Athlete Charity Programs
The IMT Des Moines Marathon is committed to providing coumnity events that promote active participation in personal health and wellness. As the IMT Des Moines Marathon has grown from year to year, the event has grown from a 26.2 mile race to a weekend of activities that are able to serve as a platform for charitable organizations to raise awareness and fundraise on behalf of their cause. Please feel free to contact any of the organziations listed below to request additional information and/or to run one of the IMT Des Moines Marathon races for a cause.
 Team in Training
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (TNT) offers hands-on training unlike any other program. You'll get more help than with other charities, gyms, online training programs or sports clubs. TNT is an established network of coaches, mentors and teammates, built by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) over the past 22 years.
TNT sets your training regimen. They advise you on nutrition and injury prevention. We hold weekly team workouts to encourage one another and stay on track. Challenge yourself to complete the IMT Des Moines Marathon or Half Marathon with TNT today and help find a cure for blood cancers! You'll have the experience of a lifetime!
Team In Training - Iowa had a total of 28 athletes participate in the 2009 IMT Des Moines Marathon and they raised an incredible $50,718 to fund research, raise awareness of LLS and to make a difference in the lives of blood cancer patients and their families.
“I knew running a marathon would not be easy but with my sister and I training/running together and for a purpose I knew we could do it. Our late grandfather of eight long years died from Lymphoma so we buckled down and raised awareness and funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). We met good people – friends that we have today – as we trained each week. We learned a great deal on this journey and we are very thankful for the IMT Des Moines Marathon. Chris, his team, and all of the volunteers were so helpful along the way. Many cities don’t have the luxury of such an experience in their own backyard. We finished(!) our first marathon in Des Moines (2008) with the support and dedication of the Team n’ Training Coaches and LLS. WE DID IT!” - Gina David
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and service.
Over the years, more than 3,000 athletes have participated in endurance events through the American Cancer Society DetermiNation program. You are invited to participate in this great event while raising funds and honoring and remembering those who have been touched by cancer. To date, the DetermiNation program has raised over $3 million dollars!
A total of 12 athletes participated in the 2008 IMT Des Moines Marathon on behalf of the American Cancer Society and raised a total of $17,387!
Organization for Autism Research
The Organization for Autism Research (OAR) was created in December 2001–the product of the shared vision and unique life experiences of OAR’s seven founders. Led by these parents and grandparents of children and adults on the autism spectrum, OAR set out to use applied science to answer questions that parents, families, individuals with autism, teachers and caregivers confront daily. No other autism organization has this singular focus.
Usually I run for fitness, but when I put on the green Run For Autism shirt it is about so much more than that. I felt so proud when I ran past spectators and they yelled Go Autism! That gave me an extra boost of needed energy because I was running for not only my own child, but for the autism community. My son was able to watch me run and I know later on he will be proud that I ran for him." - 2008 IMT Des Moines Marathon Finisher
A total of 5 athletes participated in the 2008 IMT Des Moines Marathon on behalf of RUN For Autism and raised a total of $970.
Autism Society of Iowa
The Autism Society of Iowa is an affiliate of the Autism Society of America. The Iowa chapter was founded in 1978 and currently has more than 300 members. The Autism Society of Iowa is a statewide non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Over one half million people in the U.S. today have autism or some form of pervasive developmental disorder. Its prevalence rate makes it one of the most common developmental disabilities.
Iowa Chapter of American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA)
The Iowa Chapter of the American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA) was formed to bring more awareness to Parkinson's Disease and help fund research in the fight against this disease. The Iowa Chapter also supports the Iowa Information and Referral Center which supports victims of the disease and their caregivers. As many as one million Americans suffer from Parkinson's disease, which is more than the combined number of people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease. As is the case with many neurological disorders, the cause of Parkinson’s Disease is not known. There is no known cure for Parkinson's Disease.
Making Strides with the Iowa Parkinson's Disease Association.
PD Walkers
PD Walkers support the Iowa Chapter of APDA. The PD Walkers team is a group formed in 2008 with the hopes of raising awareness of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and raising funds to help the IA Chapter of APDA realize its mission “To Ease the Burden to Find the Cure”.
Team members have walked and run in the 5k, half marathon and full marathon at the 2008 and 2009 IMT Des Moines Marathon raising over $15,000 to support the IA Parkinson Disease Information and Referral Center of Iowa which provides education, conducts PD conferences, and provides many resources for patients and family members who live with PD and other related diseases in the state of Iowa.
Benefits of registering as a PD Walker:
*Automatic registration to the IMT Des Moines Marathon
*Lowest registration fees to the IMT Des Moines Marathon
*Updates on PD Walkers activities (speaker meetings and training walks)
*Exclusive PD Walkers dri-fit t-shirt
*Personal fundraising website
*Physical fitness
*Opportunity to increase awareness of PD
PD Walkers 2010 IMT Des Moines Marathon brochure
PD Walker team members and friends are able to set up their own personal web page and collect online donations. Go to www.pdwalkers.org and under the IMT Des Moines Marathon heading, click on “set up your fundraiser page”. If you need help, please email LaDona or call 515.254.9181.
