Official Charities

Team in Training

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training program is an Official Charity of the Capital City Half Marathon for the seventh consecutive year. TNT will bring its biggest Team to the Capital City Half Marathon in 2011 and hopes to raise more than $200,000 for this event alone. The money will go toward research, patient services and education in efforts to find a cure for blood cancers. For more information, visit www.teamintraining.org/coh.

Capital Kids

The Mayor's Office of Education is hard at work to fulfill Mayor Michael B. 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 city recreation centers. 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. A portion of the proceeds from the Capital City Half Marathon will be donated to Capital Kids.

Charity Newsies

“That no child should be kept from school for lack of adequate clothing.” This is the creed of the Charity Newsies, a unique non-profit organization founded in 1907. For more than 100 years, the Newsies have provided new winter coats, clothing and shoes — and more recently, school uniforms, math materials, and dictionaries — to thousands of school children. For the recently completed season, Charity Newsies clothed 14,300 boys and girls in Franklin County. The Charity Newsies' members fund its activities privately through gifts, bequests and solicitations. After a public auction each December, hundreds of Newsies hit the streets the following Saturday, wearing their famous white coveralls to sell a special edition of The Columbus Dispatch to drive-by contributors — 100% of these donations go directly to the purchase of clothing. For more information, visit www.charitynewsies.com.

Flying Horse Farms

Flying Horse Farms provides magical, transformative camp experiences for children with serious illnesses. Located just outside of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, Flying Horse Farms hosts hundreds of children and families each year—free of charge. Some medical conditions our campers have include arthritis, asthma, cancer, bleeding disorders, gastrointestinal disease, heart disease, and kidney disease. Flying Horse Farms is the first Midwest camp to become a member of the Association of Hole in the Wall camps. Founded in 1988 by actor, philanthropist, and Ohio native, Paul Newman, the Association has served more than 337,000 children and families from five continents and over 50 countries. For a weekend or week at a time, being sick takes a backseat to being a kid. And fun is priority number one. Campers participate in activities like swimming, boating, fishing, archery, and arts and crafts. Campers also receive constant supervision and critical medical services at our 24–7, onsite health center, staffed by medical professionals from children’s hospitals across Ohio, and beyond. For more information, visit www.flyinghorsefarms.org.

Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio

The 2,500 children and families served by RMHC of Central Ohio at the Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio are running their own marathons as they fight disease, illness and injury. However, RMHC of Central Ohio is there to provide strength and support to get them through the toughest of times. Team RMHC is a part of this living support system and is participating in the Capital City Half Marathon to show RMHC of Central Ohio families that there is strength in numbers—strength in a team of runners passionately raising funds, awareness and advocacy. For more information, visit www.RMHC-CentralOhio.org.

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