Team CHD-Illinois Annual Heart Walk
Sunday, May 18 • 10:30am • Rain or Shine
Be a Heart Warrior & Walk with Us!
- Join us to run with heart at the Promenade Bolingbrook!
- Nearly 40,000 infants in the U.S. are born with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) every year.
- CHD is the most common birth defect and the leading cause of infant death due to birth defects.
- Team CHD-IL is run 100% by volunteer leaders that are heart parents, patients, and family members.
- All proceeds from this walk will help local families.
- REGISTRATION:
- Registration is $25.
- FREE walk/run for children under 16 years of age.
- Price increases after May 17 at 11:59pm CDT.
- You can purchase a Team CHD IL walk t-shirt for $20.
- WALK DETAILS:
- Strollers, wagons & motorized scooters are welcomed.
- Dogs are welcomed to join the walk (don’t forget your pet waste bags please).
- Personalized heart warrior lawn signs available for purchase at time of online registration (shirt pick-up at event registration table via Team Captain, and lawn signs will be displayed at event to be taken home at the end of the day).
- This is a walking event only.
- Course is approximately 1 mile.
- PARKING:
- The back lot near Mongolian BBQ and Bass Pro Shop.
- FUN STUFF:
- All are invited to join before the walk for festivities including: pictures, face painting, balloon making, crafts, and more!
- EVENT SCHEDULE:
- 9:00am – Registration/Donation tent open (day-of registrants & Team Captain check-in)
- 10:00am – Acknowledgements & Bereaved Hearts Remembrance
- 10:30am – Walk Kickoff
- The TOP FUNDRAISING TEAM will receive VIP Tent the day of the walk with refreshments!
- VIRTUAL EVENT:
- If you cannot join us in person, please sign up for our virtual event and walk at your convenience.
- Show us your photos & videos from your walk!
- TAG US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
- Tag us on Facebook and Instagram and use hashtag #TeamCHDWalk2025
- WANT TO BE A SPONSOR?
- Would you like to sponsor our event? Contact us via email at teamchdillinois@gmail.com
- Read more about the event and sign up here>>
- ABOUT TEAM CHD-ILLINOIS:
- Team CHD-Illinois is a non-profit with a mission to uplift and comfort patients and their families during their CHD journey.
- We are accomplishing this through collaboration with patients, parents, providers, and partner organizations to improve quality and outcomes through CHD education, support, research, and awareness.
- We are unique in our approach – encompassing the lifespan, encouraging transparency, and meeting families where they are.
- Our volunteer team has supported local heart families in Illinois since 2011, through comfort care bags/kits, bereavement boxes, support meetings, family fun events, and so much more.
