Registration opens Nov. 1 for this virtual race.  
 
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Get outdoors and help support healthy forests
Get a jump-start on your 2026 race planning – and support nature in the process! – by signing up for next spring’s Run for the Trees: Happy Little (Virtual) 5K [ [link removed] ]. 
Registration for this event, which is a collaboration between the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Bob Ross, Inc. and a dozen other states, opens this Saturday, Nov. 1.
2026 HLT swag 
Participants receive a Happy Little T-shirt, sticker, commemorative bib and finisher’s medal, and may select their preferred state to support with their registration.
This virtual event, which takes place between April 18-26, honors iconic art instructor and television host Bob Ross while supporting tree-planting and forest-protection efforts [ [link removed] ]. 
 
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