About Team Cassie + Friends
From one Dad’s vision to our goal of 750+ teammates across Canada, here’s why we need you to give kids the pain-free futures they deserve…
Team Cassie + Friends is the biggest movement in Canada in support of kids and families affected by Juvenile Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases AND our largest annual fundraiser! Join us in taking big strides toward our visions of pain-free future for kids at one of our in-person races or participate your own way by creating a virtual run/walk.
✔️add one more voice in the fight for more research, awareness, connection and support for affected kids and families
✔️ help us ensure that kids don’t miss out on school, sport and life due to pain and treatments or suffer lifelong disability due to arthritis
✔️ fundraise for a future where the need for kids to undergo joint replacements, surgeries and take immune-suppressing medications like chemotherapy is eliminated forever
Find a Run/Walk Near You!
Each run/walk offers a virtual registration option that allows you to participate right from your hometown. Team Cassie + Friends is a rewarding opportunity to meet others, share your childhood rheumatic disease story with your friends and family, engage your staff and run/walk the best you can. We will be rooting for you and here to help every step of the way!
Windsor, ON
TBA 2024
Nov. 2nd, 2024
Run from anywhere and still feel a part of the magic of the Team Cassie + Friends Community! Or, show your support by making a donation to the team here! Don’t see a race near you? Let’s start a run/walk event in your city!
For more information email us at info@cassieandfriends.ca
How to Engage Your Network in Your Run/Walk
NEW! We’ve created videos to help you get through the registration process. When you go to your preferred race location page (ie. Hamilton), scroll down to “How to Register” and find a corresponding instruction video for your event.
- Click on the race above that you would like to join
- Click “Register Now or Make a Donation”
- Select your distance and create a Race Roster Account
- Fill in the required information
- When you get to “Teams” make sure to search and select “Cassie and Friends.” Continue with filling out the registration form and be sure the select “Cassie and Friends” as your preferred fundraising organization.
- 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 getting #YourFirst5 donations!
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 School 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 2022 School 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, London, Edmonton, Windsor 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 2022 Youth Leader Award and your chance at a $500 prize.
Ready to get started? Fill out the Team C+F School Ambassador Form (it takes less than 2 minutes!) and we’ll reach out to you with resources to bring your run/walk to life!
Hear why our community is lacing up and running in support of the 24,000 affected kids and families in Canada:
Thank You to our Champions for Kids Partners
