With the slogan 'Shoes should be sick -- not kids,' Project Outrun, takes the necessary steps to empower our brave, unstoppable kids to outrun cancer.

AKRON, Ohio -- Every story has a beginning, every race has a start.

The story of Project Outrun began with a little girl named Kylie Rose Jacobs who battled cancer three times.

An idea of empowering kids through shoes. Dream shoes. Power shoes. Custom shoes. Whatever they need to lace up everyday and outrun fear or sickness or doubt and to get them back on their feet.

But it was Kylie’s strength at her 5K run that inspired a total stranger: Andy Shepherd

Shepard would keep track of Kylie all year long, but at the second 5K is when he found out she relapsed.

So, he made custom shoes for her that matched her 5K colors, and Project Outrun began.

With the slogan "Shoes should be sick -- not kids," Project Outrun, takes the necessary steps to empower our brave, unstoppable kids to outrun cancer.

Project Outrun now serves hundreds of children in Akron, and these shoes are a symbol of community, walking together in hope, aiming to cross their finish lines.