Help Keep Wangaratta Running

On any given morning in Wangaratta, you'll find us out on the track and the trails — fast and slow, teenagers and retirees, seasoned marathoners alongside people lacing up for the first time in years. We're Wangaratta Runners, a volunteer-run club built on a simple idea: that running is better together, and that a town is healthier and stronger when its people are connected.

What began as a group meeting up for a run has grown into something we're proud of. Under the guidance of our head coach, Josie, our membership has grown, our training has flourished, and — most tellingly of all — our members have begun organising their own runs and get-togethers. When a community starts looking after itself, you know something is working.

But keeping a club like ours going takes more than goodwill and good shoes. Like many community clubs, we face substantial (for us) operating costs, and we're asking for your help to meet them and to keep growing.

Your support will help us:

• Stay on the track. Access to the Appin Park athletics facilities, including the lighting that lets us train safely through the dark winter months, now comes at a real and ongoing cost. Your donation helps keep us out there, training and racing.
• Make running for everyone. We want every person in Wangaratta to feel they belong here — whatever their age, ability, background or budget. Funding helps us lower the barriers of cost and confidence that keep too many people on the sidelines, so we can welcome those who are too often left out.
• Build a home of our own. One day we'd love club rooms to call home: a place to gather, store gear, and anchor the club for the next generation of Wangaratta runners.

Because we fundraise through the Australian Sports Foundation, every donation of $2 or more is tax-deductible, and every dollar goes directly towards keeping our club accessible, affordable and open to all.

Help us keep Wangaratta running. We'd love to have you with us — out on the track, or right behind us.