Costumed runners hit downtown Phoenix for annual Spooktacular 5K

Phoenix Children's Hospital is getting help from hundreds of runners. They hit the bricks today for a fundraiser 5K, and Irene Snyder was there. Running, walking, and rolling through today's 5K in downtown Phoenix. Thousands are hitting the streets for a good cause wearing their Halloween vests. This is the annual Phoenix Children's Spooktacular Sprint and 5K. We have 4,200 people gathering together today to raise money for Phoenix Children's and to show their spirit in their Halloween costumes. Participants got to choose exactly where their fundraising dollars go. Our fundraisers and participants get to choose what area to fundraise for. So if their heart is with our cancer center, they can raise funds there, our school, our heart center, anywhere in the hospital. Or they can choose to raise money for our health fund, which benefits the most needed area department in our hospital. The hospital relies on events like this to bring in much needed donations, ensuring they can continue serving children and their families for many years to come. There's over 75 programs within the hospital that rely heavily on philanthropy that would not exist without donations. So one of them, a huge one, is our school. Our wonderful school relies on philanthropy. Our Child Life team relies on it. Our library. This particular event means a lot because not only is it our community gathering and supporting Phoenix Children's, but it's our patient families that are coming back and giving back to an organization that provided the world-class care. Irene Snyder, Fox 10 News.