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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.
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF)
Help the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) reach the ultimate finish line, a cure for multiple myeloma, by joining the MMRF Race for Research team at the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon or Half Marathon. All funds raised through this exciting program will support research that will result in new treatments and, one day, a cure. Multiple myeloma is an incurable cancer of the plasma cell. It is the second most common blood cancer. As the world's number-one funder of multiple myeloma research, the MMRF has raised more than to $102 million to fund 70 laboratories worldwide. Nearly 94% of the funds raised by MMRF go directly to support research and related programming.
Please join us! Click here to learn more and to join the Cleveland Team.
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.
Asia's Hope
Team Hope exists to support the ministry of Asia’s Hope, a non-profit organization committed to rescuing orphans in Thailand and Cambodia. Asia’s Hope partners with community churches to build and support orphan homes in these shattered countries where children are often otherwise forced to a life of poverty and prostitution. Members of Team Hope individually raise funds that will go directly to support the orphan home of Wooster Grace Brethren Church in Wooster, OH. This orphan home currently provides shelter, food, schooling and a life of hope to 24 children. Our team members will be walking and running in all of the 2009 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon events. For more information visit www.graceteamhope.org or www.asiashope.org.
ITP Foundation
The ITP Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to battling ITP, a rare bleeding disorder, in children and adolescents. Through a variety of campaigns, the ITP Foundation works to raise critical awareness of ITP, fund vital medical research, and participate in family assistance programs.
Stephanie Lyn Lufkin, a 7-year-old Cleveland native, passed away in May of 2008 from complications due to ITP. The TEAM Stephanie branch of the ITP Foundation, created by Stephanie's family and friends, upholds the values that the ITP Foundation is built on. The Cleveland Marathon is just the beginning! Please click here to become a member of TEAM Stephanie, or to donate to a team member's fundraising page.
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. 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.
Since 2003, OAR has awarded more than $1.7 million in new research grants and published five community-friendly resource guides in its Life Journey through Autism series.
The RUN FOR AUTISM is OAR's signature fundraising effort. By joining the team, you receive a training log, personal web page, fundraising support, and a race shirt. You can be a part of the 2009 RUN FOR AUTISM - Cleveland team even if you're already registered for the event. Please visit our website at for more information.
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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 Endurance Team is a program organized for the purpose of supporting neurofibromatosis research and services. Volunteers on the NF Endurance Team participate in organized marathons and half-marathons all over the United States to increase public awareness of NF and to raise money to enable treatments and someday a cure. The NF Endurance Team offers runners an outstanding opportunity to enjoy participating 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 ending Neurofibromatosis through research.
To join the Children’s Tumor Foundation’s NF Endurance Team, call 1-800-323-7938 X251 or visit www.ctf.org/endurance.
Arc of Greater Cleveland
Runners and walkers participating in the Cleveland Marathon races are challenged to go faster or farther than they ever have before. For individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), every day is a challenge as they strive to live in a world that is not always understanding or supportive of their needs and their rights. The Arc of Greater Clevelandʼs mission is to empower persons affected by IDD through advocacy, education and the promotion of activities that improve quality of life. We are the only independent voice in the area fighting for equal rights and equal access to services for these individuals.
Our services include legislative advocacy and self-advocacy training, service coordination for housing and vocational programs, educational programs for parents and professionals to enhance their understanding of and ability to work with IDD individuals, and advocacy support for parents working to ensure the best education for their IDD children. We serve individuals and families impacted by autism, Asperger syndrome, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities and any developmental disability that impacts learning and development.
Your participation in the Cleveland Marathon races is a way to help you reach your full potential. When you run or walk in support of the Arc of Greater Cleveland, you will be helping individuals with IDD reach their full potential.
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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 2008 our camps housed or coached over 400 youngsters, 125 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!
Run M.S.
While you may not know what it feels like living with multiple sclerosis, you can make a move that will affect the lives of those who do. Every day, we're moving closer to the cure. But we can't do it without you. By joining Run MS, you become a part of the powerful movement that will end MS forever!
Join the National MS Society at the Cleveland Marathon and run to create a world free of MS. Run MS participants can participate in the marathon, half-marathon, 10k, or 5ks event during the Cleveland Marathon, all while raising money for the National MS Society.
Benefits of Run MS include:
- Downloadable training guide
- Run MS training shirt
- Run MS incentives - such as: race day technical running shirt, pre-race pasta dinner, race registration fee reimbursement
- Personal fundraising page
- Support from National MS Society staff and volunteers
- Opportunity to run in honor of those with MS
Join Run MS - You can be a part of Run MS by registering to participate or by sponsoring someone. If you would like more information about Run MS - contact us at 800-667-7131.
Team TSA
With every step TEAM TSA members help the Tourette Syndrome Association get One Lap Closer To A Cure!
The Tourette Syndrome Association is a national non-profit health organization with chapters across the country. In addition to funding a world-wide cutting edge research program to identify a cause and find a cure, TSA is dedicated to raising awareness, providing education programs and services for people living with TS and their families.
TS is characterized by involuntary physical movements and vocalizations, known as tics, which occur repeatedly. A common misconception is that those affected curse. In fact, less than 10 percent of those affected have what is known as Coprolalia. What causes TS is not yet fully understood, and to date, a cure has not been found. It is estimated that one thousand has a severe case of TS and many more have mild cases of this inherited neurobiological disorder.
Please join our mission. Your support can make a difference!
A Spark of Hope
Pediatric blood cancers continue to devastate over 100,000 children and their families a year. The lives of Hope Fimiani, age 2 and Michael Sparkman, age 7, tragically ended in October 2008 as a result of Leukemia and Lymphoma. The non-profit foundation, ASPARKOFHOPE, has recently been established by Michael and Hope's families to provide financial and emotional support to children diagnosed and their families, many of whom are unable to adequately pay for the most appropriate and cutting-edge care. By raising both resources and the public's awareness of pediatric blood cancers, A SPARK OF HOPE desires to relieve the anguish endured by so many families affected by this terrible disease. Please consider joining us in this endeavor by participating in this years Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon. For more information on A Spark of Hope's mission or to read more about Hope and Michael's journeys with cancer , please visit our site.
