HAVE A GOOD RUN AND RUN FOR GOOD!
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Click the link below to read more about your chosen charity.
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Hartford Marathon supports youth fitness, community giving and healthy living through its Zoom Team, Jeff's Running Partners and other youth running and training programs. Jeff's Running Parnters showcases elementary and middle school teachers and their students. Each teacher who elects to run the Marathon or Half Marathon enlists his or her students to run ½ mile or one mile with that teacher. The students select a charity and run for donations to their charity. Contact: Active Giving link: http://www.active.com/donate/HMFYouthRun | |
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 ING developed the Run for Something Better program to introduce kids to the benefits of running, a habit of physical fitness, and healthy lifestyle choices. In the |
Team ING Run for Something Better supports team members as they improve their fitness and train for a half-marathon or marathon. Members of the team give back by fundraising to help ING provide youth running and school-based fitness education programs for kids locally. The team is raising money to support healthy lifestyle programs for kids from the Greater Hartford area as they train to participate in the ING Run for Something Better event on Friday, October 8, 2010. |
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For more information about the Team ING Run for Something Better fundraising rewards at the $300, $500 and $750 levels or to join the Team, please visit http://www.charity.active.com/ingrunforsomethingbetter For more information about how to obtain a pair of orange laces, see our page on ING Run For Something Better | |
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Contact: Jean Boza, Donor Programs Officer Active Giving Link: http://www.active.com/donate/CTC10 | |
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Contact: Nadia Woodman, Asst Director Special Events | |
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North Central CT and Western MA Chapter
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This organization is proud to be an official local charity for the Greater Hartford Marathon. JDRF focuses on its mission to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research and research related education. | |
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Phone: 860.470.0020 Email: bspada@jdrf.org |
Contact: Bethany Spada Active Giving Link: |
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team In Training, the world's largest endurance sport training program, is honored to be an official charity of the ING Hartford Marathon. Over the last 20 years, we have trained over 340,000 participants and raised over $800 million to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. |
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Phone: 203.427.2061 |
Contact: Christine Urciuoli Active Giving Link: |
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The American Cancer Society has been involved in many of the major cancer research breakthrough of the century. The DetermiNation program is the American Cancer Society's signature endurance event program which gives runners the opportunity to participate in races, and receive training, | |
| support, and other services, while dedicating their experience to the fight against cancer. Funds raised through the Miles for Mission program will benefit the American Cancer Society programs and services nationally, across New England and most importantly in the home state of Connecticut. | ||
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Phone: 802-872-6307 (office) Web: www.cancer.org |
Contact: Kate Kerrigan | |
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Advocacy Unlimited, Inc. is a statewide nonprofit organization in Connecticut that helps countless persons with, or in recovery from, psychiatric disabilities or co-occurring disorders and their families in many ways. Our mission is to improve the quality of life for these individuals. We achieve this mission through a comprehensive education course that provides extensive training in self, systems, and legislative advocacy skills. | |
| Much of our activity is centered around the greater Hartford area. We continue to be very active in the legislative process, as decisions made at the state capitol can dramatically impact the lives of people with psychiatric disabilities. Our organization is proud to be an official charity for the ING Greater Hartford Marathon. | ||
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Phone: 860.667.0460 |
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Linda Lentini, Grants Manager Active Giving Link: http://www.active.com/donate/AdvocacyUnlimited10 | |
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Jane Doe No More is educating the public about sexual assault, and advocating for a society that gives victims and their families every chance for a full and healthy recovery. Our goal is that through increased training and awareness, each person who interacts with the victim will be better prepared so that no further emotional harm is inflicted and the healing process is allowed to continue. | |
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Founded in January 2007 by Connecticut resident Donna Palomba, a survivor of sexual assault, Jane Doe No More is having a lasting impact in Connecticut and across the country. In August 2007, Governor Jodi Rell signed into law a bill eliminating the statute of limitations on sexual assault crimes in which DNA evidence was involved. Donna Palomba’s case was the impetus for the change in the law. | ||
| Phone: 203-592.2009 Email: nora@janedoenomore.org Web: |
Contact: Nora Mason, Executive Director
Jane Doe No More
P O Box 4655
Waterbury CT 06704
Active Giving Link: http://www.active.com/donate/JDNM10 | |
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| Examples of our services might include organizing family getaways, parent support groups, funding for interactive play and learning equipment, training of child care workers, and anything that might enrich the lives of families affected by autism. For more information please visit our website www.jocelynsrun.org | ||
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Email: jocelynsrun@yahoo.com |
Contact: Jocelyn Pardi Active Giving Link: http://www.active.com/donate/JocelynsRun2010 | |
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Team MAD trains experienced runners and new runners to be able to complete a half marathon (13.1 miles) or a full marathon (26.2 miles) while raising money for our annually designated charity. | |
| Our goal is to support local charities in reaching their full potential while providing a safe and memorable experience for our runners. The ING Hartford Half and Full Marathon held in October is Team MAD's annual event. | ||
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Email: info@goteammad.org Website: |
Contact: Team MAD Giving Link: http://www.goteammad.org/donation_teammad.asp | |
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Team Tobatí is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of disadvantaged youth in Tobatí, Paraguay while at the same time offering young American students the powerful experience of working directly for a greater good in the developing world. With the active support of Tobatí community leaders and organizations, the Team constructs classrooms and schools, funds important social programs, and supports medical services and initiatives. Additionally, Team Tobati has established the Macchi School, an institution responsible for providing the best education to the poorest students in the region. | |
| Email: RunForTeamTobati@gmail.com Website: www.teamtobati.org |
Contact: Molly Dworkin Active Giving Link: http://www.active.com/donate/Tobati2010 | |
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World-Wide Lighthouse Missions, Inc. - Our Mission is a present-day reflection of Jesus’ love for humanity. Our primary goal lies within the well-being of the soul, and while ministering to this need, we offer support and training for the natural life as well; thus enabling the poor to have a better life and a greater degree of self-sufficiency. We accomplish these goals here at home and in impoverished countries through the following programs:
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| Phone: 860.645.4141 ext. 153 Email:sarah@wwlm.org Website: www.wwlm.org |
Event Coordinator Active Giving Link: http://www.active.com/donate/WWLM10 | |
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Our Choose a cause of your own!
If there is a charity that is not listed but is important to you and you want to run and raise money for them, you can still fundraise for it as long as it is a 501(c)(3) and it has been listed with the ING Hartford Marathon race office. To confirm your charity with the race office, please email Beth Shluger at beth@hartfordmarathon.com |
Still have questions? Check out the Charity FAQ page for helpful information and an Active Giving Help document. |
