Fundraisers get in a spin for charity (From Swindon Advertiser)

Fundraisers get in a spin for charity (From Swindon Advertiser): Fundraisers get in a spin for charity

8:00am Monday 23rd September 2013 in News
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MORE than 40 cyclists attempted the gruelling task of travelling the length of the Great Wall of China at the weekend.

Using several gym bikes, 12 teams set about trying to cycle 5,500 miles in just over nine hours at the David Lloyd Gym.

Cole Hamels Runs An Athlete Charity That Actually Works - Forbes

Cole Hamels Runs An Athlete Charity That Actually Works - Forbes: Off the field, Hamels has managed to pull off a similar feat with his philanthropy, which he has pursued with his wife, Heidi, a former Playboy Playmate and Survivor contestant. The Hamels Foundation, which funds childhood education programs in Africa and in Philadelphia, is a tiny operation, with an annual budget of just under $1 million. But because Hamels covers all of the foundation’s expenses, 100% of every dollar raised actually goes to its programs, a rarity in the world of athlete-backed philanthropies designed more for buzz than impact.

Brian M. Carney: Pedaling for a Good Cause—But Why? - WSJ.com

Brian M. Carney: Pedaling for a Good Cause—But Why? - WSJ.com: I recently went on a 60-mile bicycle ride in the middle of the night. The venture resulted not from an existential crisis but from a charity challenge. By now the genre is familiar: A charity that promotes research into cancer or some other disease sponsors an event requiring feats of physical prowess or endurance. People sign up and seek sponsors, who agree to donate to the charity in exchange for—what, exactly?

This was the question I was asking myself as I pedaled, in increasing agony, through Sussex toward sunrise and the English coast.

UI students strip down for charity run - KWWL.com

UI students strip down for charity run - KWWL.com: IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - More than 300 University of Iowa students braved the weather this weekend and stripped down to bare essentials for charity.

Running for charity motivates hundreds - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Running for charity motivates hundreds - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: For a few thousand runners, though, the motivation to complete 26.2 miles will be something outside of themselves.

The marathon will raise more than $2 million for charity this year, with 43 groups signed up to raise money through race teams.

"It's really exciting," marathon charity director Adriane Deithorn said. "People are really trying to jump into our program."

Donations top �560k for charity of runner Claire Squires who collapsed and died close to London Marathon finish | The Sun |News

Donations top �560k for charity of runner Claire Squires who collapsed and died close to London Marathon finish | The Sun |News: Caring Claire, 30, had expected to collect about �500 for the Samaritans — but an avalanche of funds after she died in Sunday’s London Marathon sent the total rocketing past an astonishing �560,000 by 6pm today.

Boston Marathon a Test of Runners’ Fundraising Endurance - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

Boston Marathon a Test of Runners’ Fundraising Endurance - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: However, some runners participating in the marathon are finding the new fundraising minimum—upped to $4,000 this year despite a sputtering economy—more of an endurance test than they had expected. Runner Allison Buzzell, for example, reports that she is having a hard time raising the $4,000, and the stress that this causes is exacerbated by the fact that “most charities take runners’ credit card numbers, meaning that if a runner does not raise the required amount, blisters may not be the race’s only lasting pain,” as the Worcester Telegram & Gazette recently put it. “The charities can—and often do—charge the runners’ cards.”

Polar Bear Plunge Raises Money For Charities Nationwide (SLIDESHOW)

Polar Bear Plunge Raises Money For Charities Nationwide (SLIDESHOW): Hundreds of brave swimmers across the country plunged into the new year with an icy dip for charity Sunday.

From the Atlantic Ocean in Coney Island to Chicago's Lake Michigan, members of the Polar Bear Club stripped down to their bathing gear for a cool swim and some committed the event to raising money for a range of noteworthy causes.

Hong Kong but not forgotten (From Stroud News and Journal)

Hong Kong but not forgotten (From Stroud News and Journal): ENVIRONMENTAL science graduate Micheil Gordon has arrived back in Stroud after completing a gruelling 9,780-mile charity bicycle ride from the UK to Hong Kong.

The 25-year-old cycling enthusiast undertook the nine-month journey with the aim of raising �30,000 for WaterAid,

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?: October 23, 2011; Source: Tampa Bay Tribune | For many organizations, the athletic event has replaced the high-priced charity event. Case in point was this weekend’s Susan B. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, a sixty-mile trek in Florida that was to have involved 2,400 participants. Each of those walkers had to put $2,300 on his or her credit card to participate.

Chinese nuns run to help AIDS victims - CNN.com

Chinese nuns run to help AIDS victims - CNN.com: This year, 52 Chinese catholic nuns ran for charity.

The jolly group of women came in jogging pants and whiteT-shirts emblazoned with the logo, Great Wall Appeal.org.

First marathon at sea raises funds for 9/11 charity - USATODAY.com

First marathon at sea raises funds for 9/11 charity - USATODAY.com: While many cruisers enjoy a stroll around the promenade deck, passenger Steve Eaton took it to an extreme on Thursday, circling the Grand Princess 70 times to complete the world's first marathon at sea.

Eaton, who finished the 26.2 mile course in 5 hours, 16 minutes and 45 seconds, was raising money and attention for Help for Heroes, a charity providing support to those wounded, sick or injured in the line of duty since Sept. 11, 2001.

Mercer Island prepares for swim around the Rock for charity - Mercer Island Reporter

Mercer Island prepares for swim around the Rock for charity - Mercer Island Reporter

Pan-Mass Challenge: How cyclists raise the most money for charity - CSMonitor.com

Pan-Mass Challenge: How cyclists raise the most money for charity - CSMonitor.com: "On Aug. 6 and 7, more than 5,000 cyclists will ride on 11 routes throughout Massachusetts for the 32nd annual Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC). Routes range from 25 to 190 miles, and take one to two days to complete. To date, the event has raised $303 million, all for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. The PMC, which is responsible for more than 60 percent of the Jimmy Fund’s annual revenue, was one of the first athletic fundraising events in the country, and raises more money each year than any other single athletic fundraising event, say organizers. We sat down with the PMC’s founder and executive director Billy Starr to ask, how can one event raise so much money for charity, again and again?"

Are Charity Walks and Races Worth the Effort? - SmartMoney.com

Are Charity Walks and Races Worth the Effort? - SmartMoney.com: "t was too late to turn back. Sigmon was caught up in the nation's most peculiar, if widely accepted, charitable exercise -- the athletic fund-raising event. Every year tens of millions of Americans ask friends to sponsor them in events ranging from 3-mile 'fun runs' to 100-mile bike treks. And while it's such a feel-good phenomenon that few pause to examine it, the once bush-league strategy has exploded into a high-profile funding source for some of the nation's biggest nonprofits. The largest such event -- the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life -- raised more than $400 million last year. Meanwhile, the ever-growing movement includes tens of thousands of tiny 'thons,' collecting for schools, hospitals and homeless shelters. As soon as the weather warms, the walkathoners take to the streets, proudly parading in their oversize T-shirts and ribbon pins."

Donations to Tiger fund set record : GoMemphisTigers : Your leading source for The University of Memphis Tigers

Donations to Tiger fund set record : GoMemphisTigers : Your leading source for The University of Memphis Tigers: "A bad economy and the departure of basketball coach John Calipari didn't slow down the University of Memphis' athletic fundraising efforts during the last fiscal year.

The Tiger Scholarship Fund announced Monday a record $7 million in donations, shattering last year's previous record of $6 million. Athletic director R.C. Johnson said he was elated with the 16.7 percent increase, which will help cover athletic scholarship costs estimated at $7.5 million for the 2009-10 academic year."