JDRF Partners with the Rite Aid Marathon

JDRF is excited to partner with the 2012 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon!  The 5K will take place on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 8AM.  The Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10K will take place on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 7AM.  This is an opportunity to participate in the Race while “running for a cause” through registering for Team JDRF. 

Here’s how to get involved:

1) Register for the race!

• Register at http://www.clevelandmarathon.com/.  If you have yet to register for the race, please enter our promo code in the “charity code” section of the application form online to receive a discount on your registration fee. 

          Promo code:  2012JDRF – for the Marathon and Half-Marathon
                      JDRFTRACK - for the 10K and 5K

The registration fee increases as you move closer to Race Day (so register early).  Once you have registered, join Team JDRF - an online system that enables you to “run for a cause” or raise funds by participating in the race. 

2)  Join TEAM JDRF! 

• Click http://jdrfevents.donordrive.com/event/clevelandmarathon/ and choose register.  Upon setting up a username and password, you’ll be given your own fundraising webpage which is the opportunity to raise funds for JDRF through Facebook and other social networks-or via letters if you would prefer.  By joining Team JDRF you are NOT tied to any fundraising minimum, NOR are you committed to a training program.  You are solely choosing to support JDRF and crucial type 1 diabetes research through collecting donations from your friends and family.

For questions or assistance through the process, please contact Heather Reed at 216-654-9319 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

*NOTE:  you will need to register on both the Cleveland Marathon site and the Team JDRF site in order to register for the race AND raise funds for JDRF.  Registering on the Team JDRF site alone does NOT register you for the Cleveland Marathon.