Choose a team and help Us Reach the finish Line

It all started in 2015, when we held our first 5K fundraiser at our annual in-person board retreat. We were excited to try a new fundraising event while engaging in a bit of healthy competition; little did we know that it would turn into our second-biggest annual fundraiser down the road!

In 2025, we continue our tradition with some new runners joining our team! A group of us will be running together at the board retreat in the Hudson Valley, while the rest of our group will run in various parts of the country, and world! Our fundraising goal this year is $9000 - enough to support 10 students in their high school and college careers.

For this year’s Run for Change 5K, let’s celebrate the Ngäbe people that we work with, and use our privilege to lift up indigenous students as they continue to fight injustices and inequities in their communities.

For our 11th year, can we raise $9,000?!

As they say in Panama, “¡Dale pues!” // “Lets do it!” Pick your Run for Change team to support, below!

Run for Change 2025 Teams

Team Gertrudis

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Tara is running for Gertrudis

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Team eduar

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Morgan is running for Eduar

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Team zeidy

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Brooks is running for Zeidy who is entering her fourth year of university. Zeidy is studying business administration with a focus on marketing at the Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí in David, Panama. Brooks and Zeidy met at the 2020 scholarship ceremony, where she talked about how much she had enjoyed her mathematics class the previous year and how she would love to meet Harry Potter someday. Donate to team Zeidy to help her keep excelling in her senior year!

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Team dominga

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Abby is running for Dominga!

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Team José mAnuel

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Tim is running for José Manuel

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Team Floristel

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Amy is running for Floristel, who has been a Few for Change scholar for 6 years. While she has always been confident and capable, we've enjoyed looking on as she's grown up, a highlight being when she gave an impromptu speech to motivate her fellow students at the 2024 scholarship ceremony. Now, Floristel is in her third year of a Pharmaceutical Sciences program at the Universidad Latina de Panama, taking challenging classes like biochemistry and microbiology. In her university scholarship application, Floristel shared how she wants to improve society and quality of life in the Comarca by improving individual health through training and education, and by serving as a positive example for other youth. Floristel recently thanked FFC for our support throughout her educational career in this video! We are excited to cheer her on as she approaches the finish line of obtaining her degree. Let's go Team Floristel!

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Team yolesni

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Katie is running for Yolesni, who graduated from the Superior Pedagogical Institute of Juan Demóstenes Arosemena in Santiago in December of 2024. She is now qualified to teach primary school (grades 1-6) at any school in Panama! Yolesni chose to continue studying and is currently in a profesorado program that will qualify her to teach at the secondary school level (grades 7-12) in Panama. Yolesni has talked about wanting to be a teacher since her original Few for Change application in 2005, with a goal of improving the quality of education within the Comarca and to helping to eliminate illiteracy. We are excited to see her progress towards her goal! Donate to Team Yolesni to support a future educator!

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