Charities/ Groups

The Miami Marathon and Half Marathon® is proud to support and cooperate with various local, national and international charities. Runners can choose from an array of charities, allowing for thousands of dollars to be raised each year using the Miami Marathon and Half Marathon® and ancillary events as a medium to do so. One of the strongest charity programs associated with the event is the Run For Something Better Orange Laces.

Join the Orange Laces Nation and Support Children's Fitness!

In Miami, more than 11,000 students took part in a special running program throughout Miami-Dade middle schools and more than 5,000 completed 26.2 miles over 15 weeks because of the Run For Something Better. This year, we are inviting our participants to join the Orange Laces Nation Team and support this amazing program that continues to improve children's lives through fitness.

By joining Orange Laces Nation you will be helping us raise funds to support running programs like the one in Miami and helping to stop childhood obesity in its tracks. Different funding levels will provide you with different rewards including special edition shirts, running caps, sports watches and even access to a VIP hospitality tent. As little as $10 will get you a pair of orange laces to wear while running that will show you are tied to supporting kids' fitness!

Click Here to join the Orange Laces Nation Team Today!

2013 Official Participating Charities

Gold Charity Group

Team World Vision
www.teamworldvision.org/miami

Join Team World Vision. Change lives in Haiti.

		Team In Training The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society www.teamintraining.org/			Created 23 years ago, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's (LLS) Team in Training (TNT), has grown to be the world's largest and most successful endurance sports charity training program. Since 1988, when the first team of TNT marathoners was formed, the program has helped more than 540,000 people achieve their dream of completing a marathon, half marathon, triathlon, 100-mile (century) bicycle ride or hike adventure, and those participants have raised a remarkable $1.2 billion. Click here for Team in Training Videos.


		American Cancer Society Determination Program Mami-Dade Unit go.acsDetermiNation.org			The experience of a lifetime is within your reach. Join the American Cancer Society DetermiNation team today to start training for the ING Miami Marathon or Half-Marathon and help change the course of cancer forever. Benefits include: coach led training, race entry fee, fundraising page and resources, and race weekend amenities including airfare, hotel, pasta party and access to our private tent and support on course. Join us at an upcoming info session or learn how you can get involved today at: go.acsDetermiNation.org.

		Team Lifeline Benefiting Children with Cancer Various Areas in Miami www.teamlifeline.org			Team Lifeline is the endurance training program that proves that you can go the distance. Our goal is to get you ready to complete the Team Lifeline marathon or half marathon.

Silver Charity Group

Team YACHAD
www.teamyachad.com

Join Team Yachad in the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon® on January 27, 2013. Run, Walk, or Jog with Team Yachad across the finish line in support of inclusion. Team Yachad is dedicated to enhancing the life opportunities of individuals with disabilities, ensuring their participation in the full spectrum of Jewish life.

Bronze Charity Groups

		Achilles International www.achillesinternational.org			Today, this non-profit organization has chapters and members in over 70 countries. Every day, in parks, gyms, and tracks all over the world, Achilles provides athletes with disabilities with a community of support. Able-bodied volunteers and disabled runners come together to train in an environment of support and community.


		Can't Stomach Cancer www.cantstomachcancer.org			Can't Stomach Cancer. The Foundation of Debbie's Dream is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing funding for stomach cancer research, providing education and support for patients and their families, and creating awareness about the disease. Per cancer death, stomach cancer receives the least amount of federal funding but we would like to change that, help patients, and find a cure for this dreadful and forgotten disease.

		Granada Presbyterian www.granadapca.org rosie@granadapca.org			Granada Presbyterian Church is running to make a difference in our community and in the world.

		Team Challenge www.ccteamchallenge.org			Team Challenge is the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's endurance training and fundraising program. Through Team Challenge, you can run or walk 13.1 miles or train for a triathlon or cycling event while helping to find a a cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, two chronic and often debilitating digestive diseases that impact 1.4 million Americans.


		Team Fox www.teamfox.org			MJFF is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. Our strategic approach targets research that is often overlooked by government and industry funders, but that has the greatest potential to accelerate the delivery of better treatments - and, ultimately, a cure - to the more than 5 million people worldwide with Parkinson's disease. We believe without fail that our goal is within reach - but we can't get there without your support.


		Team Shahid www.teamshahid.com			Team Shahid is a group of half marathon runners who strive to motivate others with our story of perseverance. We believe that when you lack experience you much fall back on determination. Our team is determined to raise money for our college scholarship program.

