Remember Honor Inspire
The Service & Sacrifice Series Challenge serves as an effort to raise awareness of events that continue the legacies of our Nation’s Military Active Duty personnel, Veterans, Gold Star Families, Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS personnel.
We strive to connect civilians with those who have served, by introducing events, stories, and legacies they may never have known.
The Service and Sacrifice Series motto is: Remember, Honor, and Inspire.
Challenge Criteria
Participant Requirements:
• Register for twelve of the twenty-one events.
• Participate in Person or Virtually.
• Cool Swag is earned by completion of the Challenge!
Scroll Down to See the 2020 S&SSC Events!
Service & Sacrifice Series Challenge Calendar
K9 VETERANS DAY MEMORIAL VIRTUAL RACE
On March 13, 2020 join us for the first of our Virtual Races. Honor and Remember our K9 Veterans from wherever you are! Earn great event swag for you and your canine. For registration information, please click HERE!
SABINE STRONG 3.3 & KIDS DASH
On March 29, 2020 the Sabine Strong 3.3 & Kids Dash will be held in Newington, NH. This run/walk honors Chief Darin Sabine, whose last alarm was September 7, 2019 after a 2 year battle with colon cancer. For registration information, please click HERE!
SPC DUSTIN HARRIS MEMORIAL MILE
On April 4, 2020 the SPC Dusin Harris Memorial Mile will be held in Patten, ME.
This run/walk honors SPC Dustin Harris, who was KIA serving his country on April 6, 2006 in Bayji, Iraq. For registration information, please click HERE!
FOR THEM 5K: PRESENTED BY THE SILHOUETTE PROJECT VIRTUAL RACE
On May 9, 2020 join us for the second of our Virtual Races. The For Them Virtual Race presented by the Silhouette Project raises awareness about the struggles our veterans face in returning home after their duty and to increase awareness of the risk of suicide. Join The Silhouette Project mission from wherever you are! For registration information, please click HERE!
SCPO (SEAL) KYLE MILLIKEN "THE ONLY EASY DAY" 5K/10K
On May 16, 2020 the Kyle Milliken "The Only Easy Day 5K/10K will be held in Falmouth, ME. This event honors SCPO (SEAL) Kyle Milliken, who was killed serving his country on May 5, 2017. For registration information, please click HERE!
RUN FOR CASH MEMORIAL 5K
On June 27, 2020 the Run for Cash Memorial 5K will be held in Old Orchard Beach, ME. Capt. Christopher Scott Cash Sr., died June 24, 2004, in heavy fighting in Iraq while serving in the N.C. National Guard. He was one of three U.S. soldiers who died in Baqubah, a town 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. This is a fundraiser for the Capt. Christopher Scott Cash Memorial Scholarship. For registration information, please click HERE!
CPL DUSTIN LIBBY MEMORIAL CHALLENGE
On June 28, 2020 join the Greater Mapleton, Maine Community in honoring Marine Cpl. Dustin Libby, KIA December 6, 2006 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. This event features a Kids 1 Mile Fun Run, 5K Run/Walk, and 10K Run. For registration information, please click HERE!
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA STEM TO STONE 5K/10K
Join the Wreaths Across America Stem to Stone 5K/10K in Columbia Falls on July 18, 2020. This unique event will be run, walked, or rucked entirely on the Worcester Wreath Company Tip Land, closed to traffic. This beautiful area is home to the fertile soil, DownEast air, and majestic Balsam Fir that grow the Wreaths Across America Wreaths that adorn the final resting places of our Nation's Fallen in December. For registration information, please click HERE!
HONORING HEROES MEMORIAL 5K/10K
Join the Honoring Heroes Memorial 5K•10K in 2020 to remember the lives of Maine's Fallen Heroes and their Gold Star Families. Come together in Honoring and Remembering all of Maine's service members, from all wars and conflicts, who sacrificed their lives for Our Freedom; and Uniting together in support of their families. We have yet to determine the date, but stay tuned for registration information, by clicking HERE!
SFC AARON HENDERSON MEMORIAL 5K
On August 1, 2020 the SFC Aaron Henderson Memorial Run will be held at the Houlton Community Park. All proceeds will go to the Green Beret Foundation. We would be honored to have you participate and celebrate our Home Town Hero. For registration information, please click HERE!
HUSKY RUCK MEMORIAL 10K
On August 8th, 2020 members of the Southern Maine community will be invited to participate and/or compete in a 10K military ruck through the trails of Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, ME to honor Cpl Mark Goyet of Westbrook, ME who died on June 28, 2011 after his unit came under attack by small arms fire in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. For registration information, please click HERE!
POW/MIA RECOGNITION VIRTUAL RACE
On September 18, 2020 join us for the third of our Virtual Races. Honor and Remember our Nation's POW/KIA Heroes while benefiting The National League of POW/MIA Families. For registration information, please click HERE!
BATTLE OF MOGADISHU VIRTUAL RACE
On October 3, 2020 join us for the fourth of our Virtual Races. Honor and Remember those who fought, and sacrificed their lives, as part of Operation Gothic Serpent, while benefiting the MOH Gary Gordon Memorial Fund. For registration information, please click HERE!
SCPO (SEAL) DAN HEALY MEMORIAL 5K
On November 1, 2020 join the Dan Healy Foundation in honoring Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel R. Healy, US Navy SEAL, BUD/S Class 196, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was born on July 17, 1968 in Exeter, NH and KIA in the Hindu Kush mountains of Kunar Province, Afghanistan on June 28, 2005 during Operation Red Wings. For registration information, please click HERE!