Global 6K for Water-Hagerstown, MD

05/18/2026

Global 6K for Water 2026 💦 recap:

Thank you to EVERYONE who has participated, donated and/or prayed this year and/or in years past. 🧡Thank you to our many volunteers who make the event run smoothly (like Chip Moser & David Wilkinson). A special thank you to Otterbein United Methodist Church (especially the Serve committee & Pastor Steve) in Hagerstown, Hub City Vineyard in Hagerstown, Covenant Life Church in Hagerstown, all the friends, families, and others who’ve made the Global 6K in Hagerstown a success for the past 10 years. DJ’ing our event were Jacob Sipes & Mike Schultz of Knights of the Turntable; and photography by Jennifer Lang, made it even more special.

2026: $5025 raised as of race day, which provides 100 kids with clean water for life. Donations are still being accepted until the end of June. (See link in comments)
The total raised over the past 10 years is $88,491, which is clean water for life for 1,769 kids.
✅ Save the date for next year! May 15, 2027 at 9 am at Paramount Elementary school.
In Matthew 25:31-46, God calls us as His church, to continue the work He started, by reaching out with love to those in need. As we respond to those in need, we too will be renewed. I want to invite you to sponsor the child you walked or ran for this year. You can enter into a personal and life changing relationship with your “kid,” making fullness of life a possibility, through education, healthcare, protection from exploitation, food security and more. Let us live as followers of Christ by being active, visible bearers of God’s love. Our family sponsors 2 kids that we’ve run for in the past and it is a wonderful experience for our whole family. To learn more and become a sponsor of the child on your bib, please go to worldvision.org, type “bib look up” in the “what can we help you to find” search field, click enter and select the “Sponsor a Child | Team World Vision Bib Lookup” link. If you didn’t participate but would be interested in sponsoring a child, just go to worldvision.org. The information link is on the home page.
In closing, we’d like to share two passages from scripture...
Matthew 18:5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.
Isaiah 58:10 ...and if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. Thank you & God Bless you.l!
The Byards & Otterbein United Methodist Church

Help make lifesaving impact in the places it’s hardest to be a child.

05/17/2026

Early bird gets the discount code! Sign up (between now and May 31) for the Global 6K for Water on May 15, 2027 and receive a 50% discount using the code “6K27”. Walkers & runners welcome. We are registered as a team and ready to roll for next year! Save the date!

05/04/2026

Volunteers needed on May 16th morning at Paramount Elementary school for the Global 6K for Water -Hagerstown, MD site. Please let me know if you’d like to help. Thank you!!!

04/07/2026

With World Vision’s Global 6K, you can join me and thousands of others, walking, running, or rolling to bring clean water to children in need. Now more than ever, clean water is essential to protect vulnerable children and families. Will you join us? worldvision6k.org

04/07/2026

Registration for the Global 6K for Water-Hagerstown,MD site has a discount code for registration that is good till April 10th. Use code CLEANWATER. See registration link in comments below. “The global water crisis disproportionally impacts women and girls who spend an estimated 250 million hours hauling water every day. On average they walk 6 km (3.7 miles) each day to haul 44 pounds of water. The impact is costly. Collecting water prevents these girls from doing homework, attending schools and reaching their God-given potential.“ Edgar Sandoval Sr., President and CEO of World Vision

03/16/2026

Photos from the 205 Global 6K for Water-Hagerstown site courtesy of photographer Jennifer

03/16/2026

Registration for 2026 Global 6K for Water in Hagerstown, MD site is open. Hope you can join us! Every registration provides clean water to Eswatini, Africa. Event is May 16th at 8:45 am.

https://global6k.worldvision.org/teams/39506

03/22/2025

It’s what you’ve been waiting for!!! The $15 off discount code CLEANWATER to register for the Global 6K for Water on May 17th! Additionally, they will double the amount of people who get clean water from your registration (2 people instead of 1!). AND any donations will be doubled by generous donors. This offer is valid now through midnight this Sunday and will be the LAST discount code offered. Take advantage of this opportunity! Let’s make it happen! Check out this video. Sign up or donate in the comment below.

Walk, run, or roll the Global 6K from wherever you are on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Join the movement to help end the global water crisis and keep kids safe ar...

05/06/2024

Discount code (and last week to register)!

05/31/2023

Save the date for next year- Saturday May 18, 2024 at 9:00 am at Paramount Elementary School (course goes through Spring Valley neighborhood). Walkers, runners, dog walkers and stroller pushers all welcome! Your registration provides someone in a developing country clean, lasting clean water! Register with this link:

With World Vision’s Global 6K, you can join me and thousands of others, walking, running, or rolling to bring clean water to children in need. Now more than ever, clean water is essential to protect vulnerable children and families. Will you join us? worldvision6k.org

05/31/2023

Second round of photos from The Global 6K for Water (these are compliments of Stephanie Hess. Thanks so much for sharing your talents with us!)

https://martyrandleephotography.pixieset.com/6kforwaterstarbucks/f/26188443/?fbclid=IwAR2_oR1V11nNcAOH_GwfXGjbfEJ7Dqrh3bq4Lb9APEKC2r0MU9NjJ6eVWxA_aem_th_AaGuElNo6ufIMPYkblov7MgQqWMEo3s8t7Oo-Ql1NEYkVuR0kOIBocL3OtM8g3GZayQ

Photo collection by Martyr & Lee Photography