Team Benefits:
- Free marathon training program with the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA)
- Free Chicago Area Runners Association Membership
- RUN FOR AUTISM t-shirt and custom OAR dry-wick singlet
- Fundraising and Training Guide
- RUN FOR AUTISM Newsletter
- Complimentary Invitation to Runners' Recognition Dinner at Harry Caray's Restaurant
- Hospitality at the OAR tent in Charity Village including gear check, food, and post-race massage
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
www.chicagomarathon.com
Chicago, IL
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How to Join the Team
Want to run in 2012?
Click HERE to join the RUN FOR AUTISM-Chicago Team Today!
Questions? Contact RUN Coordinator Alexandra van Wees.
Fundraising
Need Race Entry?
Participants who purchase one of OAR's post-close race entries will receive entry (at a discounted price of $100) to the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon when committing to a $950 fundraising minimum. In order to officially register for the RUN FOR AUTISM-Chicago Team and receive one of our limited post-close entries, visit our FirstGiving page here and select the "Post-Close Registration " option.
Have race entry?
Participants who reistered themselves through the Bank of America Chicago Marathon Web site will commit to raising $250. In order to officially register for the RUN FOR AUTISM-Chicago Team, visit our FirstGiving page here and select the "Have Race Entry" option.
OAR is excited to partner with the Chicago Area Runners Associateion (CARA] again this year. OAR will cover the costs of the 18-week training program for RUN FOR AUTISM participants who commit to raise a minimum of $600.
Regardless of registration type, all OAR runners will receive a fundraising agreement, which they must complete and return to OAR staff. Runners purchasing entry through OAR will NOT be registered until the completed fundraising agreement has been returned. Once your commitment form has been returned, you will be sent an OAR Runner's Kit. This kit includes the RUN FOR AUTISM t-shirt, Custom OAR dry-wick race singlet and OAR Fundraising Guide.
OAR encourages all runners to set a fundraising goal of at least $1250.
If you have questions, contact RUN FOR AUTISM Coordinator Alexandra van Wees .
Join OAR for the "Chicago Double!"
Join the RUN FOR AUTISM for the 2012 Rock 'n' Roll Chicago Half Marathon and the 2012 Bank of America Chicago Marathon? Register to do the "Chicago Double" today! When commiting to a $1400 fundriaising minimum, OAR will purchase your Rock 'n' Roll Chicago Half Marathon entry for you and you will recieve one of OAR's charity entries into the Bank of America Chicago Marathon for the discounted price of $100. By doing the double, you will receive membership to the Chicago Area Runners Association (CARA) for your Bank of America Chicago Marathon training purposes.
Why Run for Autism?
Raise money for autism research - More than $.84 of every dollar you raise will directly fund research studies that help answer some of autism’s most pressing questions. Since its inception in 2003, the RUN FOR AUTISM has raised more than $3.1 million for applied autism research.
The Organization for Autism Research (OAR) is a national, nonprofit organization formed and led by relatives of children and adults with autism and Asperger Syndrome. OAR is dedicated to promoting research that can be applied to help families, educators, caregivers, and individuals with autism find much-needed answers to their immediate and urgent questions. Committed to the excellence in its services to the autism community, OAR funds applied research that will make a difference in individual lives; provides information that is timely, useful, and cost-efficient; and offers opportunities for the autism community to collaborate and make advances together.
Whether you are a runner, walker, donor or volunteer, your contribution makes you part of OAR’s RUN FOR AUTISM team.
In the end, you will have made a difference in the lives of thousands of families living with autism.
