Forest run for a good cause on 27 April 2025

On Sunday, 27 April 2025, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the students of Friedensau Adventist University invite you to the ‘Forest Run for a Good Cause’. The start is at 3 pm at the caravan site in Ahornstraße opposite the fire station. Please register by 24 April 2025 via waldlauf.info. Afterwards, spontaneous registration on site is still possible shortly before the start between 1.30 and 2.30 pm.

The passionate runners are certainly already back in training – and that's a good thing. After all, the aim is to successfully complete an extra lap or two at the ‘Forest Run for a Good Cause’ without pulling a muscle and thus increase the amount of donations. In 2025, the donations are intended for ‘LEBEN s WERT – Offene Hilfen für Menschen mit Handicap gemeinnützige GmbH’. One of the tasks of this organisation is to look after children with disabilities and to relieve the burden on family carers. For example, the children are taken to a holiday camp several times a year. The donations collected at the Friedensau Forest Run are intended to support this financially.

The patron of this year's ‘Forest Run for a Good Cause’ is once again District Administrator Dr Steffen Burchhardt, who has never missed the opportunity to run in the event himself! The main sponsors are Stadtwerke Burg and Friedensau Adventist University. Would you like to support the Waldlauf 2025 or next year with a fixed sum or suggest a future donation project? Please send enquiries to the organisers via the email address: ">. Would you like to support the project without running yourself, but don't have a runner? No problem. You can also register as a sponsor via our website and will then be assigned to a runner without a sponsor: waldlauf.info. Whether as a runner, sponsor or spectator, we look forward to your participation!

But how are the necessary donations collected? It works like this: For every lap a runner completes, a sponsor donates a certain amount. The sponsor is either a company that has agreed to support the project, a family member or the runner themselves. We distinguish between ‘small’ and ‘large’ laps. For children, senior citizens and people with walking difficulties, there is a ‘small’ lap that is around 1,000 metres long; the ‘large’ laps are around 2,000 metres long. Water dispensers will be available for refreshment along the designated route. There will also be a barbecue stand on site to provide refreshments for spectators and runners. The proceeds from this will also be donated.

The student council of Friedensau Adventist University is organising the ‘Forest Run for a Good Cause’ for the ninth time to support social institutions in the Jerichower Land region. Join us and bring your family and friends along (Andrea Cramer).