Mile in My Shoes

Our Mission
We run together to transform ourselves, one another, and our community.

How does MiMS work? Our teams bring together Resident Members - individuals living in shelters, reentry centers, and recovery programs - and volunteer Run Mentors to run alongside each other 2-3 times per week, training for everything from 5Ks to marathons. Together, they build physical and mental health, set goals, find common ground, and discover the power of supporting one another—one mile at a time. 

No One Runs Alone.  When you give to Mile in My Shoes, you're not just supporting a running program. You're helping someone take their first mile, reach a new finish line, find community, and discover what's possible when no one runs alone. This year so far:

• 176  people complete their first mile with MiMS 

• 89 Members complete 10 runs

• 50 Members achieve alumni status

• Over 369 people traditionally excluded from running complete the Run More, Judge Less 5k/10M race by giving them free race entries

 

Will you help us reach our goal of $60K for Give to the Max Day? Your support will help us sustain and strengthen our existing teams while we explore new partnerships to bring Mile in My Shoes to more people who have been excluded from traditional running spaces.

Sponsor a Member for 2027. Your gift can help sponsor a Mile in My Shoes Member for the 2027 season, providing the training, gear, race opportunities, community, and support that make our program possible.

When you give to MiMS, you're not just supporting a running program. You're helping someone take their first mile, reach a new finish line, find community, and discover what's possible when no one runs alone. You're helping us get a strong start to our 2027 goals: Welcome even more new Members to the circle, help more of those Members become Alumni, give away more race entries to communities underrepresented in the running space, and and create the structure that allows our teams to run. 

About Mile in My Shoes
Our Mission: Running together to transform ourselves, one another, and our community. 

Mile in My Shoes brings people from diverse backgrounds together through the power of running. Our teams of Resident Members (people staying in shelters, reentry centers, and recovery programs) and volunteer Run Mentors have run thousands of miles side by side, completing races from one mile to a full marathon(!) in pursuit of our vision: to connect communities to heal past wounds, break generational cycles, disrupt oppressive systems, and contribute to a more caring, just, and equitable world.