ICF Global Ambassador

• Andy Shallal: Artist and Founder & CEO of Busboys and Poets

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