Part race. Part Halloween party. All for the kids! 

Join us on October 25 for some frightfully good family fun benefiting the boys and ghouls at Phoenix Children's!

Now through June 30, our presenting sponsor AutoNation is covering registration fees AND matching self-donations of $25 or more. Sign up and make your self-donation before this scary good offer disappears! Then get ready to put on your costume, lace up your shoes, and run, walk or jog to support Phoenix Children's patients and their families.

Choose your fundraising area

When you register for the Spooktacular Sprint & 5K, you can select the area of care you want to fundraise for. Not sure what to pick? Choose the Hope Fund—it provides support to over 170 donation-funded programs and services at Phoenix Children’s.

Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI)

BNI at Phoenix Children’s is one of the largest pediatric neuroscience centers in the country, serving thousands of patients from Arizona and beyond each year. Your support helps improve the health and quality of life of children with neurological conditions such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy and traumatic brain injury.

Behavioral and Mental Health

As the demand grows for pediatric behavioral and mental health care, Phoenix Children’s is taking bold steps to address the need. By fundraising for these initiatives, you’re making it possible for Arizona children to get the same kind of high-quality care for behavioral and mental health as for physical health.

Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (CCBD)

As Arizona’s largest pediatric cancer program, CCBD treats thousands of children each year. Your support helps CCBD provide world-class patient care, offer state-of-the-art therapies, and conduct research that leads to lifesaving breakthroughs, getting us closer to the day when no family ever loses a child to cancer.

Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Care

Over 200 children are born in Arizona each year with a cleft or craniofacial condition. When you fundraise for the Center for Cleft and Craniofacial Care, you help these children receive expert care that is sensitive to their physical, emotional and psychological needs.

Center for Fetal and Neonatal Care

The Center for Fetal and Neonatal Care offers multidisciplinary care for expectant mothers who face complicated pregnancies and newborns who have complex conditions. Your contribution helps these tiny patients get the care they need to grow and thrive.

Center for Heart Care

One of the largest pediatric cardiac programs in the country, the Center for Heart Care offers state-of-the-art cardiac care for infants, children and young adults. Your support helps patients with congenital heart defects and other heart conditions grow up to live long, healthy lives.

Center for Trauma Care

Phoenix Children’s is home to Arizona’s only Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, providing the highest level of care for children with traumatic injuries. By fundraising for the Center for Trauma Care, you’re helping critically injured children get lifesaving care.

Child Life

Illness, hospitalization and medical treatments are uniquely stressful for children. Your support of the Child Life program makes it possible for Child Life specialists to use education and play to help patients and their families cope with the fear, anxiety and stress of a serious illness or injury.

Gastroenterology & GI Surgery

Gastrointestinal problems can be especially challenging for children and teens. Your support for the Division of Gastroenterology & GI Surgery helps patients with gastrointestinal conditions experience the best health possible and live life to the fullest.

Herbert J. Louis Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

The orthopedics team provides specialized care for the unique needs of pediatric patients, whose bones, joints and muscles develop at a fast pace. By supporting the Herbert J. Louis Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, you are helping improve the health and quality of life of children with musculoskeletal injuries or conditions.

Nursing

Nurses are at the heart of the world-class care Phoenix Children’s provides to Arizona children and families. With your support, Phoenix Children’s can recruit, retain and recognize the state’s best pediatric nurses.

Palliative Care and Bereavement

When a child has a life-limiting or life-threatening diagnosis, the Palliative Care and Bereavement team steps in to provide compassionate care, education and advocacy to maximize quality of life. When you fundraise for Palliative Care and Bereavement, you help these children and their families make the most of every day.

Patient and Family Assistance Fund

The Patient and Family Assistance Fund helps provide emergency relief for families experiencing financial hardship. Your support helps cover expenses such as food, lodging, transportation, housing and utilities, allowing families to focus on their top priority—their children.

Spiritual Care

Phoenix Children’s Spiritual Care team is here for any patient or family in need of spiritual support. Your contribution helps ensure that board-certified interfaith chaplains are available to serve families of all faith traditions.

Therapeutic Arts

For children dealing with serious illness or injury, art and music are natural forms of expression that provide an outlet for communication when words are inadequate. By fundraising for the Therapeutic Arts Program, you’re helping patients benefit from the healing power of the arts.

Volunteer Services

Whether pitching in at events, helping families navigate the hospital, or spending time with patients at the bedside, volunteers are essential to Phoenix Children’s. By fundraising for Volunteer Services, you’re empowering community members to make a difference for sick and injured children and their families.

Hope Fund

Gifts to the Hope Fund are used wherever they’re most urgently needed, whether that’s to purchase new equipment and technology, fuel research and clinical trials, launch innovative programs, or provide family-centered services. Your contribution to the Hope Fund is guaranteed to go where support is needed most.


Your support in action

Check out our 2024 Phoenix Children's 5K & Kids Dash

In 2024, about 1,400 participants ran and FUNdraised, raising over $350,000 for kids facing the hurdles of their lives.

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