Kicks for CU Kids

Kicks for CU Kids is an Illinois-based not-for-profit program that provides youth from the greater Champaign-Urbana area with an essential tool to pursue a life of health and fitness. The goal of the organization is to provide professionally-fitted running shoes and running socks to local youth runners who participate through organized running programs in races associated with the Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend, held annually in April. Kicks for CU Kids was created to address a gap in opportunity that exists for some youngsters in the Champaign-Urbana area who are underrepresented in the Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend, which is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.