The 2017 Run for Freedom 5K, 10K and Poker Walk, will be held on:

Saturday, September 23, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg.

This USATF certified event offers professional timing services, medals for runners in 12 different age categories, cash prizes for overall winners, great door prizes and refreshments.

The courses begin and end at the Home. Families, along with their children, are invited to participate in the 5K, 10K or 1.3 mile Poker Walk.

Volunteers help the Home’s Veterans participate in the walk by pushing wheelchairs. More than 60 Veterans participated in the walk in 2016.

Registration must be completed by midnight Sept. 12 in order to guarantee a T-shirt. All online registration ends at midnight Sept. 19. Day-of registration is welcome at the event; however no shirt is provided.

Pre-registered entrants may pick up race and poker walk bags the day before the event at the Home's reception desk, or on Event Day in the Chapel.

The first 50 entrants will automatically be entered into a drawing to win $100 cash.

Registration tables open on Event Day at 8 a.m. The race begins at 9 a.m.