Pumpkin Trot 5K Run/Fun Walk for Charity

The 5K Run/Fun Walk is a fundraiser is hosted by Hyatt’s Angels, a not-for-profit charity established in 2012 to provide financial and emotional assistance to parents who have lost a child.

Runners and walkers who wish to participate are invited to pre-register online at https://runsignup.com/Race/IL/Libertyville/HyattsPumpkinTrot where they can pay their $30 registration fee. Children eight years old and younger are free. All participants will receive a Hyatt’s Angels t-shirt and the winner of each category will receive an award. On-site registration opens at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 26, at Independence Grove.

Hyatt’s Angels is named in memory of Hyatt Walker Fleegle, who was lost at 36 weeks gestation in May 2012 to parents Doug and Samantha Fleegle. No cause was ever determined, but it led to the Fleegle’s establishing this special charity that assists grieving parents by covering a child’s burial expenses. Since the founding of Hyatt’s Angels, the funeral expenses of eight children have been funded. In addition, Hyatt’s Angels made sizable contributions to the childcare center Hyatt Fleegle would have attended, as well as to the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep photography service that works through hospitals with parents who have lost an infant at birth.

Samantha Strauts Fleegle is a former Libertyville resident and a graduate of Libertyville High School. She and her husband also have established Hyatt’s Run With the Angels 5K Run/Fun Walk fundraisers in Orlando, FL, Jennerstown, PA, and Statesville, NC.

To learn more about Hyatt’s Angels or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, interested parties are invited to visit www.hyattsangels.com or contact Doug Fleegle at 704.682.2228; dougfleegle@gmail.com.