Team Cassie + Friends Calgary Run/Walk
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We invite all of our Calgary area families to join us at the Servus Calgary Marathon & Charity Challenge in-person event on Sunday, May 26th or in the virtual run from May 26th- June 23rd. We’re looking forward to meeting, connecting, and making memories with you and other families at the event as we run/walk for kids affected by juvenile arthritis. You can register here!
Even better, this year we are very excited to announce that your fundraising will be even further amplified as Cassie + Friends has been named as a 2024 charity partner of the Rogers Birdies for Kids presented by AltaLink. Birdies for Kids is a non-profit program under the Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation, and is an AMAZING way for charities like ours to supercharge our efforts to raise new support for our community and qualify for matching funds up to 50%!!! Please email aren@casseiandfriends.ca if you would like to learn more about this program and how you can share this incredible news with your supporters!
For those who cannot make the in-person run, we are pleased to let you know about the virtual run which allows you to run/walk anywhere and anytime between May 26th- June 23rd, 2024. Run once, twice, or as many times as you’d like, or choose to exercise your way (bike, swim, hike, etc.).
Our goal is to make your participation as easy as possible! If you are part of a company, team, or group that would like to get involved, OR if you have any questions at all, please contact at info@cassieandfriends.ca
About this year’s virtual run/walk:
- Select your distance to complete 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, Marathon, 60K (NEW!) or the Kids Marathon (1.2K)
- Join us for the in-person event on Sunday, May 26th or complete the run anytime and anywhere between May 26th- June 23rd, 2024.
- Charity prizes for top fundraising are available – let’s not lose our streak as a top team
- Receive a Calgary Marathon running shirt and medal with registration and a Team C+F technical running shirt when you raise $50 or more
In 2020, Team Cassie + Friends won the first place prize for Top Fundraising Charity in the Calgary Marathon and in 2021 we were the team with the highest amount of fundraisers! Thank you for your support.
We’ve created videos to help you get through the registration process. Click here to learn how to sign up for Team Cassie + Friends!
- Click here to register!
- Select your distance or click “register” on the right handside of the Race Roster page.
- Select your distance and create or sign into your Race Roster Account
- Fill in the required information
- When you get to “Teams” it will ask “Add registrant to a team?” Click “Yes, add this registrant to a corporate or charity team created by someone else”
- Under “Teams Category” choose “Fundraising Team-Charity Challenge”
- Search and select “Cassie and Friends.” Fill out the rest of the information and proceed to payment
- Once submitted, log in to your Race Roster account to customize your fundraising page by adding a photo and sharing your story!
Questions? Please email info@cassieandfriends.ca
Kick start your fundraising with #YourFirst5
Team Cassie + Friends challenges you to get at least 5 donations towards your fundraising page. And when you get 5, you’ll automatically be entered to win fun prizes! Not sure how to get your first 5 donations, start by making a donation to yourself, then ask a friend (or two), a family member, gym buddy and a coworker/classmate!
- Make a donation to yourself – It all starts with you! Be proud of yourself for stepping up for kids and kick things off with a donation to your fundraising page.
- A donation towards research for safer and more effective treatments
- A donation towards support programs so families can feel less alone on their journey.
- A donation towards virtual education, our expert-led information sessions educating families across Canada
- A donation towards connection, so families have a shoulder to lean on.
Try sending this to a friend:
Hi ______,
I am so excited to let you know that this year I am stepping up for kids and families across Canada affected by juvenile arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. Juvenile arthritis is an incurable autoimmune disease in kids that attacks healthy joints and steals childhoods. Kids with JA live with pain, fatigue and fevers, and many require aggressive medications like chemotherapy.
This year I am running with Team Cassie + Friends to fundraise for juvenile arthritis research and family support programs so that kids can have the pain-free futures they deserve. If you are able to make a donation in support of my run/walk, please click the link below.
[Add your fundraising link here]Thank you for supporting me and the 24,000 kids in Canada affected by juvenile arthritis.
[Name]Team C+F Youth Ambassador Program
Are you a youth who lives with or is impacted by Juvenile Arthritis, Lupus, Dermatomyositis, Fever Syndrome or other rheumatic disease? Want to help raise funds and awareness for juvenile arthritis at your school or amongst your sports team? Learn more about hosting a kids fun run at your school and how to earn free kids registration with our 2023 Youth Run Ambassador Program.
What’s in it for you?
- Receive one free kids registration to an official Team C+F run/walk when you pledge to raise $50 or more. Official Virtual and In-Person Team Cassie + Friends run/walk events include: Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax, Hamilton, Toronto and Ottawa.
- Receive a Team C+F Fun Run Package including sidewalk chalk and Cassie + Friends coloured ribbons to host your at-school fun run event
- Receive a Team Cassie + Friends Technical Running Shirt
- Fun prizes when you reach fundraising milestones
- Raise $50, receive a Team C+F baseball cap
- Raise $500, a cupcake party for your class or sports team
- The opportunity to apply for the 2023 Youth Leader Award and your chance at a $500 prize.
