For Margee Forgosh, designing a T-shirt for the Women’s 5K Classic is much more than a creative project—it’s personal. A freelance graphic designer who has called the Lehigh Valley home for the past 40 years, Margee’s connection to the Classic began in 1999, when she...

Grant Partner Spotlight: Bradbury-Sullivan LGBTQ+ Community Center At the Women's 5K Classic, every registration, sponsorship, and donation represents something much bigger than race day. For 34 years, our mission has remained steadfast: to promote fitness among women...

For almost two decades, the Women’s 5K Classic and Girls on the Run Lehigh Valley & Pocono (GOTRLVP) have shared more than a partnership — they have shared a mission. Together, they have worked to ensure that every girl has the opportunity to discover her...

For more than three decades, the Women’s 5K Classic has been about more than a race—it’s been about community, compassion, and meaningful impact. As an all-volunteer organization, the Women’s 5K Classic has proudly allocated over $4.5 million to programs that uplift...

At the heart of the Women’s 5K Classic is a simple but powerful belief: when women have access to preventative care, entire communities are stronger. Recently, members of our Grant Committee had the opportunity to see that impact firsthand during a visit to Valley...

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND PARTICIPANTS Thousands of Lehigh Valley relatives, neighbors, friends, and co-workers have benefited from grants provided by the Women’s 5K Classic. Since 1993, more than $4.5 million has been distributed to nonprofit...

Written by Ingrid Gerber An update from Dr. Suresh Nair, Physician in Chief, Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute, on research advances for women with advanced ovarian cancer  Since the launch of the MSK Alliance in 2016 and with the unwavering support of W5K, our...

  THANKS TO YOU – SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS Thousands of Lehigh Valley relatives, neighbors, friends and co-workers have benefitted from grants provided by the Women’s 5K Classic. Since 1993 over $4.2 million has been distributed to non-profit cancer...

Women’s 5K Classic Proceeds to benefit the fight against Breast and Gynecologic Cancers THANKS TO YOU – SPONSORS, VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS Thousands of Lehigh Valley relatives, neighbors, friends, and co-workers have benefitted from grants provided by the Women’s...

THANKS TO YOU -   SPONSORS, PARTICIPANTS and VOLUNTEERS the Women’s 5K Classic has distributed over $4,000,000 in the Greater Lehigh Valley since 1993.   Thousands of relatives, neighbors, friends, co-workers have benefitted from these grants.  In 2022, the W5K...