5km a Day in May is a community fitness and fundraising challenge for Sanfilippo Children's Foundation. We are challenging you, our supporters to set yourself a goal to complete 5km a day in the month of May. That is equal to 155km across the whole month. Your other important goal in this challenge is to raise funds for research into a cure for this heartbreaking childhood dementia.

NO. You can complete your 5km in any way you choose. Walk, run, ride, roll, swim, kayak or do it as a combination of different activities.

Click here to go to the registration form for 5km a Day in May! Don't forget your km goal is for the whole month of May. Once you have registered you can change your fundraising goal at any time by logging into your account.

If you can’t login to your fundraising page, there may be an issue with your password. To reset your password, click on ‘Login’ at the top right hand side of this page and select ‘Forgot password’. 

You can join a public team by clicking on the "Join us" button on the teams fundraising page. If the team is set to private you will need to ask the team captain to send you an invite.

Once you’ve registered, you can create a team by clicking ‘Create a Team’ on your fundraising dashboard.

Funds go towards driving cutting-edge research projects aimed at halting disease progression, reversing the damage caused by the condition, and improving the quality of life for children with Sanfilippo.

Importantly too, your support will show families they are not facing this devastating disease alone.

The fundraising toolbox page on our website has lots of tips and tools to help you raise money but one of the easiest ways is to ask family and friends.  

Ask your friends and family to donate directly to your fundraising page. That way the money will come to the Sanfilippo Children's Foundation automatically, and they will receive a tax receipt instantly. If you’ve been given cash, you can donate the money to your fundraising page on their behalf using a credit or debit card. 

All donations over $2 are tax deductible.

If you hit your fundraising target before 31 May, consider increasing your target! Simply log in to your fundraising page, click on ‘Edit My Page’ and update your fundraising target. 

Your profile page includes your personal distance tally so you can track your distance towards your target. This is a great way to keep your friends updated on your workouts!

If you track your workouts with Fitbit, MapMyFitness or Strava you can set up you page to automatically add to your tally.

Automatically add your steps:

1. Download the Fitbit, Strava or MapMyFitness app and set up your account.

2. Log in to your account on the Sanfilippo Children's Foundation website.

3. Under the heading ‘Connect your preferred Fitness app’, click your chosen app.

4. Follow the prompts to connect your account.

5. When you next work out, select ‘start your workout’ in the app on your phone. Once you end your workout, save your workout and your distance will be published to the tally on your page the following day.

If you have synced your app already but it is not working, please log in and re-connect it.

When using Fitbit, you must ‘start’ an activity and save it. Your daily steps will not automatically add to your page. If you are having issues, try syncing through BOTH your Fitbit and the Fitbit app on your smartphone.

When using MapMyFitness, you must ‘start’ your workout, ‘stop’ your workout and then ‘SAVE’ your workout.

Your tally will be updated each day with the previous day’s distances.

Remember, you can manually add your kilometres to the tally in your My Fitness Activity tab of your profile after registering. This is a great option if you’re using a pedometer or a different method of tracking your distances.

Manually add your activity:

1. Log in to your account and select ‘My Fitness Activity’

2. Under ‘Add activity’, enter the date and distance.

3. Your activity will now appear on your fundraising page!

Yes, you can set a distance goal that suits you. Simply log in to your fundraising page, click on ‘My Fitness Activity’, set your target distance and save changes at the bottom of the page. Setting a goal that is personally challenging will make others more likely to support you.  

Remember, your goal is for total km over the month of May.