Run For Charity
Back on My Feet Chicago
Link: http://chicago.backonmyfeet.org/Chicago-Landing.html
Team Contact Info: Meredith Weber, Meredith@backonmyfeet.org, 773.394.6142
What we do: Back on My Feet Chicago is an organization that uses running to combat homelessness. Being a runner, you know the power the sport holds. You can help Back on My Feet Chicago by doing what you love -- running -- and FundRacing for our cause. With every step you take as a FundRacer, you will help move forward the lives of those in Chicago experiencing homelessness. For more information contact Meredith or call 773.394.6142.
SALUTE, INC. passionately pursues meeting the financial, physical and emotional needs of military service members, veterans and their families. We strive to raise awareness of their sacrifices and provide a safety net to ensure every military family is treated with honor and dignity.
Please use the following link:
http://www.saluteinc.org/page/show/112176-are-you-a-charity-athlete-make-team-salute-your-choice-this-time-
For team membership or training program details contact Sue Hussey at teamsalute@yahoo.com or 847-359-8811.
The Epilepsy Foundation Southern Wisconsin leads the fight to stop seizures, find a cure and overcome challenges created by epilepsy. We provide individual and family guidance, daily living skills training, self-management education, emergency medications and social and recreational opportunities for all ages, including Summer Camp for Kids. We teach seizure recognition and first aid to schools and school-aged kids, police and other first responders, human service professionals as well as area employers. Call or email today or visit our website!
Epilepsy Foundation Southern Wisconsin
205 N Main Street, Suite 106
Janesville, WI 53545
608-755-1821
1302 Mendota Street, Suite 100
Madison, WI 53714
608-442-5555
Toll free: 800.693.2289
Email: info@epilepsywisconsin.org
Web: www.epilepsywisconsin.org
Team Demand encourages runners, walkers (and bikers too) to use their participation in marathons, races and walks to raise money for the Gateway for Cancer Research℠ Race in honor of a loved one – or to honor a friend who may be stricken with the devastating effects of cancer.
When you participate in marathons, races and walks and team up with The Gateway’s Team Demand you’ll have the opportunity to raise money to support innovative cancer research focused on saving lives now. And, help yourself too… There is also strong evidence that physical activity is associated with a reduced risk of certain types of cancers.
The Gateway for Cancer Research℠ is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization committed to funding leading edge cancer research and bold new ideas for lifesaving cancer treatments. We’re demanding cures to improve and save lives of cancer patients now, not decades down the road. Thanks to generous underwriting, 99 cents of every dollar we receive goes directly to fund cancer research.
Contact: Jeremy Garber
Jeremy.garber@demandcurestoday.org
847-342-6478
www.demandcurestoday.org
Team Challenge is the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation’s endurance training and fundraising program. Through Team Challenge, you can run or walk 13.1 miles while helping to find a cure for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, two chronic and often debilitating digestive diseases that impact 1.4 million Americans.
Contact: Becky Burris, 414-475-5520, rburris@ccfa.org
JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Driven by passionate, grassroots volunteers connected to children, adolescents, and adults with this disease, JDRF is now the largest charitable supporter of T1D research. The goal of JDRF research is to improve the lives of every person affected by T1D by accelerating progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing T1D. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners who share this goal.
For more information JDRF, please visit www.jdrf.org.
To sign up for Team JDRF for the Wisconsin Marathon, please visit: http://jdrfevents.donordrive.com/event/cheesiestwisconsinmarathon/
Playworks Milwaukee
Playworks is a national nonprofit organization that provides safe, healthy and inclusive play and physical activity to schools at recess and throughout the entire school day. We stop the chaos on the playground, shift behavior and accelerate learning.
The 2011-12 school year will be the first year of operations for Playworks in Milwaukee. This year we will deliver our in and out-of-school program in 7 low-income schools across Milwaukee impacting 3,000 kids a day. Our comprehensive program fulfills our mission of improving the health and well being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
All funds raised by Playworks charity athletes will help provide our programming in the Milwaukee Public Schools this fall. To join the Playworks Running Team, please contact Kristina Olkowski, 414.678.1534! • www.playworks.org/milwaukee