Event Information

2024 Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma - Detroit Stampede and Carnival

When: June 15, 2024
Where: Troy High School, 4777 Northfield Pkwy, Troy, MI
Registration Time: 7:00 a.m.
End Time: 1:00 p.m.

Please join us for the 2024 Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma - Detroit Stampede and Carnival!

We encourage you to join the National Scleroderma Foundation, Upper Great Lakes Chapter 2024 Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma - Detroit Stampede and Carnival!

Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma is a fantastic way to improve awareness while raising funds as you enjoy time with old friends and new ones. Together we can help support individuals impacted by scleroderma and ultimately find a cure! We are excited to offer a new location, new format, and lots of family fun! What better way to spend time after the walk than at the carnival! Features of this year's event: 5K run, walking on the Troy High School track, over 20 carnival games for the whole family, our old friends Rory and Paws, group photo booth, concession stand open for great food, and fellowship with the scleroderma community.

The National Scleroderma Foundation’s Upper Great Lakes Chapter’s Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma walk and carnival is in a brand-new location for 2024. We are excited to partner with Troy High School and be able to use their outstanding facilities to bring a new and exciting chapter to our walk. Sign up as a runner, walker, form or join a team, or become a sponsor. This will help promote our event to reach and exceed our $100,000 fundraising goal! When you register for the 2024 event, your $35 registration supports the National Scleroderma Foundation’s three-fold mission to provide educational and emotional support to people with scleroderma and their families; to stimulate and support research designed to identify the cause and cure of scleroderma as well as improving methods of treatment; and, to enhance the public's awareness of this disease. Make sure to create your personal fundraising page and encourage your network of friends and family to help you reach your goal. We thank you for being part of this incredible community; generous donors and participants like you help the Foundation succeed! 

Start by signing up, then grow your team by: 

1. Invite your friends and family to join your team and register for the walk. 

2. Setting a fundraising goal for you and/or your team members. Remember, every dollar is a significant contribution. 

3. When fundraising, take photos and share them with the Upper Great Lakes Chapter. We will post them on our social media platforms. 

**We’re challenging every individual to raise a minimum of $250. Did you know our top team leaders raise an average of $2,000 every year? If every team registered raised $2,000 (or more), we would easily exceed our fundraising goal of $100,000. 

Thank you for your continued support and helping us get one step closer to finding a cure. Donations will be accepted through July 15, 2024.

Schedule of Events
7:00 a.m. – 5K Check-in and Same-day Registration areas open
8:00 a.m. – 5K Begins
8:30 a.m. – Walk Check-in and Same-day Registration areas open
9:00 a.m. – Main Stage Opens
9:15 a.m. – 5K Course Closes
NOTE: T-shirts stop being issued at 9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m. - Walk begins. Rory and Paws Joins Us!
10:15 a.m. – 5K Award Ceremony Begins
11:00 a.m. – Walk is Over, Finish line closes. Carnival Begins!
11:30 a.m. – Concession Stand Opens for Lunch
12:30 p.m. – Prize/Basket Drawing
1:00 p.m. – Carnival/Event Concludes

Download the printable Waiver and Release

Thank You Sponsors

Champion Sponsors

Janssen Pharmaceuticals
Merck

Partner Sponsors

Boehringer Ingelheim
     
Amgen
 
Boehringer Ingelheim