1LT Robert F. Welch III Charity-501C3

05/30/2026

Come out and support the 1LT Robert F Welch III Charity at today's Bluegrass Festival in Wylie! We will be set up from 10-7pm! Kids can purchase a bracelet for a $5 donation to the Charity and jump and play all day long! 🇺🇸 Help us further our mission and cause to support our military veterans and first responders!

05/18/2026

The sports photo for Wylie East High School was out on race day on her own time taking pictures of runners and is sharing them for free they are available for download. The icon is small to download. Thank you Kim Higgotham for sharing and supporting!

SGP Game Photography • All Wylie East High School Sports • Only Action Photography •

05/01/2026

The 15th annual Run for our Heroes was a blessed and successful day for sure! The weather turned out to be beautiful, and we were all able to gather today to further our mission and cause! We loved seeing everyone come out to honor our military veterans and first responders! Thank you to everyone who had a hand in making this event great! Remember to pray for our troops, fire and police..... and remember our fallen always. Gone but NEVER Forgotten. 🇺🇸 ❤️

More pics to come soon but here are a few we snagged! Mark your calendars for next year's event....April 24, 2027!

04/26/2026

Results for the 15th annual 1LT Robert F Welch III Run for our Heroes can be found here:

The Run for our Heroes 5K is on Saturday April 25, 2026.

04/25/2026

Have you checked out our silent auction? Come out to the park and see all the items live and in-person! If you can’t make it out to the park today, you can check out all of the items using the link below! You can start bidding now!

1LT Robert F. Welch III Run For Our HeroesAll proceeds from our Silent Auction will go to support the efforts of the 1LT Robert F. Welch III Charity in our mission to Honor, Celebrate, and Support our military and first responders through community outreach while preserving the memory of our fallen....

04/25/2026

04/24/2026

** ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED BUT YOU CAN REGISTER IN PERSON

We will be at olde city park from 4 to 630 pm tonight and back at 7am tomorrow for bib/shirt pickup and in person registration

04/24/2026

We are all set up and ready to go for race bib and shirt pick up! We will be under the park pavilion from 8:30-10am and again from 4-6:30pm!

04/23/2026

We will have some great Live Music out at our Run For Our Heroes Event on Saturday April 25th!

10-1130AM ** Fools Gold
12-1PM ** Jesse Watts
1:15 PM ** The Texas Jazz Express - Special Live Performance honoring our Armed Forces and commemorating America's 250th Birthday!!

04/22/2026

We are 3 days out from race day!!! There's still time to register for the 5k or 1 mile at the link below!!

Bib/shirt pickup times are : FRIDAY from 8:30am - 10am and 4pm - 6pm and SATURDAY at 7am at Olde City Park

OPENING CEREMONIES: are at 8:30 am RUN at 9am

VENDOR FAIR: 8am - 2pm

LIVE MUSIC: 10am - 2pm ( Fools Gold, Jesse Watts, and Texas Jazz Express )

There is fun for all ages we hope to see you all out there for another great event!!!!!!

Our Mission is to support our local fire, police, and military. All Proceeds from the sales from this store go to make this community better.