Participating Charity Groups

		American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) www.afsp.org/marathons			The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is the leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide.

		Art Studio Click here for more info			The mission of Art Studio Inc, a 501c3 non-profit organization, is to empower young minds by providing a sale location where youth are inspired and guided by artists, teachers, mentors and professionals who support the student's education and career development through the integration of creative holistic arts. To learn more click here.

		Autism Speaks www.autismspeaks.org			Autism Speaks aims to bring the autism community together as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to listen to our concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is our firm belief that, working together, we will find the missing pieces of the puzzle.

		Diabetes Research Institute www.diabetesresearch.org			When you get involved with the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, you join friends who share the dream of a cure for millions of children and adults living with diabetes. You connect with people who are experiencing many of the same emotions and challenges as you. And, you make a difference by supporting our efforts to cure diabetes.

		Team EDGE www.theEDGEEducation.com			Join The EDGE Charitable Foundation for the ING! We are Educators, Environmentalists and Humanitarians. Servings 13,300 children in 10 countries, with 40% of our children living right here in South Florida, our goal is to change the lack of environmental responsibility that early childhood educational institutes presently practice by improving building performance and educational programming; to include social and environmental education for the children, teachers and communities.

		Team Emunah www.emunah.org			Join Team Emunah for its first annual ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon! As a participant you will be supporting the lives of more than 200 children born to families with severe emotional, social and economic problems who have been provided with a comfortable and secure home at Emunah's Bet Elazraki in Netanya, Isreal.

		Family Resource Center www.frcflorida.org			For over 30 years, Family Resource Center of South Florida (FRC) has been dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect through the strengthening of families. In the past year, Family Resource Center provided services to more than 2,5000 children, adolescents and adults in Miami-Dade County. We are assembling a team of participants for the 2012 ING Miami Marathon® on January 29, 2012. Everyone who commits to run with our team and to raise at least $200 will receive a commemorative Marathon singlet that will be available exclusively to members of the FRC team. The money you raise will go to Family Resource Center of South Florida to continue to provide care to abused and neglected children.

		The Friendship Circle https://friendshipcircle.com/marathonmiami			The Friendship Circle is an international nonprofit organization which pairs teenage volunteers with special needs children, cultivating friendships between them. Our programs and services provide support to the children and their families, as well as advocate an appreciation of those with special needs to the outside world.

		Genesis Foundation www.genesis-foundation.org			The Genesis Foundation is a dynamic, driven and proactive not-for-profit institution dedicated specifically to transforming the way Colombian children learn. Established over a decade ago, the Genesis Foundation draws from a unique network of benefactors in Colombia and beyond to support programs designed to deliver quality education to underserved Colombian youth, allowing them the opportunity to more fully develop the tools, knowledge and training necessary for success, contributing to a more just and equal society in the process. The mission of the Genesis Foundation revolves around the universally acknowledged truth that education stands alone as one of the most impactful forms of support that can be provided to a child in need, with returns that resonate immediately in their life and the life of their family, as well as far into the future of their society at large. Run for a good cause and support our project Learning to Learn, a playful pedagogical model that benefits 1800 underserved students by strengthening their thinking and reasoning processes and develops their logical thinking.

		HELP, Inc. www.helpinclaw.com			Since 1994 HELP has provided a full range of free legal services to those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS in Miami Dade County living below the poverty line. HELP ensures that people are treated with dignity and have full access to their civil and legal rights as well as public benefits. HIV/AIDS does not discriminate but all too often society does. HELP's advocacy on behalf of marginalized communities such as gay men, women of color, and their families has ensured that justice is available to all.

		The Kakuma Project www.kakuma-ms.com/			The Kakuma Project, in partnership with the UNHCR, is committed to providing access to education to the approximately 10,000 adolescent girls living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Northern Kenya. When given the proper resources, women and young girls have the power to improve their lives and also those of the children, families and communities around them. The money you raise will be used to develop the first high school for girls offering hope and protection to the most vulnerable of refugees.

		National Hospice Foundation www.runtoremember.org			NHF's Run to Remember program supports hospice care nationally and locally. Participants select any local hospice program to receive 50% of the funds they raise. Also, participants run in memory of a loved one whose name is printed on the back of the shirt we send to them.

