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Sports for Charity
One of the best ways to support your favorite charity is to participate in a fundraising event. There are over 4,000 races across the nation, from 5k's to marathons. JustGive has created a listing of a few of these events.
Walk for a Cause
Run for a Cause
Ride for a Cause
These events allow you to challenge yourself to better health while helping a charity. You can fundraise for your event with our Wish List. Our charity wish list allows you to announce your event to friends and family and collect donations online.
Walk for a Cause
Arthritis Walk - The Arthritis Foundation hosts hundreds of Arthritis Walk® events nationwide, raising needed funds to prevent, control and cure arthritis, the nation's #1 cause of disability.
Avon 2 Day - The Avon Walk for Breast Cancer is a remarkable, interactive weekend Walk that raises critical dollars to provide access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer. The Walk provides the opportunity for all participants to make a tangible commitment toward eradicating breast cancer while also increasing critical awareness of this deadly disease.
Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk - The Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk gives participants the opportunity to follow the course of the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon in honor or memory of friends, family, co-workers, and patients facing all forms of cancer.
Breast Cancer 3 Day - The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a bold state of mind that unfolds before you like a 60-mile-long pink carpet of hope. Net proceeds from the Breast Cancer 3-Days benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure, to fund breast cancer research and community outreach, as well as the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund, to provide an endowment for breast cancer initiatives.
Making Strides against Breast Cancer - More than just the name of an event, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer refers to the vital progress the American Cancer Society has made through research, education, advocacy, and patient services.
NAMI Walks - In 2007, thousands of concerned citizens in more than 60 communities across the nation will join NAMI's Campaign for the Mind of America and walk together to raise money and awareness about our country's need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for people with mental illness.
Multiple Sclerosis Walk - For too long, 400,000 Americans and their families have suffered the devastating effects of MS. But with 200,000 participants raising $53 million at the 2006 MS Walk, we collectively brought the world one giant step closer to a cure.
Relay for Life - Relay For Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.
Walk Now - Walk Now is Cure Autism Now's grassroots fundraising and awareness initiative uniting thousands of parents, children and families in a fun, friendly, empowering environment. The Walk is a 5K (just over 3 miles) with lots of water, food and fun along the route.
Walk to Cure Diabetes - JDRF's Walks are family-friendly, held at great locations, and feature plenty of entertainment, food, and fun. We invite you to become one of the 500,000 people at our 200 Walk sites nationwide this year who are making a difference in the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.
Walk with Me - An Easter Seals Walk With Me event is different... and so will you be at the end of it. They partner you with an Easter Seals Honorary Ambassador, a child or adult with a disability who has benefited from Easter Seals services. On the day of your walk, you'll get to meet your ambassador. Leading up to the walk, you'll get to know your ambassador through photos and personal stories.
Run for a Cause
Run for Autism - By joining the Run for Autism – you are choosing to be part of a special group of dedicated individuals taking on a personal fitness challenge and raising funds for autism research. Since 2003, the Run for Autism has raised more than $1.4 million and invested that same amount of money in various autism research studies, all this while establishing itself as one of the most welcoming and rewarding charity running programs in the U.S.
BAA Half Marathon - If you are a runner looking to redefine your personal best, then be a part of our winning team in the annual B.A.A. Half Marathon®. Make a difference in the lives of thousands by joining the Dana-Farber Runners as they race through Boston and Brookline's Emerald Necklace park system toward the ultimate finish line: a world without cancer.
Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge - Help reach the ultimate finish line - a world without cancer - by supporting a Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge runner. The Marathon Challenge directs 100 percent of funds raised to the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research.
Race for the Cure - The Komen Race for the Cure Series raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer, celebrates breast cancer survivorship, and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease.
Team in Training - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training® is the world's largest endurance sports training program. The program provides training to run or walk marathons and half marathons or participate in triathlons and century (100-mile) bike rides.
Ride for a Cause
AIDS LifeCycle - AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and is designed to advance their shared interests to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.
Ride Now - Ride Now is a celebration of motorcycles, chrome, and music, raising much-needed funding for biomedical research in autism and awareness for a disorder that was virtually ignored for more than forty years.
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