Posts tagged with 'fundraising'

Charity-o-Rama for June 26, 2007! »

Kelly, of www.myspace.com/run4nf is running for Neurofibromatosis. What is Neurofibromatosis? I’ll let Kelly tell you: My name is Kelly, and I have neurofibromatosis (or “NF”), a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow randomly throughout the body. Depending on the severity of one’s case, NF can lead to disfigurement, blindness, hearing loss, scoliosis, brain and [...]

Charity-o-Rama for June 7, 2007! »

Wow, there’s a lot of people running the 2007 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon in October? Who knew? For instance, Princess Runner is one of them. She’s raising $1,400 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through the Team in Training program. Help this princess reach her goal here. **** Guess what? Connie Dressen is also raising [...]

Charity-o-Rama for June 1st, 2007! »

Charity-o-Rama took a short break, but is now back! First up is a CRN contributor: Dawn on the Run (aka the “Pink Chick”)! Dawn says: Call me crazy but I just signed up to run a race in my underwear—The Underwear Affair, 10k Run/5k Walk on June 9th. Okay, so I’m chicken and will likely [...]

Charity-o-Rama! »

With racing and marathon season upon us (some say it never left), it’s time to again turn our attention to runners who fundraise. Take a look at your tax refund (ha) and then consider these worthy causes! First up is Cheryl of the Bryn Mawr Running Club. Cheryl says Our annual “Out and Back” charity [...]

Charity-o-Rama for January 28, 2007! »

We all know that runners are the most generous people on the planet. Right? As promised, here’s this week’s roundup of runners who are running for a cause.

Charity-o-Rama for January 4, 2007 »

From time to time here at Complete Running headquarters we get asked to promote one thing or another. We (read: I) usually say no, because promoting things can be tricky business—although if you want to advertise with us, we’re all ears!.

But just recently someone wanted to promote his fundraising efforts. We didn’t want to say no to such a worthwhile cause, but we also didn’t want to give one person