Fun Run

The 23rd Annual Fun Run for Charities is now accepting applications to participate in this FUN fundraising event!

The Annual Fun Run for Charities in Red Lodge is a Labor Day Weekend fundraising event for charitable organizations in Carbon County. In 2025, the 22nd Annual Fun Run raised a record $470,566 for 63 Carbon County charities! Thanks to our generous event sponsors, each chairity recieves %100 of the donations raised through the Fun Run.

For Participating Charities: Please review and refer to the Procedure Document when questions about being a participating charity arise. Milestone dates for charities can be found on the first page of this document.

Contact the Fun Run Race Coordinator, Laura McHugh, for further questions:

laura@rlacf.org or (406) 446-2820.

Procedures Document

Policy Document

Application to be a participating charity

Event Details

LOCATION: Historic Downtown Red Lodge, Lions Park – course maps and gpx files below

EVENT DATE: Labor Day Weekend, Saturday, September 5th, 2026

EVENTS: 2-mile walk, 5k, 10k

TIME: The race starts at 9:00 a.m. (“Day of” registration is 7-8:30 a.m.)

COST: Registration is free until the day of the event. Registration is $20.00 per person the day of the race. Kids under 6 always run free.

WHO: All ages are invited to participate, and dogs on 6-foot leashes are welcome.

PRIZES: Prizes are given out to the top winners in each age and gender category. The 5K and 10K races are timed and qualify for prizes. We will have prizes for “Best Individual Costume,” “Best Group Costume,” and “Best Dog Costume.”

ACTIVITIES: The Lions Club will be grilling up free burgers for all. There will be face-painting, pony rides, exciting Charity booths, and lots more to discover at Lions Park.

Find the full charity booth map here

T-SHIRT AND MERCHANDISE PICKUP: Pickup dates will be two days prior to the Labor Day Weekend Event: September 4th and 5th, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Red Lodge Area Community Foundation, located at 122 S Hauser Ave. Red Lodge, MT. Shirts will also be available for pickup the morning of the race, September 5th, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in Lions Park.

CONTACT: funrun@rlacf.org

PHONE: 406-446-2820

Registration to participate is closed until June 1 2026.

Donations for 2026 will open June 1st