Walk With Us On Sunday in Support of the Hostages

Please continue to share and post about our weekly Run For Their Lives Walk.
As of today, there are still 63 hostages in captivity.
All eyes on the hostages.

#bringthemhomenow
#letthemgonow
#runfortheirlives

— Rachel

Shalom from the Tel Aviv airport, on my way back to Boulder. I’ve spent the better part of the time since October 7 in Israel, most days doing volunteer photography work for the Jerusalem branch of the Hostages & Missing Families Forum. The work puts me in frequent and close contact with Hostages family members, and I can attest that they are so encouraged and lifted in spirit by any shred of support given by Jewish communities chutz l-aretz – outside of ‘the Land’. With that in mind, I’m wondering if each Jewish organization in Boulder County could add something like the following few words at the end of all of their communications to their memberships and constituencies:

“May the Hostages held in Gaza be swiftly returned to their homes and families.”

We are at 508 days, and counting, and there is no assurance whatsoever that the remaining hostages can live much longer in the conditions that have been reported by the returnees.

Thank you for your consideration.
— bruce shaffer

May God grant strength and support and hizuk to the hostages in Gaza and their families.  May they be returned soon.

–Rabbi Deborah Ruth Bronstein

Sunday, March 2nd marks the 513th day since 240 hostages were kidnapped from Israel and taken to Gaza. 63 of them, five of whom are American citizens, still remain captive there. We pray that the deal that will bring them home stays on track. Please – join us this Sunday to walk for all those still held hostage. The world cannot forget. Please bring posters and wear red.

The local Boulder chapter of Run For Their Lives (part of the larger Bring Them Home Now initiative) has been walking in downtown Boulder every week since Thanksgiving, 2023. There are multiple groups like ours meeting internationally and across US cities (including a local Denver chapter).

There are 231 active Run For Their Lives groups across the world. Wherever you are, whether visiting friends or family or vacationing, you can join a group and walk with them, or walk on your own and post a video in the main Run For Their Lives Facebook group, in our local FB group, or on your own feeds. The initiative’s goal is to get as much press coverage as possible for the hostages through publicizing these walks. 

Please share our local instagram posts: https://www.instagram.com/run4theirlives_boulder/profilecard/?igsh=aG84MTQ0ZWJ4ODY5

Please join our Boulder group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18k7a9WJ23/

If you want to order Run For Their Lives gear, you can get it at: https://www.calicustoms.info/runfortheirlives and donations for items can also be made to https://solidarity.bringthemhomenow.net/

Our group meets at 1 pm on the corner of Pearl & 8th and walks the length of the Pearl Street Mall and back, stopping at the courthouse for a brief video that the leads of Run For Their Lives include in their weekly recap. The goal is to share the message far and wide (specifically via social media) that the hostages have not been forgotten. This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release.

When: Sunday, March 2nd at 1 pm
Meet-up: Corner of Pearl & 8th Street