Woofin & Hoofin --Finalist in the @15 Community Impact Challenge

Introducing Woofin & Hoofin from Wheaton, IL. Woofin & Hoofin is one of the 15 finalists in the @15 Community Impact Challenge.





Woofin & Hoofin is a non-profit association run by Glenbard West High School students who combine their passion for running and love of animals to host 5K races and donate the proceeds to local animal shelters and organizations such as the Human Society to combat animal cruelty. After hosting their first 5K and one-mille “Doggie Dash” June 2009, Woofin & Hoofin raised over $5,000. After the race, the non-profit gathered their procedures and advice gathered to author a guide to hosting a 5K, now free online (woofinhoofin.org/page9.php) and currently being used by 5K directors in across the US and in Honduras. Also wanting to help other young people make a difference, they recently ran a nonprofit workshop at the local high school.




If chosen as a Challenge recipient, Woofin & Hoofin hopes to increase their efforts in regards to the education of future leaders and non-profit planners by holding frequent seminars at local high schools help other Woofin & Hoofin groups get started in other locations. Funds will allow for the organization to provide further resources to groups using our guide, even including some small loans to groups to help with initial start up costs. They would also expand their local race, possibly increasing the frequency of the 5K and further deepening their connections with animal shelters to develop a more diverse approach to the eradication of animal cruelty.















Between March 15-April 2, 2010, you get to decide which five of the 15 finalist teams of young social entrepreneurs will each receive $5,000 and which five teams will receive $1,500 each to expand their local ventures. So be sure to cast your vote on at15 between March 15 - April 2, 2010.