Participant Perks

Nathan Benderson Park

5851 Nathan Benderson Cir, Sarasota, FL 34235

Vendors will be set up on the north end of the park near the Benderson Family Finish Tower. 

7:30AM – Event Day Registration Opens (if you already registered online, you do not have to register at the event)

8AM – Program Begins

8:30AM – Walk Begins

9AM-11AM – Family Fun Day 

$20/Adults (ages 13+)

$10/Youth (ages 4-12)

Children 3 & under are free

Complimentary parking is available at the north end of the park. The event activities will take place near the Benderson Family Finish Tower. 

The full distance of the walk is 3.1 miles, but walkers can turn around at any point or choose a 2 or 1 mile route.

Yes! Strollers are allowed.

Dogs are allowed on event day, but they must remain on a leash throughout the event. 

Yes! There will be vendors throughout the event handing out samples. 

Event Date: Saturday, October 26th

Register by September 16th to be guaranteed your selected shirt size (participants that register after September 16th will still receive a t-shirt but will not be guaranteed the requested size)

T-shirt pick up: October 23rd and 24th 

Click here to register to walk today! You will be guided through the registration process, including starting or selecting a team and creating a profile. Once your registration is complete, you will receive a confirmation email. 

Remember that your username and password are case-sensitive. Click here to find your password. You will receive separate emails with your username and password. 

Click on the “Login” section in the top navigation of the site. Enter the Username and Password used when registering for the event. Once you are logged in to your Participant Center, click on "View Progress". You will see your Donor Names and dollar amounts in the Donation History section. 

Click on the “Login” section in the top navigation of the site. Enter the Username and Password used when registering for the event. Once you are logged in to your Participant Center, click on the ‘My Team’ tab. This will allow you to view your team roster and the amounts raised by each team member. 

Yes. We use industry-standard SSL encryption techniques to make sure that your credit card information, passwords, and personal information travel securely over the Internet. There is an encryption engine on our database server so that your data is securely stored.

Credit card information is not stored in our database. During the donation process, we send donor credit card information to an online processing terminal using a secure connection. The information passed back is an approval or denial of the credit card donation. 

To get more information on how Make-A-Wish® uses contributions, please visit our website at https://wish.org/sfla.