join team cassie + friends in toronto!

The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon (TWM) will be back in-person and virtually on

Saturday, October 19th + Sunday, October 20th, 2024

Register today!

We hope you will join us at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon this October to run/walk in support of juvenile arthritis research and support programs. With both virtual and in-person participation options available, we can’t wait to lace up with friends, families, healthcare professionals and coworkers to step closer towards a pain-free future for kids. On Saturday, October 19th + Sunday, October 20th, 2024, let’s support the youth and families attending the Rheumatology Clinic at SickKids Hospital by raising awareness and fundraising for more resources and programs.

You can walk/run a 5k, half-marathon or a full marathon.

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 pay your staff or members’ race fees directly OR if you have any questions at all, please contact Marissa at marissa@cassieandfriends.ca

About the Run/Walk:

The Charity Challenge Run/Walks are our largest annual fundraisers and one of our biggest community events.

  • Choose your distance, set up a fundraising page and complete your run
  • Track your run and upload it to the online leaderboard
  • Join us for #YourFirst5 Challenge, contests and ways for everyone to keep motivated and connected!

For the past 16 years, Cassie and Friends has held the title of ‘Top Fundraising Team’ in the Vancouver Charity Challenge run/walk with an incredible $1-million+ now raised! In 2018, Cassie and Friends launched teams in the Calgary and Toronto Charity Challenges to support our expansion into Alberta and Ontario, bringing together over 360 runners who raised more than $335,000!!!

Don’t want to run? Consider hosting a hike/bike/swim/climb- whatever gets you moving!

How to register:

  1. Click here to register for Team Cassie + Friends in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K
  2. Select your distance and create a Race Roster Account
  3. Fill in the required information
  4. When you get to “Teams,” select “Yes, add this registrant to a team created by someone else”
  5. Under “Team Category,” select  “Fundraising Team- TSC Charity Challenge.”
  6. Under “Select Team,” choose “Cassie + Friends.”

Questions? Please email info@cassieandfriends.ca

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!

  1. 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.
  2. A donation towards research for safer and more effective treatments
  3. A donation towards support programs so families can feel less alone on their journey.
  4. A donation towards virtual education, our expert-led information sessions educating families across Canada
  5. 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 2022 Youth Leader Award and your chance at a $500 prize.