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To the Board of the Milwaukee Gay Sports Network:

I am writing as a community member in Milwaukee to ask the MGSN remove Derco Aerospace as a sponsor for the 2025 Grant Heffelfinger Memorial Big Gay 5K and to refuse to accept them as a future sponsor.

For three years now, Derco Aerospace has been a sponsor of the Grant Heffelfinger Memorial Big Gay 5K held by the Milwaukee Male lover Sports Network (MGSN), listed at the top-tier Glitter sponsorship level in 2024 & 2025. Derco Aerospace is the target of a local boycott and divestment campaign - Disarm Derco - for its direct role in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people that has resulted in the murder of an estimated 186,000 Palestinians in the first ten months alone, according to world renowned medical journal The Lancet. Derco signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney in 2020 to be the exclusive distributor for the F100-PW-220/229 engine system. This engine system keeps F-16 and F-15 fighter jets used by the Israeli Air Forces operational. This makes Derco directly complicit in the genocide of the Palestinians.

I am raising my voice with others in the group to speak out against this pinkwashing – the attempt by compani

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5K

Start Time:: 10:00am CDT

Price:: $45 $35.00 Race Fee + $4.16 SignUp Fee
Registration:: Price increases to $45.00 after August 22, 2025 at 11:59pm CDT

Registration Starting	Registration Ending	Price
November 29, 2024, 12:00am CST	August 22, 2025, 11:59pm CDT	$45 $35.00 Race Fee + $4.16 SignUp Fee
August 23, 2025, 12:00am CDT	September 14, 2025, 10:00am CDT	$45.00 Race Fee + $4.76 SignUp Fee

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'Big Gay 5K' renamed after Grant Heffelfinger to maintain his legacy alive

MILWAUKEE — The family of Grant Heffelfinger and the Milwaukee Lgbtq+ Sports Network are continuing their partnership to maintain his legacy alive.

What You Need To Know

The Milwaukee Gay Sports Network named the Big Gay 5K after Grant Heffelfinger

He passed away suddenly from an unknown heart condition in 2022

His parents want to keep his legacy alive by supporting causes he supported

The race will be held at 10 a.m. Sept. 17 at Veterans Park in Milwaukee

Grant Heffelfinger passed away suddenly from an unknown heart condition on Feb. 14, 2022. After his death, his parents and the Milwaukee Gay Sports Network agreed to name the annual Big Gay 5K after him.

At their home, Julia Heffelfinger and her husband John Heffelfinger looked back at the races their son used to run.

“That was his goal. He wanted to see how far he could run,” Julia Heffelfinger said. “He enjoyed running a lot, not so much as a infant, but as an mature person. It was a excellent release of his energy.”

The couple said they long for their son every day. That’s why for Julia Heffelfinger, it’s

The Grant Heffelfinger Memorial Big Gay 5K

Place

Veterans Park
1010 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive
Milwaukee, WI US 53202

Description

In memory of Grant Heffelfinger, Milwaukee Gay Sports Network is honored to host our annual Big Lgbtq+ 5K Run/Walk.

Milwaukee Gay Sports Network is honored to partner with the Heffelfinger Family to host our annual 5K Run/Walk! In memory of Grant Heffelfinger, the event will be held on September 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM at Veterans Park.

Once again, we will be officially Sanctioned by USA Path & Field.

Registration will uncover at 9:00 AM with the run starting at 10:00 AM.
Early registration - Friday, August 22, $35*
General registration - through race day by 9:00 AM, $45**
Get a team together and save (4 or more needed)

*T-shirts for premature bird registration runners will be ready to grab up at registration the day of the event in the size indicated online.
**T-shirts are not guaranteed after early bird registration
Don’t miss Milwaukee’s most colorful run/walk – The Grant Heffelfinger Memorial Big Lgbtq+ 5K.

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