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    The Runners Prepare

    The Gonzmart Family Foundation and the Columbia Restaurant Group are involved in a series of charitable events throughout the year. Check out these upcoming events. We’d love for you to join us.
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    It's Kids' Stuff

    Children are at the heart of Richard’s Run for Life, and our events are for the whole family. Special activities are planned for the very young and the young at heart. Your kids will enjoy meeting the people who make up their community.

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    Working Up An Appetite

    Racing under the Richard’s Run for Life flag always means the best of sustenance for body and soul. Local restaurants donate refreshments and delicacies so that 100% of money raised can go to the cause.


“None of us is as strong as all of us!”
Richard's Run For Life


TAMPA, Fla. (August 19, 2025) – In 2003, Richard Gonzmart — 4th-generation caretaker of Tampa’s 1905 Family Of Restaurants — founded Richard’s Run For Life through the Gonzmart Family Foundation to fund cancer research at Moffitt Cancer Center. “So many of our lives have been touched by cancer,” Richard said. “My passion is to find a cure, and I’m motivated to help Moffitt save lives.”

The pause in both events also means fewer requests by the company for charitable contributions from vendors and local supporters, said 4th Generation Caretaker and events originator Richard Gonzmart.

In 2014, Richard launched Richard’s Father’s Day Walk/Jog, raising awareness for early detection and critical funds for prostate cancer research. Over the years, the two events brought together thousands of runners and raised more than $2.5 million for Moffitt.

In 2024, we pressed pause on our signature runs to give our hardworking team a well-earned breather — but our commitment to curing cancer hasn’t slowed down.

This year in addition to supporting Moffitt through our annual Community Harvest fundraiser, we're rallying as one for Miles for Moffitt, an inspiring race that unites survivors, families and friends to fund life-saving research. Our goal: raise $100,000 through Richard’s Run For Life to support Dr. Patrick Hwu's groundbreaking research at Moffitt, weaponizing the immune system to kill cancer.

Run with us. Walk with us. Celebrate life with us.

Not running? No problem! Come join the party atmosphere — from the Pre-Race Pasta Party at Casa Santo Stefano to the Post-Race Brunch Celebration at the Columbia Café at the Tampa Bay History Center. It’s a weekend of great food, good company and an unstoppable spirit of hope.

🎈 Sponsorship Levels: Your Ticket to the Celebration 🎈

-- Hope Sponsor ($500): Two Richard’s Run For Life T-shirts, an invitation for two guests to our Pre-Race Pasta Party at Casa Santo Stefano, and admission for two guests to our Post-Race Brunch Celebration at the Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center.

-- Helping Hands Sponsor ($1,000): Two Richard’s Run For Life T-shirts, an invitation for two guests to our Pre-Race Pasta Party at Casa Santo Stefano, and admission for two guests to our Post-Race Brunch Celebration at the Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center.

-- Light The Way Sponsor ($2,500): Four 2025 Richard’s Run For Life T-shirts, an invitation for four guests to our Pre-Race Pasta Party at Casa Santo Stefano, and admission for four guests to our Post-Race Brunch Celebration at the Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center.

-- Guardian Angel Sponsor ($5,000): 10 Richard’s Run For Life T-shirts, an invitation for 10 guests to our Pre-Race Pasta Party at Casa Santo Stefano, and admission for 10 guests to our Post-Race Brunch Celebration at the Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center.

-- Beacon Sponsor ($10,000+): 10 Richard’s Run For Life T-shirts, VIP Seating for 10 guests at our Pre-Race Pasta Party at Casa Santo Stefano, and VIP Seating for 10 guests at our Post-Race Brunch Celebration at the Columbia Cafe at the Tampa Bay History Center.

-- Friend of Richard Sponsor: Any donation makes a difference 💛

*(After donating, email proof of donation to RichardsRun@crg1905.com to confirm your admission.)*

🌟 Join the Movement. Feel the Energy. Be Part of the Team.

This November in downtown Tampa, let’s make memories, raise our voices and keep moving forward until we finish cancer for good.

More Information: RichardsRun@crg1905.com


Each year the Tampa Bay community gets together to run in support of Moffitt's life-saving cancer research.

W hen you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

- Patanjali

This quote was a great motivator for me and still is. Using my experience as a runner and my desire to find a cure for cancer I created “Richard’s Run for Life” under the Gonzmart Family Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds to find a cure for cancer. Creating Richard’s Run was a way to fulfill this goal of finding a cure.

- Richard Gonzmart

Father’s Day Event Raises $100,000-Plus, Bringing 10-Year Moffitt Total to $1 Million

Our annual Father’s Day event at Ulele raised a minimum of $100,000 for Moffitt Cancer Center, bringing the 10-year total to more than $1 million. (Next year’s event is June 16. Hope you’ll join us.)


More than 500 people registered for the family-friendly walk or jog on the Tampa Riverwalk leaving from and returning to Ulele.

Although the forecast looked dismal all night, the skies brightened with the sunrise and the night’s thunder, lightning and heavy rain seemed played out.

Event founder Richard Gonzmart thanked the sponsors, volunteers, community partners, participants and the many 1905 Family of Restaurants team members at the event. “We’re here because we’re raising money and awareness for Moffitt Cancer Center, which opened in 1986 and fast became one of the leading cancer facilities in the country,” Richard said.

He pointed out that 1 in 6 men will get prostate cancer, 1 in 3 Blacks and Hispanics. But, he said, the good news is that early detection is key because screening equals life. Richard said Moffitt Cancer Center is in Tampa because of the vision of one man – Lee Moffitt.

While a member of the Florida House of Representatives, Lee helped secure the initial $70 million for construction. At the time Lee was able to get the funding passed, The Tampa Tribune praised his “steel persistence and cotton diplomacy.”

The facility was named for Moffitt over his objections.

As Lee Moffitt often says, “One person can make a difference.”

That’s why we put that quotation on the run shirts.

Lee was at another Moffitt function in North Carolina, but his daughter Jenny represented the family to thank the Gonzmarts for staging the event in 2023and for the last 10 years.

And Moffitt CEO Dr. Patrick Hwu also spoke and later said “You saved lives today.”

Now that’s a good day.


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