Impact
Why showing up matters.
Run 4 Awareness Guam is organized by Reef Pursuit International Inc. The event supports Guam Diabetes Association and Famagu’on Fishing Camp: Future Generation Anglers, and it funds diabetes awareness and a free community health screening. The proceeds allocation will be posted after final confirmation.
~1 in 5Guam adults are estimated to be living with diabetes, diagnosed or not (IDF Diabetes Atlas, 2025). Guam’s own health survey counts about 1 in 8 adults as diagnosed.
Guam’s own health survey puts diagnosed diabetes near 1 in 8 adults and rising; international estimates that include undiagnosed cases put it closer to 1 in 5. People on Guam die from diabetes at a rate about 78 percent higher than the US mainland, and it sits among the island’s top leading causes of death. Diabetes is also a leading cause of vision loss, which is why the 2026 theme is Sight in Motion.
Much of this is preventable, and much of it is manageable, when it is caught early. That is what awareness, screening, and movement are for.
Sources: Guam Community Health Assessment and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (DPHSS); University of Guam research (Leon Guerrero, Paulino); International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 2025. Fuller, cited version on the Diabetes in Guam resource page.
Six clear ways your support moves Guam.
Awareness & education
Getting clear, local information about diabetes in front of families who need it.
Free health screening
On-site screening on event night, open to everyone, runner or not.
Movement & prevention
A low-pressure reason for the whole island to move together for an evening.
Eye health
Diabetes and vision loss, and why a yearly eye exam matters.
Youth opportunity
Tuition assistance for low-income kids in Famagu’on Fishing Camp’s Next Generation Anglers program.
Community & family
Bringing veterans groups, churches, schools, and families to the same start line.
We publish the results after every run.
Within a week of race day we post the count that matters: participants, funds raised, youth supported, sponsors, volunteers, community partners, and screenings provided. Every year’s results stay on the site, in the past runs archive, so the record grows rather than resets. Sponsors and donors get a short report showing exactly where the money went.
Run 4 Awareness Guam is organized by Reef Pursuit International Inc., which also receives donations. The event supports Guam Diabetes Association and Famagu’on Fishing Camp: Future Generation Anglers. Reef Pursuit is a 501(c)(4), so donations are generally not tax-deductible as charitable contributions. The proceeds allocation, the registration-fee recipient, and the exact receipt wording will be posted after final confirmation.
A race entry is a registration fee, not a donation. Donations are separate and do not register anyone. We do not promise a fixed amount per entry unless that has been committed in writing.
Guam Diabetes Association and the Next Generation Anglers.
The event supports two named beneficiaries: Guam Diabetes Association, and Famagu’on Fishing Camp: Future Generation Anglers, which teaches island kids to fish and to carry a tradition their grandparents grew up with. Run 4 Awareness Guam is organized by Reef Pursuit International Inc.