Browsing Tag Charity
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18 May 2012 at 08 : 37 AM
Ironman Foundation 2012 eBay auction
For a tenth consecutive year, The Ironman Foundation is conducting its annual auction with eBay, designed to benefit a variety of charitable organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 2003, The Ironman Foundation has given more than US$11 million in grants and donations to non-profit organizations around the world. More than 80,000 athletes vie for ...
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17 May 2012 at 09 : 24 AM
H2O Overdrive sponsors Run to Fight
Ethan Bennett is running 3,289 miles across America in only 97 days – covering 40 miles a day, 7 days a week, to raise money for the fight against cancer. His journey is called the Run to Fight. After losing his mother to cancer, at age 17, Bennett decided to dedicate his life to helping put a stop to the deadly disease. "At first I used running as a ...
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25 April 2012 at 10 : 01 AM
Life Time Foundation Corporate Charity Challenge
Life Time Fitness Inc, ‘The Healthy Way of Life Company’, has unveiled the seventh annual Life Time Corporate Charity Challenge, in which relay teams will compete at the Life Time Minneapolis Triathlon to help raise money for charity. A division of the Life Time Minneapolis Triathlon, which is set for Saturday 14 July, the Corporate Charity Challenge ...
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25 April 2012 at 09 : 43 AM
1000 mile ultratriathlon for wounded soldiers
Captain Simon ‘Sip’ Powers, of the British Royal Logistic Corps is preparing for a punishing 1000 mile journey across the length of breadth of Great Britain. The challenge is in support of Battle Back – an initiative dedicated to rehabilitating injured service men and women – through the UK charity Help for Heroes. The Battle Back 1000: 20 mile ...
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16 April 2012 at 08 : 49 AM
CAF distributes US$1.7 million to more than 1,000 recipients in 27 countries
The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), a world leader in helping individuals with physical challenges get involved and stay involved in sports, has announced the distribution of funds to 1,102 individual grant recipients in 27 countries, as part of its Access for Athletes Program. The 2012 funding – totalling US$1.7 million – will pay for adaptive ...
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12 April 2012 at 09 : 39 AM
High5 is Official Nutrition Partner at TriStar Mallorca 2012
Star Events, the organizing team behind the forthcoming TriStar Mallorca 2012 is ‘delighted to have High5 providing sports nutrition for all competitors.’ TriStar Mallorca 2012 takes place in Porto Colom on 15 April. The event also has Sailfish on board as official supplier of swim caps and wetsuits. According to new research cited by High5, the ...
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10 April 2012 at 08 : 49 AM
Trickle Up Leet Humanitarian Award for Newton Running
Newton Running, a leader in natural form running, has been awarded the 2012 Glen and Mildred Robbins Leet Humanitarian Award from Trickle Up, a New York-based, non-governmental organization dedicated to alleviating poverty. Since 2008, Newton Running has made financial contributions to Trickle Up, which provides conditional seed capital and business ...
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4 April 2012 at 07 : 37 AM
Inaugural Iron Girl Rocky Gap Triathlon
TriColumbia, the Mid-Atlantic’s premier endurance event production company, has unveiled the inaugural Iron Girl Rocky Gap Triathlon. The triathlon will take place on 9 September 2012 at Rocky Gap State Park in Flintstone, Maryland, and consists of a 0.5 mile swim, 16 mile bike and 3 mile run. This inspirational all women’s event is about empowering ...
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28 March 2012 at 07 : 11 AM
High5 rides with children’s charity Action Medical Research
Leading sports nutrition brand High5 is to team up with UK children’s charity Action Medical Research in a partnership to support the charity’s popular RIDE100, DIVA100 and RIDE24 cycling events in 2012. The RIDE100 series features 22 100-mile or 100-kilometre rides taking place in stunning cycling locations across the UK. The DIVA100 series, ...
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23 March 2012 at 05 : 03 AM
K-SWISS Stands Up To Cancer
California sports company K-SWISS has joined up with Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), an initiative to accelerate groundbreaking cancer research, on a co-branded footwear and apparel collection. In addition, K-SWISS and Stand Up To Cancer will launch Team Stand Up To Cancer at key ‘racing’ events throughout the year. K-SWISS will contribute five dollars from ...
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