Endurance sport fundraising is one of the largest and most visible avenues of purposeful competition. The Unite Half Marathon is very proud to serve as a foundation that enables its athletes to raise many thousands of dollars for charitable organizations from all over.
The UNITE for Charity program is a great way to support your favorite cause. Most of these teams provide group training and coaching, inspiration and motivation that will get you to finish and most significantly, you help raise money to support your favorite cause.
To race with one of our official UNITE partners below simply click on the link provided with that organization and the organization will take it from there!
Support Rutgers Sport Clubs
The UNITE Half Marathon at Rutgers University will provide an opportunity for Rutgers Sport Clubs to generate much needed dollars to keep their sports going. We ask that you consider donating even just $1 when registering to help these sport clubs continue for many years into the future.
What are Sport Clubs?
Long before varsity athletics provided an outlet for youthful energies, the men of Rutgers, like so many of their counterparts at the other colonial colleges, were privately challenging students from other schools to meet them "on the banks" for a little friendly competition.
Today, Rutgers Sport Clubs continue on as student run organizations that exist to assist individuals to develop skills and improve their performance in a particular sport or physical activity. Sports Clubs may be instructional and/or competitive in nature, with the competitive clubs competing against other schools and leagues all around the country.
How You Can Help Today
There are 50 sports clubs at Rutgers. Unlike the varsity sports that are funded by the University, the sport clubs are student organized, student funded and in many cases student coached. They are the closest thing to amateur sports in this country. The students do very well. Every year between 8 and 10 teams qualify for their nationals and many clubs are ranked in the top 25 teams across the country.
But there is a problem. Because the clubs are student funded the athletes on each team must raise the funds, through dues and special projects, to support their seasons. For some, the assessment to play is over $2,000. For many others it is between $500 and $1500. This makes it very difficult for a large group of students to participate. Donating to the Sport Club Travel fund would help reduce the expenses the students incur when they travel to various competitions which would substantially reduce the dues they pay.
Supporting the Sport Clubs at Rutgers does more than make it possible for students to experience team competition, it helps build leaders and strong team players - something our society needs badly.
When registering we ask that you consider making a donation to Rutgers Sport Clubs~ we ask that you UNITE with us and make a difference.
What can you do with your old cell phone? Recycle it …. AND make a difference!
Please consider donating any no-longer used phones and accessories to UHopeLine. Cell phones can be in any condition and from any wireless service provider. You can drop off your old cell phone and accessories at the Health & Fitness Expo on April 16th and April 17th or on Race Day! Donation bins will be located in the Start and Finish line areas on Race Day, as well as at a booth during the Expo!
The UHopeLine program serves a dual purpose of protecting the environment and supporting survivors of violence against women. Proceeds from UHopeLine are used to provide wireless phones and cash grants to local shelters and non-profit organizations that focus on domestic and dating violence prevention and awareness. Phones that can be refurbished are provided to survivors of domestic violence for reuse and those without value are recycled or disposed of in an environmentally sound way.
For more information, visit the Center on Violence Against Women and Children website at http://vawc.rutgers.edu or email us at vawc@ssw.rutgers.edu Drop off bins are also located in all the student/campus centers in New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark and Camden and various administrative buildings throughout campus. **If you or someone you know is in need of assistance or support services, please call the Rutgers Department of Sexual Assault Services and Crime Victim Assistance (SAS/CVA) at (732) 932-1181.
Do you want to be a part of inspiring and motivating young disabled people to live their lives to the fullest?
Do you want to help raise awareness and funding for the needs of young disabled people?
Come be a part of Team Brandon on April 18, 2010 for the UNITE half marathon.
Team Brandon is a father and son endurance team who compete in running events and triathlons. Brandon was born a quadriplegic and competes with his dad Ted, who pushes Brandon in a racing wheelchair to give Brandon the opportunity to be involved in everyday activities. The stimulation of Brandon being involved in everyday activities has helped Brandon live an enjoyable and happy life despite his disability.
Team Brandon wants others to enjoy the positive effects of being outdoors and living their lives to the fullest, no matter what their limits are.
The mission of the Team Brandon Foundation is to educate people about the needs of the disabled, encourage, motivate, and inspire people with disabilities to live their lives to the fullest, and acquire funding through donations to help people with disabilities who are less fortunate by helping them acquire special needs equipment to enable them to live and enjoy life.
For more information visit www.teambrandon.org
HEROES WANTED!
Team In Training (r) is the world's largest endurance training program designed for the novice to the advanced athlete. Train with us to walk or run the Unite Half Marathon!
Our knowledgeable, certified coaches will offer weekend training sessions throughout New Jersey and work with you on form, nutrition and apparel so that you are ready to do your best on event day.
