Every child has the Right To Play sports and with Hi 5's "Hope thru Hoops" basketball excellence program, you empower every underprivileged child to experience a winning moment. Hi 5's basketball excellence program fosters CONFIDENCE, and TEAMWORK and inculcates the right values to succeed in life. We, with your support, are constantly "changing young lives through play." Hi 5 Youth Foundation has its footprint in 8 Indian states have over 4000 children and 50+ coaches who train for around 300+ hours in 35 centers and we are still growing... Hi 5 started the Hyderabad, Telangana program in 2019 with 4 centers and 350 children and now after the pandemic, we have expanded to 1000 children in 2023-24. With the program expansion, we need your support to train 1,000 underprivileged children in various tribal residential schools, Zilla parishad schools, and residential homes to accomplish the goal! The Hi 5 children from the Krushi Home in Medchal district in Telangana have had many "winning moments" for they never stop playing basketball.

Basketball is life to all the children in Hi 5.

It takes just $100 to support a child. Your $$ goes towards Training +Jerseys + shoes + equipment for one whole year!

Help us reach our goal!! Let’s convert Your Miles 2 Smiles!!

To learn more about Hi 5 and our charter, please click here: https://hi5usa.org

HOW TO SIGN UP

Miles 2 Smiles wants you to sign up for one or more of the 8 challenges (Walk/Bike/Run) for 1 whole month. The race starts on Oct 1st, 2023 and ends on Oct 31 st, 2023

Click on one of the links to SIGN UP: https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/SanJose/Miles2Smiles

OR

https://hi5usa.org/events/

Miles 2 Smiles 2023, Click Register, Go to Race Info

1.Choose your challenge : 25 / 50 / or 500 miles

2. Follow the screen and enter details

3. Pay up the sign-up fee $30 – Boom you are done!! Sign-ups can be done in groups / teams - this is a lot more FUN.

4. Wait for your run to start on October 1st.

5. Runners who start late can register anytime of the month…try and finish your race before October 31st

RESULTS UPDATES:

1. Download “RaceJoy” app (a companion app for Runsignup) in your mobile to sync up results

How to use the Racejoy app:.

• Search & find Miles 2 Smiles race, enter participant information and bib number and you are done. The Race app activates from October 1, 2023.
• Once you start the race (take your phone with you), manually START when you walk /run and STOP at the end of your activity. It will automatically sync up your results.
• To check your results, in the app, go back to results – enter participant name or bib # - you can see your progress. Also, you can track others (which is FUN) or cheer others!! And a lot more features.

OR

2. If you are using fitbit / apple watch or any other fitness app manually upload here. Use + sign to add results on this page. This is manual entry and on honor system

Miles 2 Smiles Results

• Observe the leaderboard often and HAVE FUN who is racing against you
• Use Strava to Upload the data
  • 1. Login to your Strava account on your laptop / desktop (Phone App is NOT an option)
  • 2. Select on the Activity from Strava (Run/Walk/Bike) you want to upload
  • 3. Click on the 3 dots on the left panel, which will pop open another window • Click on Export GPX
  • 4. Go to the Runsignup website and select: Results -> Submit Virtual Results -> Search for your name -> Click on “Log Activities” -> Click “Load Activity from File” -> Upload the GPX file you downloaded from Strava!

For more information contact admin@hi5usa.org