{"id":772,"date":"2014-09-15T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/?p=772"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:42:54","slug":"runways-with-a-cause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/runways-with-a-cause\/","title":{"rendered":"Runways With a Cause"},"content":{"rendered":"

Runways aren’t just for taking off and landing anymore, sometimes they have a greater purpose. Halifax Stanfield International Airport recently opened its runway in support of the Lung Association of Nova Scotia<\/a><\/span>. This run is dedicated to bringing awareness to the\u00a0lung health of Nova Scotians through research, education, patient services and advocacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you weren\u2019t able to attend this year\u2019s Runway 5k Run at Halifax Stanfield International airport, no worries, you can still show your support by donating to the Lung Association of Nova Scotia by visiting Donate Now<\/a><\/span>!!\u00a0Your donation will help support awareness, research and patient support within Nova Scotia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking to participate in your very own Runway Run? You can join in the support of many other great charities all over North America at most major airports throughout the year. Visit your local airport\u2019s website to see if they offer an annual runway run, or check out our list of airports below for your chance to\u00a0get involved!<\/span><\/p>\n

Runways With a Cause<\/span><\/h1>\n

Toronto Pearson International Airport: Runway Run \u2013 June event. <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Supports various causes like Playing for Keeps (P4K), Toronto Community Foundation, Teen Run Group Therapy Program and Arts for Children and Youth (AFCY).<\/span><\/p>\n

Chicago O\u2019Hare International Airport: 5K on the Runway – October event. <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Supports the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “honor and empower wounded warriors” of the United States Armed Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

JFK International Airport: Runway Run \u2013 April event. <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Supports the JFK Rotary Club, which supports terminally ill children from countries with limited medical and technological services, scholarships, life-saving heart operations and other great causes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pensacola International Airport: Runway Run 5k \u2013 December event.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Supports the USO, an organization that provides a tangible way to say thank you to American troops.<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Straubel International Airport: Prevea 5K GRB Run\/Walk \u2013 September Event.<\/span> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Supports the Wounded Warrior Project, which supports a full range of programs and services for this generation of injured veterans and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scottsdale Arizona Airport: Run the Runway \u2013 April Event. <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Supports Playworks Arizona, the only nonprofit organization in the country to send trained, full-time coaches to low-income, urban schools, where they transform recess and play into a positive experience that helps kids and teachers get the most out of every learning opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport: Annual Runway 5K Run\/Walk \u2013 October event. <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Supports LIFESPAN\u2019s LIFEWORKS program, which helps benefit children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities year round.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have you ever participated in a runway run? Share your stories and pictures below.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Runways aren’t just for taking off and landing anymore, sometimes they have a greater purpose. Halifax Stanfield International Airport recently opened its runway in support of the Lung Association of Nova Scotia. This run is dedicated to bringing awareness to the\u00a0lung health of Nova Scotians through research, education, patient services and advocacy.   If you […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airports"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1282,"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/1282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airportlifestyle.com\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}