Official Charity Training Program of GO! St. Louis
The GO! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness weekend hosts thousands of runners who choose to make their Marathon, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay or 5K experience more meaningful by participating on behalf of a charitable cause. GO! for a Cause, the official charity training program of GO! St. Louis, provides an exciting and rewarding opportunity for individual participants to accomplish training goals, while at the same time, allowing non-profit organizations to raise funds and awareness for their cause.
In 2011, official charity partners raised more than $330,000 as part of the expanding program. Since debuting in 2010, GO! For a Cause has raised more than $580,000 for local charities. GO! St. Louis is pleased to announce the expansion of the program to offer 25 non-profit organizations the opportunity to participate in the 2012 GO! St. Louis Marathon, Half Marathon, Marathon Relay or 5K event as an official charity partner.
Join the 2012 GO! St. Louis TrainingTeam
New in 2012 is a personalized training experience through a partnership with local running leader Big River Running Company. This exciting new training program is a great way to get instructions from area experts on how to properly train for an endurance race, while meeting other participants at the same fitness level. The cost for the 12 week program is $125 ($85 for GO! For a Cause Team Members) and covers all Wednesday and Sunday Group Training Sessions, post-race food and drinks, etc. It also includes weekly group emails from the coaching staff, access to the interactive team website, weekly training clinics on Sunday mornings and an official Big River Training Team Longsleeve Tech Shirt. We will email confirmations and further details on when and where to meet as well as how to gain access to the team website, etc. as we get closer to January 22nd.
For more information on the GO! St. Louis Training Team, check out the official page Here.
Download a copy of the 2012 training schedule Here
Check out the GO! St. Louis online fundraising page at crowdrise.com/gostlouismarathon2012 for more information on how to donate or join one of our official charity partner teams.
For information on applying to be an official charity partner or an individual participant in the 2012 charity training program, please contact Colleen Caul at
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2012 Official Charities
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GO! St. Louis Team for Kids is the official charity training team for GO! St. Louis. This exciting new team will help you train for a race at the 2012 GO! St. Louis Marathon & Family Fitness Weekend, while raising funds to help us in our mission to fight the raising rate of youth obesity.
We created this new team out of an increased interest in expanding our local youth fitness initiatives at a time of crisis for many young children, who continue to fight a lack of physical exercise and ultimately an obesity problem than can lead to a lifetime of health issues. We have expanded our youth programs over the years to reach at-risk children — more than 20,000 in 2011, but we need to do more, and we need your help.
To join the team or to make a donation, visit GO! St. Louis Team for Kids Charity.
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American Cancer Society
We’ll help you cross the finish line and change the course of cancer forever. With the American Cancer Society DetermiNation program, you will not only set and meet your goal to complete the half-marathon or marathon—you will also raise money for cancer research, education and support programs that help to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. Our coaches and mentors will be there for you, giving you the training and support you need to cross the finish line. And with more than 11 million cancer survivors cheering you on toward your personal victory, you are sure to prevail.
Learn more: determinationstlouis.org
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Angels' Arms
Over the last 11 years, Angels' Arms has changed the lives of more than 200 children, including over 50 sibling groups, by providing them with a loving home and allowing them to thrive in a happy, functional family setting. Angels’ Arms believes that foster children deserve the chance to be children, to be part of a family, and to live up to their potential. To achieve this, Angels’ Arms provides homes, resources and emotional support to experienced foster parents so that they can raise the standard of care for foster children. Angels’ Arms strives to keep sibling groups together, and partners with foster parents, community supporters, organizations and other non-profits to provide a loving home environment and help our children become successful citizens. Angels' Arms will become the national, knowledgeable authority to which decision makers turn for counsel about foster children and their needs.
Learn more: angelsarms.org |
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Cancer Support Community
Cancer Support Community of Greater St. Louis (formerly The Wellness Community) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to ensure that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community. All programs are completely free of charge and offered in a comfortable, home-like environment. Cancer Support Community offers professionally-led support groups, educational workshops, nutrition and exercise programs, and stress-reduction classes to empower and educate individuals affected by cancer. Additionally, CSC offers free medically-related supplies not covered by insurance for people who are financially in need through the Staenberg Family Foundation Cancer Services.
