Charity Groups
The Columbus Marathon partners with the following charitable groups that will make your training fun, memorable and even more worthwhile as you give back to a worthy cause.
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program is a major beneficiary of The Columbus Marathon. The Team in Training Program is the largest endurance- training program in the world. Participants train to complete the marathon while raising money to cure blood cancers. For more information, visit the Team In Training Website: teamintraining.org/coh or download the "Make Cures Happen" PDF here.
Run to Remember
Run to Remember provides an opportunity for you to support hospice care and at the same time honor the memory of a loved one. Through the process of training for the Columbus Marathon, Run to Remember will help you to train appropriately, create a legacy in honor of your loved one, and provide step by step assistance in raising funds for The National Hospice Foundation. Visit runtoremember.org for more information.
Komen Columbus Marathon for the Cure
Join us at the Nationwide Better Health Marathon on October 17th! 2010 is the inaugural year for the Marathon for the Cure team in Columbus. Whether you are a walker or a runner, are going for the challenge of a half marathon or the full 26.2 miles, there is a spot for you on this team! Get more information here!
Team Determination
Athletes participating in the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon or 1/2 Marathon can now raise awareness and much-needed dollars to fight cancer through their participation in DetermiNation, the American Cancer Society's new endurance event training program. While raising money to support the American Cancer Society's efforts to fight the disease and save lives, Columbus-area DetermiNation team members receive numerous benefits to help them achieve their personal victories. Learn more about DetermiNation here.
Run MS
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Run MS participants can participate in the Nationwide Better Health Columbus Marathon and ½ 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
If you would like more information about Run MS - contact us by emailing webmaster@nmssoha.org or visit www.msohiobuckeye.org or call 800-667-7131.
Team YL
Team YL is a group of walkers and runners from all ages and skill levels who together raise funds and awareness for Young Life. Team YL members participate in both the full marathon and half marathon- training one day each week together. Young Life is a non-denominational Christian ministry that reaches out to adolescents through volunteers, staff, club meetings, and camps.For more information about the training group, contact Julie Guinsler at julieg@ylcolumbus.com.
Team Hope
Team Hope exists to connect ordinary people with the extraordinary suffering of children in Thailand and Cambodia. Hunger, poverty, abuse and risk of the sex trafficking industry plague these children daily. Team Hope raises funds to support the ministry of Asia's Hope and G.R.O.W., both rescuing orphans in these countries. For more information, or to join Team Hope, visit www.graceteamhope.org.
