10th Annual Summer Smith 5k Addiction Awareness Memorial Run

The Summer Smith 5k Addiction Awareness Memorial Run begins at Guilderland High School in Guilderland Center, New York. The 5k starts at 10 am, following a 9 am Memory Ceremony. This tenth annual event features a 5k memorial run and a kids fun run, welcoming runners, walkers, children in strollers, and dogs. The race remembers Summer Smith, a mother of three who passed away after a 12-year struggle with addiction. Her mother, Kristin, established the event in Summer's memory. The core message is “Run the Race...Stop the Stigma!” The event's focus is not the course, but its purpose: families, friends, and community members convene before the run to remember those affected by addiction and to encourage open discussion about the subject.