Thousands Celebrate Life at the 26th Annual Donor Dash

On Sunday, July 20th, 2025, in Denver’s Washington Park, nearly 5,000 people gathered to celebrate life at the 26th Annual Donor Dash 5k! The Donor Dash is a 5K run/walk that honors the lives of organ, eye and tissue donors, celebrates the lives of recipients, and recognizes those who continue to wait for a lifesaving and healing transplant.

The event included familiar favorites, like the Diaper Dash. It also offered meaningful ways to honor heroic donors. We celebrated those who gave the gift of life with tributes such as the Donate Life Memorial Garden and Wall of Honor.

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A Day to Honor, Celebrate, and Recognize

Participants sent in photos of loved ones and special moments from past Donor Dashes for the annual Dashboard. The images rotated on two large screens beside the stage throughout the morning.

At the end of the program, participants gathered in the expo area to honor those impacted by organ, eye and tissue donation. The Ribbon Ceremony was held a bit differently this year; those attending watched a video featuring voices in the community, including living donor Sherri Somerville; recipient Doug French; supporter and tissue recipient Amy Connell; former waitlist candidate Christi Krenke; and Gaby Landeros, the sister of a donor. After the video, each of them wav Donor Dash 2025

ed their flag onstage, while the crowd raised ribbons, each representing a personal connection to donation.

As always, we want to extend a big thank you to all of the participants, sponsors, volunteers and organizations who helped make the 26th annual Donor Dash a huge success! Watch the 26th Annual Donor Dash recap video below.

If you couldn’t make it out to the event this year, no worries! You can show your support any time year-round by saying ‘Yes’ to organ, eye and tissue donation at DonateLifeColorado.org or DonateLifeWyoming.org. If you’ve already said Yes, we encourage you to share your decision with your family.

Be sure to save the date for the 27th Annual Donor Dash on Sunday, July 19th, 2026

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