Team In Training: Saving Lives One Mile at a Time

Finishing an endurance sports event, such as a half marathon, is one of life’s special accomplishments.

For nearly 20 years, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training ® (TNT) has been helping women and men from all fitness levels achieve their athletic dreams by offering unparalleled coaching and access to some of the best events in the world. In return, participants get the added satisfaction of raising funds to help the Society cure the blood cancers leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

TNT Athletes:

• Share good times and train with great people
• Benefit from the training of certified coaches
• Raise funds with ease, using personal Web pages
• Enjoy transportation and lodging at events in great destinations

Find out more about this exciting program and how you can really make a difference in the search for cancer cures. Check out www.teamintraining.org or call (800) 482-TEAM today.

NF Endurance Team

The NF Endurance Team, in support of the Children's Tumor Foundation, is racing to raise money to end Neurofibromatosis.

Team NF provides their team members a fun, challenging and rewarding way to enjoy distance running. They provide assistance to make fundraising meaningful by giving teammates the tools and training to achieve success, and provide race registration, travel and lodging reimbursement incentives tied to donation goals.

To join the Children's Tumor Foundation's NF Marathon team and to raise money for NF research and services, call 1-800-323-7938 x251 or visit www.ctf.org/marathon.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.

Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. Team Marathon is a way you can support Susan G. Komen for the Cure when you participate in marathon or half-marathon event. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure – Team Marathon, breast health, or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 972-701-2089.

Team Hoyt

Dick and Rick Hoyt are a father-and-son team from Massachusetts, who together compete in distance/endurance races all across the country. It is an amazing story of triumph when you consider that Rick cannot walk or talk.

Rick was born in 1962 as a spastic quadriplegic, cerebral palsy, non-speaking person. His father, Dick, determined to give him a normal life, pushed his son across the finish line of their first five-mile race in 1975 and has never looked back.

The dynamic duo has gone on to race continuously though out the year at various road races and endurance events, while raising money for The Hoyt Fund. The goal of The Hoyt Fund is to integrate the physically challenged into everyday life.

To learn more about The Hoyt Fund and to enhance the lives and mobility of people with disabilities, join TEAM HOYT. Email or visit www.teamhoyt.com.

Hope For The Warriors™ - Team Hope For The Warriors™

The mission of Hope for the Warriors™ is to enhance quality of life for US Service Members and their families nationwide who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. Hope for the Warriors™ actively seeks to ensure that the sacrifices of wounded and fallen warriors and their families are never forgotten nor their needs unmet, particularly with regard to the short and long-term care of the severely injured.

To learn more about Team Hope for The Warriors or to join, please e-mail: tina@hopeforthewarriors.org , call 910-376-6909 or 877-2HOPE4W (877-246-7439), or visit http://www.hopeforthewarriors.org

Team HRCC – Reaching Out, Changing Lives

Team HRCC is raising funds to reach out and change the lives of children, single moms, seniors and families in need. Right here in some of our Hampton Roads cities, 23% of children are living in poverty, only 40% of teens are graduating high school and single moms are struggling to make ends meet each month. The good news is that you can help!! When you join our team, we will help you get in shape, train for the race, fundraise, and make a difference in your community. For more information on how to get started, please contact us at our toll free number 888-778-4764. Check out our Team HRCC website at www.hrcommunitycare.com.

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation – Team MMRF

For more information call 203-652-0209 or vist www.multiplemyeloma.org

Organization for Autism Research - RUN FOR AUTISM

The Organization for Autism Research is a national non-profit with the mission to apply research to challenges of those currently living with autism. The RUN FOR AUTISM is OAR’s signature fundraising effort with a goal of raising $1,000,000 in 2008. By joining the team, you make a commitment to raise funds for autism research.

