Superheroes Wanted

Registration is open for CHaD HERO, the annual athletic fundraiser for Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock.

With the colorful backdrop of a New England fall, thousands of real-life superheroes will gather on the Dartmouth College Green Sunday, Oct. 20, for athletic events, family-friendly races and activities that support kids and programs NH's children’s hospital.

CHaD HERO raised $800,000 last year through participant fundraising, donations, and corporate sponsors. What began as a half-marathon run in 2006, has grown to include a competitive 5K run and walk, one-mile family fun run, 25 or 50-mile bike ride, and a 5-mile hike.

Youngsters looking to make a super impact can participate in Cam’s Course, a one-mile circuit promoting fitness and philanthropy to kids.  All events will take participants, decked out in their superhero attire, through the Upper Connecticut River Valley and end on the Dartmouth Green in downtown Hanover.

While the heroes are competing on the course, friends, family, and spectators can take in the HERO festival on the Green with local food vendors, mechanical animal rides, face painting, and more.

Pictured: 2019 CHaD Hero, Finn Webster of Hanover.

About CHaD:  New Hampshire's only full service, comprehensive children's hospital, committed to providing outstanding compassionate care for children and their families. Their physician expertise provides primary, specialty, and tertiary care to the children of New Hampshire, Vermont, and beyond.