Learn more: call 314-238-2000 or visit www.cancersupportstl.org.
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College Bound
College Bound was created to provide promising high school students from under-resourced backgrounds with the academic enrichment, life skills and social supports needed to succeed in four-year colleges. College Bound is the only program in the St. Louis region with a year-round curriculum that includes career exposure, community engagement, test preparation and academic enrichment so that students not only get to college, they graduate from college.
Learn more: collegeboundstl.org
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Cultural Leadership
Cultural Leadership exists to create a more just and equitable community by educating high school students in the St. Louis region to recognize and resolve issues of privilege and injustice through the lens of the African American and Jewish experience.
Our students develop leadership skills, build relationships, and facilitate dialogues to become change agents and community organizers, and what we affectionately call “troublemakers of the best kind.”
Learn more: culturalleadership
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Epworth Children & Family Services
The main goal of Epworth Children & Family Services is to meet the unique needs of older youth by helping them become productive members of society as they prepare for the transition into adulthood. Epworth assists youth who have been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect as well as youth who are homeless and without any family support. Epworth is committed to keeping families together, preventing abuse and neglect, and encouraging self-sufficiency and independence in the youth it serves.
Learn more: http://www.epworth.org/news/GOStLouis.php
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Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition is a non-profit agency that strives to create permanency in foster children’s lives by recruiting and retaining foster/adoptive families. The Coalition is one of the area’s largest recruiter of foster/adoptive homes. If you are interested in running with the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition, please contact Jessi Brawley at
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Learn more: foster-adopt.org / foster-adopt.org/AboutUs/Events
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Gateway to Hope
Gateway to Hope was established in 2005 to provide access to lifesaving breast cancer treatment for Missourians with financial limitations who qualify for our program. Gateway to Hope arranges comprehensive treatment for uninsured or underinsured low income individuals diagnosed with breast cancer, as well as those genetically at high risk for the disease, who are not eligible for state or federally funded care.
Learn more: gthstl.org/
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Girls on the Run St. Louis — SoleMates
SoleMates is the charity running leg of Girls on the Run. Male and female athletes pursue individual goals to raise money for Girls on the Run St. Louis. 100% of the money raised through SoleMates stays in St. Louis to ensure local girls a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. If you want to use the power of running to make a difference in the life of a girl, join us. Become a SoleMate and achieve your personal dream of running a 5k, marathon relay, half or full marathon, while helping thousands of young girls achieve their dreams. Join our SoleMates Team today!
Learn more: girlsontherunstlouis.org/charity-running/ |
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Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis works in partnership with people everywhere from all walks of life. Its purpose is to develop communities with people in need by building houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which people can live and grow into all that God intended.
Learn more: habitatstl.org
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Jewish Community Center — The J
The J is a gathering place that provides educational, social, cultural and recreational programs and services to people of all ages and abilities: meal delivery to homebound seniors, inclusion programming for children and adults with special needs, scholarship assistance for children to experience summer camp, Jewish cultural experiences and much more. Everything we do is designed to support a caring community and to promote the physical and spiritual well-being of everyone who participates here. Our services are offered not just to the Jewish community, but to the St. Louis community. Everyone is welcome at the J.
Learn more: jccstl.com/
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Kids Rock Cancer
Kids can rock cancer! Our program offers an emotional outlet and vehicle of self-expression for children battling cancer and other blood disorders, by providing a session of music therapy with a certified music therapist who helps them compose and record their own song on a CD. Kids Rock Cancer is under the direction of the Music Therapy program at Maryville University and is currently offered at St. Louis Children's Hospital, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center and Cancer Support Community of St. Louis. Partner with us to make a difference through the healing power of music therapy—one step at a time!
