Charity Walks, Runs, and Biking Events
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Health Charity Walks
- Heart Walk - American Heart Assoc.
- Teams of employees, family members, friends and others raise money to fight heart disease and stroke, then walk in the event.
- Jingle Bell Run
- Support the arthritis foundation (includes juvenile arthritis) by getting involved in their Jingle Bell Run.
- National Kidney Foundation Walk
- Walk for someone's kidneys, and help the 20 million people living with kidney problems.
- Asthma Walk
- Search American Lung Association walks by state, and find one near you.
- Light the Night Walk
- Walk for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and build awareness of blood cancers and raise funds for cures.
- MS Challenge Walk
- Walk for those who can no longer walk themselves. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society sponsors nine locations across the US.
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
- Over 200 locations of the JDRF Walk can be found around the world.
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Great Strides
- Find a chapter near you and participate in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Great Strides walk.
- American Diabetes Association
- Find a walk, join a team, or become a team captain for the walk against diabetes.
Cancer Walks and Runs
- ACS :: Relay For Life
- The American Cancer Society has a great website on planning your Relay for Life event.
Breast Cancer Walks and Runs
- Walk the Walk
- Breast cancer awareness walks taking place in the UK.
Who do you wear pink for?

Show the breast cancer patients and survivors in your life that you support them with an "I wear pink for..." shirt from the Breast Cancer 101 shop. These great designs are available on many shirt styles, and we even have shirts for the guys!
This is a perfect way for the whole family, office, church group, or group of friends to support the people that mean so much to them.
Visit the Breast Cancer 101 Shop for more details. In your message, write the NAME you want to see on the shirt. Unless stated otherwise, personalized shirts will come with the image covering the full front of the shirt. (Let me know if you want the pocket logo instead.) Include any other details.
Have you participated in a walk, run, or bike event?
You don't have to go national to help charities fund their cause. Even small, locally organized walks, runs, and biking tours raise important funds for research and support.
Tomahawk Fall Ride for MDA
The Tomahawk Fall Ride for MDA is a hugely popular motorcycling event held each year in September, in Tomahawk, WI. Walking and Running Tips
- Absolute Beginner Walking Program
- Beginner's walking tutorial from About.com. Healthy preparation will guarantee a fun and safe run or walk.
- Do a charity walk on 43 Things
- Make your goal official! Find out who else wants to do a charity walk and add it to your own 43things list.
- Get Healthy Helping Others
- Help yourself get motivated, and help others while you're at it, by participating in a charity walk or run.
Books on Charity Walks
Fight hunger and poverty
- Walk to Fight Child Poverty
- Sponsored by IPSwitch. Hastings Park, Lexington, Massachusetts.
- CROP Walk
- CROP WALKERS put their hearts and soles in motion to help stop hunger, one step at a time, in some 2,000 locally-organized CROP WALKS and other community events.
- Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger
- Records broken at the 2006 Walk for HungerWalk! Photos and photo gifts available. It all begins with food. Good food nourishes the body and the spirit.
- Hunger Walk
- Greater Philadelphia Coalition Against Hunger: Fighting Hunger in the Greater Philadelphia area.
- FightHunger.org
- Walk the World to fight hunger - led by the UN World Food Programme and partners
Walks for Education
- A Walk For Education
- Sponsored by The National Society of Black Engineers
- Walk for Education
- Sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa, an international association for professional educators.
- Dollars for Scholars Walk for Education
- Education Goes Further than 5K - The Walk for Education is a vital initiative to promote educational access. Walks in CA and NY.
Charity Bike Tours and Races
- Santa Barbara Bike Tour and Fest
- One of the most challenging, rewarding and scenic bike rides in Southern California. This bike tour offers something for everyone - one-day or two-day rides and routes of all types to satisfy the recreational riders to the hard-core cyclists.
- BHF Bike Rides
- The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is the leading national charity fighting heart and circulatory disease - the UK's biggest killer.
- Tour de Palm Springs
- A cycling enthusiast's dream with 5, 25, 50 and 100 mile events. Enjoy beautiful desert scenery and weather on this bike ride for charity.
Charity Walk Gifts
Start your own Charity Walk, Charity Run, or Charity Bike Tour
- How to Organize a Charity Walk or Run
- Step-by-step instructions on starting your own charity event, from eHow.
Reader Feedback
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KPetit
Mar 23, 2012 @ 4:47 pm | delete
- Anybody from the Chicago area? There is a PATT (Parents and Teens Together to prevent underage drinking tragedies) 5K Fun Run every Labor Day weekend. A great cause and growing every year! Please visit my lens @ http://www.squidoo.com/JPATT; bless you all for your efforts.
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livingfrontiers Mar 11, 2012 @ 7:00 pm | delete
- Do something for others and you will always be the benefactor!
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LewesDE
Feb 17, 2012 @ 12:30 pm | delete
- This is a great lens!
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MJsConsignments
Feb 15, 2012 @ 1:10 pm | delete
- You've collected a lot of great links here. Thanks so much!
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awayb
Feb 4, 2012 @ 10:14 pm | delete
- must wait to do this kind of sport...love running but not that far...
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