MEDIA ADVISORY: On Our Sleeves 5K at Columbus Crew’s Lower.com Field to Support Children’s Mental Health

May 2, 2024

WHAT: The On Our Sleeves 5K for Children’s Mental Health will take place at the home of the Columbus Crew, Lower.com Field, for the first time this weekend. The race is hosted by the Columbus Crew in a collaborative effort with founding partners Big Lots and Nationwide to grow awareness, break stigmas and raise funds for The Kids Mental Health Foundation and its signature program, On Our Sleeves®

Proceeds from the On Our Sleeves 5K will help the foundation continue to provide free mental health resources to all U.S. communities. We invite you to join us, and the nearly 2,000 participants, as we race toward a world where mental health is a part of the upbringing of every child!

WHEN: Saturday, May 4, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

  • Program begins at 8:40 a.m.
  • Race begins at 9 a.m.

WHERE: Lower.com Field, 96 Columbus Crew Way, Columbus, OH 43215 

We recommend parking in the North Lot. It’s behind the stadium on Nordecke Drive. Due to anticipated road closures, we suggest entering via Spring Street at Hocking Street, turn left on Nationwide Boulevard, right on Columbus Crew Way and make another right on Nordecke Drive into the parking lot. See map below.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES:

  • Whitney Raglin Bignall, Ph.D., associate clinical director of The Kids Mental Health Foundation
  • Darlington Nagbe, Columbus Crew SC midfielder

MORE INFORMATION:

For interview requests or other media inquiries, please contact:

Audrey Hasson614-581-5407
audrey.hasson@NationwideChildrens.org

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 16,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.8 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org