Official Charities
Official Charity: Team in Training
Supporting Charities: American Cancer Society |
Capital Kids |
Gracehaven |
Lutheran Social Services |
Miles for Melanomia |
NAMI Franklin County |
National MS Society |
Operation Homefront |
Run to Remember |
Running for Israel |
The American Fertility Association |
The WAM Foundation |
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International |
Team Up 4 Orphans & Doma International
Become a Charity of Capital City!
Team in Training—Official Charity
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training program is thrilled to be the official charity of the Capital City Half Marathon!
This will be Central Ohio's fifth year participating in this event, and we are looking forward to bringing our biggest Team in 2010!
TNT is hoping to raise well over $150,000 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.
If you are looking to train for the Capital City Half Marathon and are interested in doing it through Team In Training, please contact
us at (614) 476-7194, Ext. 259. Please visit our website:
www.teamintraining.org/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 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.
We are pleased to announce that a portion of the proceeds from the Capital City Half Marathon shall be donated to this great program.
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Gracehaven
Gracehaven is a faith-based non-profit organization started in 2008 for the expressed purpose of providing shelter, security, and rehabilitation to
girls under the age of 18 who are victims of commercial sexual exploitation in central Ohio.
Gracehaven is a long-term rehabilitation facility allowing girls to stay as needed until they reach the age of 18. We will then help them transition
to the next step in their life. While at Gracehaven, the girls will be able to earn their GED, as well as receive counseling and treatment for the
horrible trauma and exploitation they have been forced to endure.
Gracehaven is in the process of purchasing a house situated on 10 acres in an undisclosed location in NW Ohio. Once renovated, the house will be
large enough to hold up to 10 girls at a time.
Mission Statement:
Gracehaven seeks through Christian love to provide shelter and rehabilitation to girls under the age of 18 who have been victims of commercial
sexual exploitation, and to raise awareness among young women about the issue of domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) in order to educate and equip
them so that they can avoid becoming victims themselves.
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Lutheran Social Services
Food, clothing and shelter are the basic needs of all people. Due to unforeseen circumstances, sometimes people are unable to obtain these needs.
That's why Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio offers a continuum of services to lend a helping hand. Through our food pantries, homeless shelters,
senior living, affordable housing communities, disaster response and other programs that uplift families and strengthen communities, LSS fulfills its
mission of "creating a better world by serving people in need." Our website is www.lssco.org.
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Miles for Melanomia
Details coming soon.
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NAMI Franklin County
NAMI Franklin County was founded in 1987 by a group of eight family members—including one psychiatrist—who wanted to improve the mental health
services available to their loves ones. As an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and
NAMI Ohio, NAMI Franklin County is dedicated
to improving the lives of family members, friends and persons with mental illness through education, outreach, support, referral and advocacy in
Central Ohio.
NAMI supports research on the causes and treatments of mental illness, and monitors local services to help improve treatment outcomes. As a
grassroots, non-profit organization, NAMI Franklin County depends on contributions from our members to operate. We have always been volunteer-run,
and all members of our board volunteer their time and service to help NAMI Franklin County achieve our mission and continue to serve as your voice on
mental illness in Franklin County.
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National MS Society
While you may not know what it feels like living with multiple sclerosis, you can make a move that will affect the lives of those who do. Every day,
we're moving closer to the cure. But we can't do it without you. By joining Run MS, you become a part of the powerful movement that will end MS forever!
Join the National MS Society at the Cleveland Marathon and run to create a world free of MS. Run MS participants can participate in the marathon,
half-marathon, 10k, or 5ks event during the Cleveland 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, race registration fee reimbursement, pre-race pasta dinner, gift cards and more.
- Personal fundraising page
- Support from National MS Society staff and volunteers
- Opportunity to run in honor of those with MS
Join Run MS - You can be a part of Run MS by registering to participate or by sponsoring someone. If you would like more information about Run MS -
contact us at 800-667-7131 or visit www.msohiobuckeye.org.
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Operation Homefront
Operation Homefront provides emergency and morale assistance for our troops, the families they leave behind, and for wounded warriors when they
return home. A nonprofit 501(c)(3), Operation Homefront leads more than 4,500 volunteers in 30 chapters nationwide and has met more than 105,000 needs
of military families. Website: www.operationhomefront.net/ohio
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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 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 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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The WAM Foundation
The WAM Foundation's mission is to raise public awareness of melanoma, to educate the public about prevention methods, to promote screenings for
early detection, and to provide funds for research of effective treatment methods and ultimately a cure for melanoma.
Website: www.thewamfoundation.org
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Driven by the needs of people with diabetes, the mission of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International is to find a cure for
diabetes and its complications through the support of research. We work to accomplish this by finding and funding the best and most relevant
research to help achieve a cure for this devastating disease through:
- Restoration of normal blood sugar levels
- Avoidance and reversal of complications
- Prevention of diabetes and its recurrence
Website: www.jdrf.org/midohio
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Team Up 4 Orphans & Doma International
Team Up 4 Orphans and Doma International work in the lives of vulnerable children and young families through crisis prevention and early intervention.
The work of these organizations can be seen in orphanages in Ukraine, Uganda, Russia, and Ethiopia, as well as right here in Columbus where they are
working with those exploited by the sex trafficking industry.
Website: www.teamup4orphans.org
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