Registration is now open for the 2025 Rotary Club of Westerville Independence Day 5k!

Our honorees this year are First Responders, Active Duty Military and all Veterans.

Early-bird pricing

Early-bird pricing now in effect is $30 per registrant for general public and $25 for First Responders, Active Military and Veterans, through June 1, 2025

On June 2, the price increases $5, to $35 for general public and $30 for First Responders/Active Military/Veterans.

Family discount

Families can take advantage of our multiple-person registration discount as well: Registrations of three people or more get a $5 discount on each registration – whether before or after the Early Bird pricing ends.

All 5K participants receive a Rotary Club of Westerville Independence Day T-shirt and finisher medal.

Kids Fun Run

Again this year, we will conduct our Kids Fun Run prior to the 8 a.m. start of the 5K Walk/Run. Children 11 and under are invited to participate. The Fun Run is a 100-yard dash for children 7 and younger; and 200-yards for children 8-11.

Fun Run registration is $10, and entrants receive their own race medal. (Race shirts for Fun Run participants are available for a small additional charge. Look for the option in registration.)

2025 event schedule

7:30 a.m.     Pre-race Tribute Ceremony to Veterans and First Responders

7:45 a.m.     Kids Fun Run for young children (100-yard dash for 7 and under; 200-yard dash for 8-11)

8 a.m.           5K Run-Walk start

Wear your swag with pride

Start your July 4^th with the Rotary 5K, then wear your race shirt or medal to the Rotary Club of Westerville’s full day of patriotic celebration in Westerville: the State Street Independence Day Parade at 10:30 a.m., the Free Concert Series & Foodtruck Festival from 5-10 p.m., and the big fireworks display at 10!

2025 Honoree Organization

Our honoree organization for the 2025 Rotary Club of Westerville Independence Day 5K is First Responders Bridge, a local organization that provides mental health support for active and retired first responders, and their significant others, who are experiencing depression, anxiety, PTS or feeling suicidal from the things they see and hear on the job every day.

This includes support for police, fire, military veterans and dispatchers. First Responders Bridge was founded by retired Columbus police officer Mick Yinger and retired Westerville police officer Mike Pavolino, after the tragic murders of two Westerville police officers on Feb. 10, 2018.

PLATINUM sponsors

• Buckeye Media Services

• Payne & Brown Insurance/Auto-Owners Insurance

• Roush Hardware

• The Dave Read Family

• Worthington Industries

GOLD sponsors

• Caxton Printing

• Gerber Collision & Glass

• Hill Funeral Home

• Lakeshore Cryotonics

• Nothing Bundt Cakes

• RKE Trucking Company/DELCO Diesel

SILVER sponsors

• Cheryl's Cookies

• Danbury Senior Living

• Giant Eagle

• Kroger

• Nationwide Children's Hospital

• Nichols & Company CPAs

• Orthopedic One

• Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM)