Charities
Official Charity: Team in Training
Supporting Charities: American Cancer Society |
Capital Kids |
Run to Remember |
Running for Israel |
The American Fertility Association
Team in Training—Official Charity
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training program is thrilled to be the
official charity of The Bank of America Capital City Half Marathon! This will be
Central Ohio's third year participating in this event, and we are looking forward to bringing
our biggest Team in 2007! TNT is hoping to raise well over $100,000 for this event alone. The
money will go toward research, patient services and education in efforts to find a cure for
blood cancers. See what has motivated TNT team members to participate.
JBR will be contributing a portion of the total registration fees collected from TNT
current members and alumni to support the great work of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Please contact Lindsey Wheeler for more information.
If you are looking to train for The Bank of America Capital City Half Marathon and are interested in doing
it through Team In Training, please contact us at (614) 476-7194, Ext. 228. Please visit our
website: www.teamintraining.ord/coh.
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Supporting Charities:
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary
health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health
problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from
cancer, through research, education, advocacy and service.
Team ACS is a unique fund raising program in which people who are
participating in various events — from marathons and triathlons to
dance-a-thons and bake sales — can raise money online to benefit the
American Cancer Society's fight against cancer. Through Team ACS,
participating team members can turn their hobbies and passions into
lifesaving endeavors. This program also provides an excellent way to
commemorate a friend or loved one lost to cancer by raising money in their
honor. In addition to raising funds and recruiting team members online,
Team ACS empowers team members to help increase awareness about cancer and
the importance of prevention and early detection.
Please visit our Team ACS Web site at www.cancer.org/TeamACS to explore its
capabilities and spread the word to your members! Joining Team ACS will
enhance your Bank of America Capital City Half Marathon experience by giving you the
opportunity to fight a disease that strikes one in four Americans!
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Capital Kids
The Mayor's Office of Education is hard at work to fulfill Mayor Michael Coleman's
promise to prepare Columbus for the next generation. A historic step forward was taken
with the creation of Capital Kids, a new model for after school programs with pilots
based at four recreation centers: Fedderson, Sawyer, Marion Franklin, and Sullivant
Gardens. This model not only incorporates trained staff, state of the art technology,
high expectations and high performance standards to gauge students' academic achievement,
but also provides more kids a safe place to learn and play when school lets out.
John Bingham Racing is pleased to announce that a portion of the proceeds from The
Bank of America Capital City Half Marathon shall be donated to this great program.
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Run to Remember
Run to Remember provides an opportunity for you to support hospice care through the National Hospice Foundation
as well as a local hospice program of your choice. Through the process of training for The Capital City Half Marathon,
Run to Remember will help you raise money through your own personal fundraising page. You will train and run or walk
in memory of a loved one whose name will be custom printed on the back of your Run to Remember race shirt.
Join us by registering on this site for the Capital City Half; then register with Run to Remember at
www.runtoremember.org.
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Running for Israel
There is a road to peace. And we're running it.
Running for Israel is an organization with a simple mission: run races, have fun, and
make a difference. While the challenges facing Israel are quite serious, the way we can help
doesn't have to be. So what Running for Israel (RFI) does is organize individuals of all
ages and abilities to enter runs and walks in their own areas. The sponsorship money that
people raise (which usually comes from friends and family), goes directly to organizations
both in Israel, and in the US.
We want you to join our Columbus team.
It's simple. The more people who run with us at The Bank of America Capital City Half Marathon,
the more we help Israel. The money raised is distributed to four different charities that were
selected because of the varying forms of assistance they provide.
One Family helps terror victims and their families. Honest Reporting is a
media watch dog that ensures fair coverage of events in the Middle East. Keren Y and Y
provides food in the form of credits at local markets to poor families hit hardest by the
economic downturn and lack of tourism caused by terrorism. The last, Hasbara Fellowships,
partners with the Israeli Foreign Ministry to teach students how to effectively speak out
against anti-Semitic and anti-Israel bias on campus. Run with us and help us help them!
The charity has been featured in AM New York, on Israel National Radio, in The Jewish
Week, and The Jerusalem Post. You can learn more about the "Running Rabbi", and
how to run with and contribute to Running For Israel on our Web site
www.runningforisrael.com.
So please visit us and join us here at The Bank of America Capital City Half Marathon.
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The American Fertility Association
The American Fertility Association (The AFA) is a national organization dedicated
to educating, supporting and advocating for men and women concerned with reproductive health,
fertility preservation, infertility and all forms of family building. Fertility Dream funds
will specifically help to support important advocacy efforts and the research study
"Footprints: The IVF Children's Health Study," the first longitudinal study to
chronicle the health of IVF children. In addition, funds raised will ensure that access to
resources and information through The AFA's "No Barriers" membership program remains
free to all.
Fertility Patient Information
Free, Online "No Barriers" Membership
infocus - Quarterly Magazine
Connections - Monthly Online Newsletter
Regional Educational Meetings
Weekly Online Educational Sessions (with Fertility Professionals)
Physician-Moderated Message Boards
Online Fact Sheets
Toll Free Support Line 888.917.3777
Fertility Dream
Dreams can come true. For many, a wish is all it takes to start a family.
For millions of others, fulfilling the dream to have a child can be long, slow, and arduous.
It is a journey undertaken one step at a time...
To help those with fertility challenges overcome feelings of frustration and/or isolation,
The AFA launched the Fertility Dream — a fun, healthy activity where individuals or groups can
join The AFA's team of runners and walkers, show their support for fertility issues, and get
fit.
In 2005, The AFA will bring the Fertility Dream to runners and walkers in four different
cities across the country — Tucson, Chicago, Boston, and Danbury, Connecticut.
The AFA provides training plans and email support to enable Fertility Dream participants to
complete a 5-kilometer walk/run. For more details or to register, please visit our website
www.theafa.org or call 888-917-4777.
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