The Race for the Arts is historically one of our largest summer events where we raise significant funds from both sponsors and families with children attending the French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts.
For the 2025-2026 school year, HFWAA will help several college students in need and committed to a career in the arts with either their tuition or room and board.
This year our 4k Race for the Arts will be on the grounds of French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts. Everyone can run, walk, volunteer or cheer as we bring fitness, fun and community together.
The funds raised from this event are specifically designated towards college scholarships to benefit passionate students committed to a career in the arts who are in need of last chance funding. We offer these students a hand up rather than a handout.
Thank you to our official sponsors for the 14th Annual 4k Race for the Arts!
A partnership with HFWAA provides an opportunity to reach our dynamic French Woods community of both young families and alumni. Sponsors of the HFWAA Race for the Arts gain exposure to more than 10,000 individuals worldwide who are connected to the French Woods Community on social media, online on our websites, and who receive our Camper and Alumni Edition Newsletter. Our reach globally with these special virtual events can extend to individuals outside of the French Woods Community and offer them the opportunity to participate in this event. In addition, sponsors will have the opportunity to have their logos on our website, and for our Race's, scrolling banner ads of an image of their choosing on our official app (Race Joy) that tracks our participants and spectators during the Race for the Arts: Virtual Edition.
All donations and sponsorships are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
Presenting Sponsor: $2,500 & up
- Sponsor Name/Logo on 2025 Race for the Arts Finish Line Banner
- Sponsor Name/Logo listed on 2025 Race for the Arts T-Shirt back
- Individual Mile Marker sign with Sponsor Name/Logo
- Individual/Company Sponsorship listing on Website & Social Media Platforms
- FWF Newsletter HFWAA Sponsorship Shout-out
- Recognition in Registration and Promotional Communications
Sprinter Sponsor: $1,000 & up
- Sponsor Name/Logo listed on 2025 Race for the Arts T-Shirt back
- Individual Mile Marker sign with Sponsor Name/Logo
- Individual/Company Sponsorship listing on Website & Social Media
- FWF Newsletter HFWAA Sponsorship Shout-out
- Recognition in Registration and Promotional Communications
Jogger Sponsor: $500
- Sponsor Name/Logo listed on 2025 Race for the Arts T-Shirt back
- Individual Mile Marker sign with Sponsor Name/Logo
- Individual/Company Sponsorship listed on Website & Social Media
- FWF Newsletter HFWAA Sponsorship Shout-out
- Recognition in Registration and Promotional Communications
For more information about HFWAA and sponsorships opportunities, please contact
Rose Robinson, Executive Director, by calling (607) 637-8404 or by email at rose@hfwaa.org
Traditionally, our 4k Race for the Arts takes place four times each summer on the beautiful campus of French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in the Catskills Mountains of Upstate New York.
This year's Race for the Arts dates will be announced as we approach the summer!
We want to inspire the world to #SavetheArts and run responsibly.
French Woods campers, families, friends, and fellow supporters of the Arts can run, walk or just come to cheer as we bring fitness, fun, and community together all the while raising funds and awareness to ensure that there is the next generation of passionate artists who will help set the stage for a lifelong appreciation of the arts.
Find more Race for the Arts content on HFWAA’s Facebook page by CLICKING HERE
Check out more information regarding our virtual Race for the Arts: Race Details