		His House Children's Home www.hhch.org			His House Children's Home is a private, non-profit, faith-based organization dedicated to restoring the joy in lives of children from newborn to 18 years of age. Established in 1989 by Jean Caceres-Gonzalez, the agency provides residential care for abused, neglected and drug exposed children in a home-liking campus setting.

		Team JDRF www.jdrf.org/miamimarathon teamjdrf@jdrf.org			JDRF is the leading global organization focused on type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes both children and adults, and lasts a lifetime. The goal of JDRF research is to improve the lives of all people affected by T1D by accelerting progress on the most promising opportunities for curing, better treating, and preventing T1D. Since its founding in 1970, JDRF has awarded more than $1.6 billion to diabetes research. JDRF will not rest until T1D is fully conquered.

		Misioneros Del Caminos www.misionerosdelcamino.org			Misioneros Del Camino's mission is to care for the orphaned, abandoned, and malnourished children of Guatemala. The Home offers them a healthy environment to grow in, where they receive love and an education. This prepares them to become productive citizens of the society thus breaking the cycle of ignorance, poverty, and abuse.

		National Parkinson Foundation www.parkinson.org			Join the National Parkinson Foundation at the ING Miami Marathon on January 29, 2012 as we race to improve the quality of care for people living with Parkinson's today. Make you personal achievement of running a long-distance race even more memorable by helping those who live with Parkinson's disease. As you friends and family to support your run by making donations to the National Parkinson Foundation and together we will improve care and improve lives!

		Pancreatica Walks and Runs www.tofightcancer.com			The mission of the Foundation is to promote awareness, increase education, and further pancreatic cancer research. Specifically, the programs supported by the Foundation are aimed at: promoting education, community awareness, advocacy, most current medical research results and providing access to the most comprehensive listing of ongoing cancer clinical trails for patients, physicians and researchers.

		Research Down Syndrome www.researchds.org/index.php/rds-runners			Our sole mission is the development of safe and effective drug therapies designed to improve memory, ;earning, and communication in persons with Down Syndrome. Recent scientific advances are pointing to the very real possibility of medical therapies to treat intellectual disabilities.

		Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Nicole Herring www.parentprojectmd.org			Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy's mission is to end Duchenne. We accelerate research, raise our voices in Washington, demand optimal care for all young men, and educate the global community.

		Run for Roots www.runforroots.org			Run for Roots is an international network of over 4,000 members across the U.S. and abroad focused on empowering Cuban youth. We seek to inspire young people to care about Cuba, think outside the box and proactively support our young counterparts on the island through innovative means. we hope to make a positive impact on the Cuban people through initiatives guided by three basic principles: love, friendship and hope. For information, please visit the Roots for Hope website or the Roots of Hope Causes.com Page.

		Runwell www.runwell.com			Run Well is a non-profit foundation dedicated to inspiring individuals around the world to lead healthy, active lifestyles. It encourages anyone involved with drug or alcohol addictions, from chemical dependents to their friends and families, to get involved in sports. Runwell believes partnering sports with addiction treatment helps to keep individuals - and their support-based training facilities that involve the entire family, as Runwell strongly believes addiction is seldom won alone.

		The Blue Card Fund www.bluecardfund.org 212.239.2251			The Blue Card, a national non-profit organization established in 1939, is dedicated to providing financial assistance to needy Holocaust survivors in the United States. It provides both long-term ongoing support as well as emergency grants for basic human needs. Help is given in the form of cash grants issued directly to the client or to the provider of vital goods and services. Grants are made for health care, dental care, crisis and ongoing psychotherapy, heath insurance, prescription drugs, personal emergency response system, housing, transportation, food and various one-time emergencies.

		The Miami Project www.miamiproject.miami.edu			In 1985, Barth A. Green, M.D. and NFL Hall of Fame linebacker Nick Buoniconti helped found The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis after Nick's son, Marc, sustained a spinal cord injury during a college football game. Today, The Miami Project is the world's most comprehensive spinal cord injury research center, in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The Miami Project's international team of more than 200 scientists, researchers and clinicians take innovative approaches to the challenge of spinal cord injury.

		USO View Website			The USO lifts the spirits of America's troops and their families through highly valued programs, morale-boosting services and engaging entertainment. From South Korea to Germany, from Okinawa to Afghanistan, at training bases and airports across the country and for those serving on ships and squadrons deployed around the world, the USO continues to adapt to the needs of our troops and their families and provide the most impactful support possible as we say "thank you" on behalf of the American people.

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