Platinum
Team in Training®
Why not make this exciting event the experience of a lifetime? Join our Team in Training® Program. You'll train with the team for four to six months, receive quality coaching and be matched with a local cancer survivor who'll motivate you every step of the way. Part of your reward will come from knowing that the funds you raise are helping The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's fight against blood cancers. Seventy- six percent of all monies raised support research to find treatments and ultimately, cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma.
To find out more about Team In Training, call the Northern Ohio Chapter at 216-910-1245 or 800-589-5721, or visit www.teamintraining.org/noh.
Road of Life
Road of Life focuses on educating young children about the fitness, nutrition, and tobacco use decisions they can make now that will make them healthier and greatly reduce their risk of developing cancers and other diseases of excess later in life. Road of Life has programmatic presence in Cleveland and 25 other states. We are excited to be a platinum charity partner and former primary charity of the walking divisions of the marathon and half-marathon. Events such as this provide people of all ages and abilities to get out, have fun, and be active.
For more information about Road of Life, please visit www.roadoflife.org. Download this PDF for instructions on how to raise money for Road of Life by running, walking, or wheeling the Marathon, Half Marathon, or 10K.
Lerner Research Foundation
More info coming soon
Gold
Children's Tumor Foundation
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a debilitating genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow randomly throughout the body on nerve sheaths. NF occurs in more than one in 3,000 births – more than Cystic Fibrosis, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Huntington’s Disease combined, and many of those who struggle with NF are children.
The NF Marathon Team is a program organized for the purpose of supporting neurofibromatosis research and services. Volunteers on the NF Marathon Team participate in organized marathons and half-marathons all over the United States to increase public awareness of NF and to raise money to find a cure. The NF Marathon Team offers runners an outstanding opportunity to enjoy running in an environment that is welcoming, positive, and supportive, while raising money for a worthy and important cause.
The Children’s Tumor Foundation is the leading non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure and treatments for NF.
To join the children’s Tumor Foundation’s NF Marathon Team to help solve the NF puzzle, call 1-800-323-7938 X251 or visit www.ctf.org/marathon.
Thinking Beyond Borders
Thinking Beyond Borders is a non-profit organization that takes graduating high school seniors around the world for 8 months to study the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, sustainable agriculture in India, public education in China, environmental conservation in Vietnam, and clean water issues in Ecuador. In each country, students live with families, work with local organizations, study with top professors, and meet with various politicians to develop a broad perspective of the issues. The goal is to attack global issues at the absolute seed by creating a new generation of leaders who understand how to investigate and solve complex global issues.
We believe that the next generation of leaders will come from a variety of ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, and citizenships, and we strive to provide our educational program for everyone through the TBB Scholarship Fund. Every penny you raise will be used to support students in need. Please help by participating in this event and CLICK HERE to donate or run on our behalf.
Silver
University Circle Inc.
University Circle Inc. (UCI) is the development, service, and advocacy organization responsible for the growth of University Circle as a premier urban district and world class center of innovation in health care, education, and arts and culture.
For more information go to www.universitycircle.org
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) was founded in 1998 by identical twin sisters Kathy Giusti and Karen Andrews shortly following Kathy's diagnosis with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer. MMRF's mission is to urgently and aggressively fund research that will lead to the development of new treatments for multiple myeloma. For more information, visit www.multiplemyeloma.org.
Run For Autism
The Organization for Autism Research (OAR) is a national, nonprofit organization formed and led by relatives of children and adults with autism and Asperger Syndrome. OAR is dedicated to promoting research that can be applied to help families, educators, caregivers, and individuals with autism find much-needed answers to their immediate and urgent questions. Committed to the excellence in its services to the autism community, OAR funds applied research that will make a difference in individual lives; provides information that is timely, useful, and cost-efficient; and offers opportunities for the autism community to collaborate and make advances together.
In its first six years, OAR has awarded more than $1,400,000 for applied research studies and published four community-friendly resource guides in its Life Journey through Autism guide series: A Parent’s Guide to Research, An Educator’s Guide to Autism, An Educator’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome, and A Guide for Transition to Adulthood.
For more information, please visit our website at www.researchautism.org.
Bronze
Team Gluten Free
Team Gluten-Free, a project of the Celiac Disease Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, public benefit corporation, is a training program for runners, walkers and cyclists who participate in races across the United States to raise awareness and funds for Celiac Disease. The money we raise goes directly to research and awareness programs and camp scholarships for Celiac children.
For more information visit our website at www.teamglutenfree.org.
John Wayne Cancer Foundation
Team DUKE - John Wayne Cancer Foundation
John Wayne beat lung cancer in 1964. He died 15 years later after a struggle with cancer of the stomach. During this difficult period, he became passionate about helping others fight this terrible disease. To honor his memory, his family created the John Wayne Cancer Foundation (JWCF) to bring courage, strength and grit to the fight against cancer.
Since its founding in 1985, JWCF has supported awareness programs, education programs and support groups, and is aligned with like-minded groups and non-profits that advance the fight against cancer. JWCF has also been committed to groundbreaking cancer research and education at the John Wayne Cancer Institute (JWCI).
The John Wayne Cancer Foundation will continue the fight its namesake started.
For more information, or to make a donation online to support JWCF's life-saving programs, please visit www.jwcf.org.
Team DUKE is an athletic fundraising program unlike any other. You pick the sport. You pick the event. We’ll help you enlist sponsors and meet your goals. Saddle up. Join Team DUKE online at www.teamduke.org.
New Directions
The mission of New Directions is to provide quality life- changing treatment to chemically dependent adolescents and their families who are dealing with emotional, behavioral and psychiatric problems. This treatment is provided with great respect, integrity, and commitment to the individuals we serve. For more information visit www.newdirect.org or contact Carrie Moore at CMoore@newdirect.org.
A Running Start Foundation
A Running Start Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation dedicated to using the power of sports to improve the lives of youngsters in impoverished but talent-rich parts of Africa, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. Our mission is to harness the amazing running talent in this region in order to allow more African youngsters to earn a U.S. university education from their athletic gift, to leverage sports to inspire local children to stay in school and to enable more talented young athletes to earn a living from the sport. In 2007 our camps housed or coached over 300 youngsters, 45 of whom secured full 4-year scholarships to U.S. universities. Run for our Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon team and change the life of a young African runner!
God is Love Online
The purpose of this club is to glorify and spread the word of God through physical fitness, raising money for charity groups, supporting families in the Middle East and helping pay for marathons and other group activities that we participate in. We feel that physical fitness and learning to give to others can significantly increase God's Love because we ourselves love one another. We hope to encourage others to love God by loving others, and through our dedication to giving to others and participation in marathons.