"I can't say enough wonderful things about the IMT Des Moines Marathon! The support we received from everyone was great! This was definitely the first ANNUAL walk for us - we will be supporting Parkinson's research every year through walking in the IMT Des Moines Marathon!” – Darcie, PD Walker
Run to Remember
Run to Remember is the National Hospice Foundation's race training and fundraising program dedicated to advancing the cause of hospice care. While you are training and running to honor the memory of loved ones, Run to Remember will help you raise vital dollars for Hospice of Central Iowa and the National Hospice Foundation.
Through Run to Remember, you can create and customize your own personal fundraising page to email to your friends and family to support your efforts. We will also help connect runners with donors by featuring and promoting these profiles. You’ll receive the finest in online training support with flexible weekly training schedules for runners and walkers of all distances. So whether you’re a beginner or an avid runner, on race day you can wear your loved one’s name with pride on the back of your Run to Remember shirt.
For Every Step, There is a Story... Run to Remember your loved ones. It’s as easy as 1-2-3:
1) Register for the IMT Des Moines Marathon
2) Register for Run to Remember
3) Designate Hospice of Central Iowa.
Running for Hospice - Knoxville Journal Express
National MS Society
The National MS Society is a collective of passionate individuals who want to do something about MS now—to move together toward a world free of multiple sclerosis. MS stops people from moving. We exist to make sure it doesn't.
The National MS Society helps each person address the challenges of living with MS through their 50-state network of chapters. The Society helps people affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, and providing programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.
• The Society is moving research forward by relentlessly pursuing prevention, treatment and cure.
• The Society is moving to reach out and respond to individuals, families and communities living with multiple sclerosis. 
• The Society is moving politicians and legislation to champion the needs of people with MS through activism, advocacy and influence.
• moving to mobilize the millions of people who want to do something about MS now.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT.
Pancreatica Walks and Runs 
Pancreatica Walks and Runs is an initiative of the Lorenzen Cancer Foundation, aimed at forever changing the tragic relationship between human beings and pancreatic cancer.
The Pancreatica Walks and Runs group is dedicated to raising awareness and funds, increasing education, and supporting pancreatic research. Have fun. Stay in shape. Do good!
ITP Foundation
The ITP Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to battling ITP, a rare bleeding disorder, in children and adolescents. Through a variety of campaigns, the ITP Foundation works to raise critical awareness of ITP, fund vital medical research, and participate in family assistance programs.
The ITP TEAM is a band of endurance athletes from throughout the country who race in events of their choosing and help to raise funds and awareness for the cause. In just the past two years, members of the ITP TEAM have raised over $25,000 to help support research projects focused on ITP and the search for a cure, and help families, children, and teens, affected by ITP, to manage and treat the disorder.
Become a member of the ITP TEAM and race to help to make a difference in these children's lives.
Alzheimer's Association
The Alzheimer’s Association is the premier resource for people living with Alzheimer’s disease as well as their family and caregivers. As many as 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s today; in fact, a new case is diagnosed every 70 seconds. The Alzheimer's Association works with families and people living with Alzheimer’s at every step of the disease, from obtaining a diagnosis, working with a support group, planning for the future, and all the crucial decisions and conversations that must occur. Your financial support enables the Alzheimer’s Association to provide education programs and support groups to thousands of Iowans every year!
Please join in the crusade to help those who suffer from Alzheimer’s as well as their families and caregivers. Running is a small sacrifice, compared to this devastating disease. Help f ind promising treatments to eliminate Alzheimer’s.
Every 70 seconds, someone new develops Alzheimer's... Join me as I MOVE to end Alzheimer's disease. Visit www.alz.org/greateriowa today and sign up for a Memory Walk in your community.
Ed Thomas Foundation
The purpose of the Ed Thomas Family Foundation is to continue the legacy of Ed Thomas by providing opportunities to young adults through scholarships and to maintain and up-keep of facilities.
Aplington-Parkersburg High School alumni and friends will join forces and challenge themselves to run 26.2 miles on race day! Participants will be running in memory of Coach Ed Thomas and during the 12-week training program have committed to raising money that will be contributed to the "Ed Thomas Memorial Trust Fund." The TEAM goal has been set at $10,000.
Read the Waterloo Courier article regarding Team Thomas
Click Here if you would consider donating to the Ed Thomas Foundation.
Team Iowans for Africa
Team Iowans for Africa is a diverse group of people working to train their bodies, hearts and minds. Coached by Don Williams, the team is a group of runners formed through Orchard Hill Church in Cedar Falls, IA. With five main goals for their efforts it is easy to see why so many are working hard to be a part of this team! Team goals are to use this event to praise God and advance His Kingdom, to get everyone to the finish line healthy and happy, to develop a team mentality through building relationships and community and to raise enough money to build a school in Mozambique, Africa.
Team Iowans for Africa trains together each Saturday as they build community mile after mile. With likeminded hearts for the community in Mozambique this team is touching not only lives in the Cedar Valley, but across the world. Iowans for Africa, along with Orchard Hill Church partners with Food for the Hungry to raise awareness and funds to complete our goal for a new school. The mission for Food for the Hungry is to walk with churches, leaders, and families in overcoming all forms of human poverty by living in healthy relationship with God and His creation. Food for the Hungry embraces an intensely personal and biblical response to God's call to end physical and spiritual hungers worldwide.
   
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