The Running Road Trip
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IMPORTANT: While we more than appreciate your desire to donate to our GoFundMe, your support would be more meaningful if you instead donated directy to the Cure Alzheimer's Fund here: http://curealz.org/heroes/running-road-trip
Thank you so much for your support!
Raising money for Alzheimer’s with the power of our feet.
The mission of The Running Road Trip (“RRT”) is to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease research. Partnering with the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund , our team of four runners will traverse the contiguous United States in the summer of 2017, visiting and running in every state while spreading the word as we attempt to reach our $50,000 donation goal.
We are four college seniors who decided to spend our post-graduation summer raising money to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Our decision to dedicate the RRT to Alzheimer’s is a very personal one for our co-founder, in memory of his late grandfather. An avid runner and outdoorsman, he died in 2011 after battling Alzheimer’s disease and stroke-induced dementia. The RRT intends to honor his legacy by helping to support the fight against the disease that currently affects more than 5 million Americans.
In the build up to our nation-spanning trip, we are simultaneously building up awareness for our project while raising money to get it off the ground. To fund our trip we are relying on sponsors and donations. Over the past few months, we have attracted enthusiastic sponsors, including companies like ROLL Recovery , RecoFit , BOCO Gear , Cheetah Chews , Salad Power , and Salomon . While these generous sponsors have been able to help us cover most of our gear needs, we are still in pursuit of funds to cover our operating expenses.
Because we believe in complete transparency in our process, our goal is to cover all of our operating expenses by the end of April. By doing so, every dollar donated through our project to Alzheimer’s disease research goes directly to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund - nothing is skimmed off the top to cover costs.
Our ask is $12,000. This money will cover food, gas, occasional lodging, a vehicle wrap (branding), our website, and any unexpected/emergency costs that should arise (e.g. a flat tire). In raising this money, we commit that we will donate any amount not spent on operations by the end of the trip.
Even if you are unable to donate at this time, we appreciate any help that you can offer, whether it is something as small and easy as liking our Facebook page, or something as generous as sharing our campaign and cause with your network. Launching our project is exciting but will only succeed with the support of many others like yourself. If you would like to learn more, please see our website at therunningroadtrip.org . Additionally, feel free to email us with any questions, recommendations, or thoughts at [email redacted].
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your support!
Raising money for Alzheimer’s with the power of our feet.
The mission of The Running Road Trip (“RRT”) is to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s disease research. Partnering with the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund , our team of four runners will traverse the contiguous United States in the summer of 2017, visiting and running in every state while spreading the word as we attempt to reach our $50,000 donation goal.
We are four college seniors who decided to spend our post-graduation summer raising money to fight Alzheimer’s disease. Our decision to dedicate the RRT to Alzheimer’s is a very personal one for our co-founder, in memory of his late grandfather. An avid runner and outdoorsman, he died in 2011 after battling Alzheimer’s disease and stroke-induced dementia. The RRT intends to honor his legacy by helping to support the fight against the disease that currently affects more than 5 million Americans.
In the build up to our nation-spanning trip, we are simultaneously building up awareness for our project while raising money to get it off the ground. To fund our trip we are relying on sponsors and donations. Over the past few months, we have attracted enthusiastic sponsors, including companies like ROLL Recovery , RecoFit , BOCO Gear , Cheetah Chews , Salad Power , and Salomon . While these generous sponsors have been able to help us cover most of our gear needs, we are still in pursuit of funds to cover our operating expenses.
Because we believe in complete transparency in our process, our goal is to cover all of our operating expenses by the end of April. By doing so, every dollar donated through our project to Alzheimer’s disease research goes directly to the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund - nothing is skimmed off the top to cover costs.
Our ask is $12,000. This money will cover food, gas, occasional lodging, a vehicle wrap (branding), our website, and any unexpected/emergency costs that should arise (e.g. a flat tire). In raising this money, we commit that we will donate any amount not spent on operations by the end of the trip.
Even if you are unable to donate at this time, we appreciate any help that you can offer, whether it is something as small and easy as liking our Facebook page, or something as generous as sharing our campaign and cause with your network. Launching our project is exciting but will only succeed with the support of many others like yourself. If you would like to learn more, please see our website at therunningroadtrip.org . Additionally, feel free to email us with any questions, recommendations, or thoughts at [email redacted].
Thank you so much.
Organizer
Nico Ericksen-Deriso
Organizer
Boulder, CO
