FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mississauga Marathon Launches 2nd Annual Scotiabank Charity Challenge
Mississauga, ON – In an effort to raise additional funds for local and
national charities, The Mississauga Marathon announces the Scotiabank
Charity Challenge will return for a second year. This fundraising program
allows participants to personalize their own fundraising page with a
fundraising goal, pictures and videos, send emails to friends and family
asking for their support, build a fundraising team and enter offline
donations. Participants can also share their personalized fundraising page
with social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. As
part of the program, Scotiabank will provide a donation for the top charity
in each of the following categories:
$2000 to the charity with the highest fundraising total
$2000 to the charity with the largest Fundraising team (minimum of $20.00
raised per member)
$2000 to the charity with the highest average fundraising per runner
average (minimum 10 members)
In 2013, with the support of participants, families, friends and
spectators, the total raised was over $135,000!
"We are thrilled to continue the partnership between our Mississauga
Marathon event and Scotiabank, without them we wouldn't be able to run a
Charity Challenge." says Krystal Duz, Race Director of the Mississauga
Marathon. "The assistance of Scotiabank allows us to provide our charity
partners with 100% of all donations. We are very excited to see our
fundraising increase through the continued success of the 2014 Mississauga
Marathon Scotiabank Charity Challenge!"
Participating charities include: Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada,
CameronHelps, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada - Mississauga
Chapter, The Mississauga Food Bank, Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation,
Heart House Hospice Inc., The Canadian Red Cross Society, MitoCanada
Foundation, The Heart and Stroke Foundation, Community Living Mississauga,
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Autism Ontario, Starlight Children's
Foundation of Canada, Team World Vision, United Way of Peel Region, Art
Gallery of Mississauga, SickKids Foundation, Trillium Health Partners
Foundation and the Arthritis Research Foundation.
For more information about these charities, to make a donation or begin
fundraising through the Mississauga Marathon Scotiabank Charity Challenge,
please visit: www.mississaugamarathon.com/charities.shtml
The 11th annual Mississauga Marathon will take place on Saturday, May 3rd
and Sunday, May 4th, 2014 and offers "A Run For Everyone": Marathon,
Petrillo Law Marathon Relay, Recharge with Milk Half Marathon, Valeant
Pharmaceuticals 10K, 10K Student Relay, " The Hazel" 5K and SUBWAY®
Restaurants 2K Fun Run/Walk. A Runner's Expo is also part of Race Weekend,
a mandatory stop for all participants to pick up their race kits taking
place on Friday, May 2nd and Saturday, May 3rd, at the Port Credit Memorial
Arena, in downtown Port Credit.
Prices increase on Wednesday, January 29th, 2014. Registration is available
online at: http://www.mississaugamarathon.com.
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