To learn more or to join Run for Autism, please call 866-366-9710 or visit www.runforautism.org

A-T Children’s Project - A-T CureTour Team

The A-T Children’s Project is a non-profit organization that raises funds to support and coordinate biomedical research projects, scientific conferences and a clinical center aimed at finding a cure for ataxia-telangiectasia, a fatal genetic disease that attacks children, causing progressive loss of muscle control, cancer and immune system problems.

To learn more or to join the A-T CureTour Team, please call 800-543-5728 or visit www.atcp.org

Women’s Sports Foundation - Team GoGirlGo!

The Women's Sports Foundation works to advance the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity.

To learn more or to join Team GoGirlGo!, please call 800.227.3988 or visit www.GoGirlGoChallenge.com

Easton ROCKS - Marathon ROCKS

Easton ROCKS provides elementary and middle school children with a fun, safe, educational, and affordable place to go before and after school that enriches their academics, improves their physical fitness, increases their access to the arts, and opens opportunities to try new hobbies or indulge existing loves. As well, our programs aim to build school and community spirit and foster friendships. With the help of Marathon ROCKS, all children, regardless of family income, can take part in our more than 30 offerings from chess, to unicycling, to drama, to cooking, to our own rock band! Easton rocks after school because kids with a place to go, end up going places!
To learn more or to join the Marathon Rocks training team, please call 410-822-9886 or visit www.eastonrocks.org

Melanoma Support & Education Foundation - Team Melanoma

To learn more or join Team Melanoma, visit  www.melanomasupport.org.

Rally Foundation For Childhood Cancer Research - Team Rally Athlete

Rally Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness and funds specifically for childhood cancer research through nationally-coordinated grassroots fundraising initiatives. All proceeds support pediatric cancer research to find better treatments and cures for childhood cancers. Rally Foundation is excited to help fund the collaborative research of more than 5,000 physicians, scientists and nurses at 200 hospitals nationwide.

To learn more or to become a Team Rally Athlete, please call 678-507-1040 or visit www.rallyfoundation.org

NORMAL In Schools – Team Normal

NORMAL In Schools is a national nonprofit arts-in-education organization created to produce, develop and implement programs and curricula that teach students of all ages about the devastating impact of eating disorders and the therapeutic impact of theatre. By bringing a curriculum centered around the musical NOR•MAL into schools everywhere, Normal In Schools seeks to advance understanding and promote healing. Monies raised by Team Normal will go to fund Normal In Schools’ current projects – a list of which can be found at www.normalinschools.org.

For additional information call 917-771-4977 or visit www.normalinschools.org

Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthetists - CRNA ROCKS

The Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthetists are giving back to the community and raising money and awareness by forming a team of runners, walkers, and volunteers to benefit a local Virginia Beach charity called “People In Need (PIN).” PIN exists to provide food, clothing, shelter, and free medical care to people that are either homeless or extremely poor. This is CRNA Rocks' third year participating in the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon to benefit PIN

To learn more or to join CRNA ROCKS, please call 757-319-2104, e-mail crnaruns@aol.com, or visit www.VANA.ORG

Naval Special Warfare Foundation - One Team One Fight

The SEAL - Naval Special Warfare Foundation was established in 2000 to support the active duty U.S. Navy SEALs, Special Boat Teams and support personnel at NSW commands, and their families.

There are three pillars to the mission: Health and Welfare, Education and Morale, and History and Heritage. The NSW Foundation steps in to support families when tragedy strikes and an active duty member at an NSW command is killed or wounded in action.

The Foundation offers financial assistance and a host of other benefits to these NSW families. The Foundation also awards scholarships for the children and spouses of active duty NSW servicemen as well as tuition assistance for the active duty member. Lastly, the Foundation promotes the preservation of the history and heritage of the NSW community through monuments at national sites in Washington DC, San Diego, Virginia Beach, and other locations.

To learn more or to Join One Team One Fight, e-mail oneteamonefight@gmail.com, visit www.nswfoundation.org , or call Kelly Rose at (757) 450-2256.