On Wednesday evening in New York and Orlando, Florida, two unaffiliated community running events will honor the victims of last week’s mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 people and injured 53 others. The runs are two in a handful of events that have been organized within the past week to honor the victims and show support for the LGBTQ community.

In Orlando, Track Shack is organizing the OneOrlando Fund Run, which is free to participants. Proceeds from T-shirt sales will be donated to the OneOrlando Fund. In New York, Front Runners New York has replaced its regular weekly fun run with the New York City Orlando Unity Run, which is free and open to the public.

Ryan Wallace of Front Runners New York wrote in an email to Runner’s World that in less than 24 hours since the event was posted, “the outpouring of support and RSVPs [has been] astonishing.” Most of the running clubs within the New York metropolitan area will have representatives taking part.

In addition to these community runs, several organized races have been announced, and all of them have sold out quickly.

Front Runners New York’s 35th Annual Pride Run 5 Miler was already scheduled for Saturday, June 25, in New York’s Central Park. While the race has been sold out for weeks, race organizers will honor the Orlando shooting victims with a moment of silence, and they’ll hand out temporary tattoos with a note that encourages donations to the LGBT Center of Central Florida.

On the same day in Florida, the Orlando United 5K, will take place in Lake Mary, Florida, about 20 miles north of Orlando. The race, which will raise money for the OneOrlando Fund, was announced by Final Mile Race Management June 15 and sold out 1,300 spots in its live race in less than 24 hours. Those interested can still sign up for the virtual run option. As of Sunday, more than 2,700 virtual runners had already registered.

On July 2, the UCF Orlando Strong 5K will take place in Orlando, but the event has already sold out.

Also currently underway is an unusual but highly effective fundraising effort by members of the Hogwarts Running Club. Four teams of 200 runners—800 runners total from around the world—are currently engaged in a 9,340-mile virtual relay around the United States. The virtual course they are following started and will finish at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

In their first five days, they’ve already raised more than $27,000 for the Trevor Project, an organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ youth. The virtual relay sold out quickly, but those interested in getting involved can donate to any of the participating runners.

“This was all motivated by members…Because we are Harry Potter-themed and we have a lot of people in Orlando, this really hit our community hard,” Hogwarts Running Club Executive Director Dawn Biggs told Runner’s World by phone. “[This] was a way for them to actively do something, not to just sit around and be sad.”

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