Learn more: maryville.edu/kidsrockcancer
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Team in Training)
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (TNT) offers hands-on training unlike any other program. We're an established network of coaches, mentors and teammates, built by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society over the past 22 years. TNT trains for events around the country and abroad. Challenge yourself to complete a marathon, half marathon, triathlon, hiking event or 100-mile bike ride. Pick the event that suits you. Travel to a destination with your team for a weekend. Or gear up for a local event closer to home! You can contact the Gateway Chapter of Team in Training at 314.878.0780.
Learn more: teamintraining.org/gat/
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Lift for Life Gym
Lift for Life Gym offers St. Louis city children a safe, enriching environment in which to strengthen their bodies, enrich their minds, develop healthy social relationships, and learn to make positive life choices. For the nearly 400 underprivileged kids who call Lift for Life Gym their second home, riding their bikes or playing on unsafe city neighborhood streets is not an option- in this Federal Empowerment Zone one in ten residents will be a victim of violent crime this year. The median household income in our 63106 zip code is $12,962.
Children and Adolescents depend on Lift for Life Gym to provide structured activities, homework assistance, a nutritious supper, and transportation home. Without the shelter and supervision of the Gym, these kids would be roaming the streets with nothing to keep them busy, safe, and out of trouble.
Learn more: liftforlife.org
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Living Well Foundation
The Living Well Foundation—a non-profit organization operates the Living Well Village. The Living Well Village houses leadership camps with Health and Wellness programs designed for individuals, families and organizations. The Living Well Village assists individuals in reaching their highest level of wellness through education with practice. The mission of the Living Well Village is to help individuals and families choose healthy lifestyles that will improve their quantity as well as their quality of life. It must be a conscious decision in "choosing to live life well".
Learn more: livingwellvillage.org
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Our Little Haven
Our Little Haven is an independent, 501-c3 organization founded in 1993, providing comprehensive care for more than 500 children annually through residential treatment, outpatient children’s mental health services, therapeutic preschool and foster care case management.
Our Little Haven is relentlessly committed to providing a safe, secure and healing environment for children suffering from the tragedy of abuse and neglect. Our dedicated and compassionate community of care givers makes the hurting stop, the healing begin and the love last, one child at a time.
Learn more: ourlittlehaven.org
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Promo Fund
PROMO Fund is Missouri's statewide organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality through grassroots organizing and community education.
PROMO Fund's goals are to help LGBT Missourians create a supportive and visible community, become active in the democratic process, and work for their equal protection under the law. We build community awareness and grassroots support for LGBT equality and increase civic participation of LGBT Missourians.
Learn more: Promo Fund
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Stray Rescue of St Louis
Stray Rescue of St. Louis' Running Buddies Enrichment Program provides essential enrichment for shelter dogs, making them more adoptable through exercise and socialization, as well as highlights and strengthens the human/dog bond. We also seek to build awareness of Stray Rescue’s mission by collaborating with our community’s running enthusiasts, the companies they work for, and the fitness organizations to which they belong.
We are promoting health and wellness for program participants and providing those who cannot own a dog the opportunity to experience the joy of spending time with them. Enrichment programs like this one are essential to our organization's training and behavior efforts, which play a key role in finding homeless dogs warm, loving homes.
Learn more: Stray Rescue of St. Louis |
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Team Living Water
For the last two years, hundreds of men and women have trained together and competed in the GO! St. Louis half marathon on behalf of those who need clean drinking water. This year we are adding the option for the marathon relay (4 person team/6.5 miles per person). Although the TLW training program is free, all runners will be required to raise funds and/or donate personally to Living Water International. Each participant must register on their own for the actual race and pay their own race fee (contact us for access to discounted charity registration rate). Help us spread the word about the global water crisis and Living Water International www.water.cc. If you or your friends are running but don't have a charity to support, please consider joining Team LWI St. Louis.
Learn more: http://water.cc/team-lwi |
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The Mission Continues
To build an America where every returning veteran can serve as a citizen leader, and where together we honor the fallen by living their values through service. We accomplish our mission through our unique The Mission Continues programs. These include our Fellowship, Veterans Tribute, and Warriors in Service programs. We encourage you to find out more about our organization and join The Mission Continues training team.
Learn more: missioncontinues.org |
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