CHILDREN'S CHAMPIONS

​By participating in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon weekend, you have the opportunity to help sick kids get better. Join Children's Champions, a team of dedicated athletes raising money for Nationwide Children's Hospital. Your fundraising efforts will help provide the highest quality of care to every patient at Nationwide Children's, regardless of their family's inability to pay.



​Become a Children's Champion today and create your personal fundraising page! As a Children's Champion you will gain access to online fundraising tools, exclusive apparel, private event day accommodations, and more! Join now!​

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LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY'S TEAM IN TRAINING

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program is a major beneficiary of The Columbus Marathon. The Team in Training Program is the largest endurance- training program in the world. Participants train to complete the marathon while raising money to cure blood cancers. For more information, visit the Team In Training Website: teamintraining.org/coh.​

KOMEN COLUMBUS MARATHON FOR THE CURE

Join us at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon on October 21st! Whether you are a walker or a runner, are going for the challenge of a half marathon or the full 26.2 miles, there is a spot for you on this team! For more information, visit the Komen Columbus Marathon for the Cure site.

TEAM RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES

The challenges faced by the more than 2,500 children and families served by RMHC of Central Ohio at the Ronald McDonald House of Central Ohio each year—they 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. We run 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 the Charity. As we train for and run 13.1 or 26.2 miles on October 16 we offer hope, inspiration and compassion for Ronald McDonald House families. For more information about Team RMHC, please contact Ryan Wilkins at Ryan.Wilkins@RMHC-CentralOhio.org or visit their website.​

RUN TO REMEMBER

Run to Remember provides an opportunity for you to support hospice care and at the same time honor the memory of a loved one. Through the process of training for the Columbus Marathon, Run to Remember will help you to train appropriately, create a legacy in honor of your loved one, and provide step by step assistance in raising funds for The National Hospice Foundation. Visit runtoremember.org for more information.

ROC ON (RUN OVER CANCER)

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ROC On! (Run Over Cancer) was developed in 2008 by Laurie Dangler, M.D. and her friends and family to increase the public's awareness of the effect of brain cancer and to help raise funds for brain cancer research. The team was formed after Laurie was diagnosed with brain cancer while training to run the Columbus Half Marathon in 2007. ROC on! raises over $15,000.00 each year to support research and continues to grow in members. ROC on! participates in many races across the United States. You do not have to be a runner to join. Many team members walk the races and we will always welcome volunteers to help us with the team.

RUN MS

Run MS is the National MS Society’s running program in conjunction with the Nationwide Insurance Columbus Marathon and 1/2 Marathon. Funds raised from Run MS will be used to support the National MS Society's Ohio Buckeye Chapter which serves and supports more than 20,000 Ohioans living with MS. Run MS participants will receive a technical race t-shirt, interactive online training program, personal fundraising page, fundraising incentive and most importantly, the opportunity to run in honor of those living with MS.

If you would like more information about Run MS – please visit www.RunMSOhio.org or call 800-344-4867.

 

 

TEAM HOPE INTERNATIONAL

 

Team Hope International supports organizations that rescue orphans and children at risk for human trafficking, mainly in SE Asia.  Our efforts have provided homes, education, food, love and hope to children in Cambodia and Thailand. This year we will help start new homes in India where the world's largest child labor and slave industry is thriving. Complete a race. Rescue a child. Renew a life. Visit us here​.