Get involved
There's a lanefor everyone.
The person someone opens up to is usually a friend, not a professional. That could be you. Join the team, bring a Stride to your school, partner with us, or help out on race day.
Run
Find your stadium on the map and vote to bring a Stride to your campus.
Find your strideBring it home
Want Stadium Stride at your school? Vote and request your campus.
Open the mapPartner
Turn laps into dollars with a lap match, or back the event with gear.
PartnershipsVolunteer
Count laps, run check-in or staff the recovery zone. Service hours included.
Email usWhy
I run.
A note from the founder
I started Stadium Stride to build a community and an event that equips students and communities to fight suicide. To recognize when someone is struggling, to know where to find help, and to be a light for the people around them.
It's personal for me. I've struggled with depression and with thoughts of suicide, and running became one of the ways I coped. It gave me space to process what I was carrying and the steadiness to keep going.
I know how isolating that season can feel, and how much it matters to be heard. Every story deserves to be heard and seen.
This is bigger than my story. If it matters to you, I'd be glad to have you on the team.
Sam Holtel · Founder, Stadium Stride
Where you
can help
Any school, any city. Most of this work happens online, and you don't need a stadium secured to start.
Campus LeadFor students
Bring a Stride to your school. Build a team on campus, work with student life and the counseling center, find your local mental health partner, and fill your stadium.
OperationsEvents and logistics
Make race day run. Check-in, lap counting, volunteers, timelines, permits, and every small detail that makes a stadium full of people feel easy.
PartnershipsSponsors and brands
Find the people who fund this. Reach out to brands, local businesses and lap matchers, and build relationships that cover event costs so donations go straight to the cause.
Content and StoryPhoto, video, social
Tell the stories. Film the "Why do you run" interviews, shoot race day, write for social, and help people see themselves in this.
ProgrammingPsych, social work, counseling
Shape what people learn. Work with our mental health partners on the Equip sessions, the speaker night and on-site support, so everything we teach is safe and useful.
AmbassadorAnyone
Spread the word. Share Stadium Stride with your club, chapter, team or feed. Get your people signed up and bring them with you.
AdvisorProfessionals and mentors
Lend what you know. Nonprofit leaders, clinicians, marketers, event pros, lawyers and finance people. An hour of advice can save us months.
Why we
do this
To help prevent suicide. So fewer people struggle alone, and more people know how to help.
Pick where you want to help. It takes about two minutes.
A short call to get to know you and what you want to work on.
You get plugged into the team and start building.
Join the team
Pick your
lane.
Tell us a little about yourself and what you'd want to work on. Our team reads every application and will reach out personally.
Not sure where you fit? Pick "Not sure yet" and we'll figure it out together.
Partnerships
Put your brand, team or organization behind something students are building for each other. Every partner this year is a founding partner.
Charity partners
Where the money goes
Established mental health organizations that already support students. Stadium Stride Foundation grants the money raised at each Stride to its local partner.
- Local mental health charitiesChosen with each campus
- Your organizationOpen
Campus partners
Who brings it to school
Counseling centers, athletics departments, student government and student orgs that help host, promote and support each Stride.
- Counseling and wellnessOn site, race day
- Athletics and venuesThe stadium
- Student orgsTeams and volunteers
Brand partners
Who powers the laps
Brands that cover event costs and turn effort into dollars, so every donation reaches the cause.
- Presenting$2 per lap match
- Gold and SilverShirt, booth, social
- In-kindGear and recovery
contact@runstadiumstride.com
Need to talk now?
You don't have to wait for race day. Call or text 988, or chat at 988lifeline.org. The Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential and open 24/7.