Your team mentor, a successful past participant, will provide you with moral and fundraising support throughout the program. Your honored teammate - a child or adult with blood cancer - will give you the added motivation to keep training and to push hard on the day of the event.
To join the TEAM IN TRAINING UNITE TEAM contact Kelli Toner email: kelli.toner@lls.org
phone: 908-956-6620
Helping cancer survivors and their families live healthy and strong, using fitness – physical, nutritional and emotional – as the foundation for every day. Serving amazing people throughout the greater Philadelphia area and New Jersey.
Surviving Strong is continually building a network of survivors, coaches, instructors, mentors and opportunities. Next spring, Surviving Strong will be bringing a team to the Unite Half Marathon series at Rutgers University. In preparing for this event, we will have regular and ongoing training to help any interested person reach their first or fastest half marathon. And while Surviving Strong is about bringing fitness and activity into daily life and not just about racing, completing a race is a fantastic way to celebrate your achievements and show cancer who is boss while telling the world what cancer will not slow us down!
Join this team by clicking here!
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Please consider joining the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation’s team, ‘OUR MOMENT’ when we participate in the Unite Half Marathon at Rutgers University this spring.
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. Twenty years ago, Elizabeth Glaser realized there was a moment to act—to change attitudes, demand action, and give a voice to children and families affected by HIV and AIDS.
Just as Elizabeth realized her moment to act we hope this event will be our moment; our moment to raise awareness for the work of the foundation and our moment to realize the strength and power within ourselves. As an OUR MOMENT member you will receive weekly newsletters full of helpful training tips, have a chance to get to know each other before race day 
on our facebook page, possibly get together for some group training runs and hopefully receive the support and encouragement you need to complete your training and reach the finish line. Of course a great team t-shirt and goody bag is also part of the deal.
On OUR team there will be no fundraising goal to meet, merely pay your own registration fee then donate $20 to EGPAF to join OUR team. If you wish to raise additional funds we will do so as a team, through a central website with a moderate fundraising goal. We do ask that you get to know a little about the foundation and take this moment to let others know about the essential work EGPAF is doing for children around the world.
To join our team or get more details email us at JOINtheMOMENT@gmail.com.
Would you like to compete in an athletic event and make the experience meaningful, not only for you, but for others as well?
Come be a part of Team “Lisa’s Lovely Ladies.”
Lisa’s Lovely Ladies was formed in honor of our friend Lisa, to raise awareness of, and funding for, the Teal Ribbon Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation (TROCRF).
The Teal Ribbon Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, Inc. (TROCRF) is organized exclusively for charitable & scientific purposes. Our goals are to raise funds to advance ovarian cancer research towards a cure; advocating for early diagnostic treatment programs and to improve the lives of ovarian cancer survivors. For more information go to www.trocrf.org.
Click here for more details on joining our Team!
Team Molly Bear is a group of regular people who participate in triathlons and road races of varying lengths, to raise awareness of Trisomy 18 and funds for families impacted by the condition, in memory of Molly Brown.
The Molly Bear Foundation provides supplemental financial assistance to families raising children with Trisomy 18, and the organizations that support them. Trisomy 18, sometimes called Edwards Syndrome, is a genetic condition caused by a chromosomal defect where there are three occurences of the 18th chromosome, rather than the normal two. It occurs in about one in every 3000 live births. Each case is different, and there are varying de
grees of developmental issues and medical complications associated with Trisomy 18, but many of these issues are potentially life-threatening in the early stages of development. While many children born with Trisomy 18 will not survive these early challenges, more and more babies are beating the odds, living longer lives, and bringing joy to their families. The Molly Bear Foundation was created to support these families as they travel this challenging road.
To join Team Molly Bear and help support families impacted by Trisomy 18, please click here. Visit the Molly Bear Foundation to learn more.
HCM Foundation was created in October 2009 with the mission to provide opportunities and financial support to cancer patients, survivors, and their families. We are committed to enhance the quality of life for those afflicted with cancer by connecting those in need of assistance with those willing to offer support. It is our vision to build long lasting, comforting, and meaningful relationships.
If you would like to train for, compete and raise money for HCM, you can become a member of our HCM Fund Racing Team! Our team is comprised of dedicated endurance athletes who are provided with personalized guidance towards completing endurance events while being committed to raise money for the HCM Foundation mission. HCM Foundation and the athlete then place these funds into the hands of cancer patients, survivors, and their families. We work hard to achieve our own goals and make dreams become reality for those afflicted with cancer.
Click here for more information about our Team. To become a member of the HCM Fund Racing Team, email us at HCMFund@gmail.com and you will be contacted within 24 hours.
Want to become an Official UNITE FOR CHARITY PARTNER – click here
UNITE to make friends. UNITE to make a difference.. Unite for Charity and we promise you’ll make it to the Finish Line!