You Matter Day 2026: Locked in and ready!
Here we go!
Mark your calendar for our 5th Annual You Matter Day!
- Date: Saturday, September 19
- Time: 9 am – 1 pm
- Place: Merritt Island High School Auditorium Parking Lot at 100 Mustang Way (Enter at the light on Courtenay and Grove Blvd. across from CVS)
- Cost: FREE!
- Mustang Mile Fun Run – Online Registration is NOW OPEN! Click HERE to register on RunSignup.
- Space Coast Jeep Club and Dixie Cruisers Car Show
- Food Trucks, dunk tank, entertainment
- ALL Merritt Island schools will have a booth with a free fun activity!
- Mental Health Resource Booths with information
- You Matter Do It for Hunter shirts, hats, cups and other items will be available for donation at the event
Join the fun and come visit all our resource booths and school booths. Each booth will have a special FREE activity or giveaway. This family friendly event will include music, dancing, food trucks, family activities, a car show, dunk tank, and lots of prizes to win by visiting all the booths.
We will kick it off once again with a Mustang Mile Fun Run. This is an untimed Fun Run/Walk, and everyone gets a medal at the end. And SURPRISE! Registration is FREE this year! Add on a shirt during online registration for a $15 donation. Register here. T-shirts Day-Of will be a $20 donation.
Thank you to all our sponsors and in-kind donors for helping to make this event happen for our community.
Platinum Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Pinch A Penny-Merritt Island
Merritt Island Smiles, Dr. Sidor
The Viera Company
Darrel Bowman
Space Coast Integrative Health
Business Donations
Fish Lips
Just Cupcakin’ Around
Nitro Kitchen & Cocktails
Star Salong Spa
Grills Portside
Ford’s Garage
Rising Tides
Cocoa Beach Escape Room
Golf & Gator
Labella Spa
Fujiyama’s
KSC Visitor’s Complex
Handler’s Fishing Supply
Route 7
Sunrise Marina
Sunseed Food Co-Op
Brevard Zoo
Employees of Books A Million Merritt Island
Serendipity
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cosmik Tiki
Skull & Books VR
Nancy Moss