Miles for Meaning 2021 Challenge

Calling all charities around the world who had (or didn’t have) a marathon fundraising team in 2020! Join us in March for a FREE 31 day virtual running based challenge called Miles For Meaning where your team will compete to win from an $80,000 donation pool.

Grand Prize Donation: Minimum of $25,000!

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Dates | March 1-31 2021

Charity Team Entry Fee: FREE

Participating Teams:

1. Autism Speaks
2. American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
3. American Cancer Society - Illinois (Chicago, IL)
4. Tri 4 Schools (Madison, WI)
5. Open Your Heart to the Hungry & Homeless (Minneapolis, MN)
6. Back On My Feet (Indianapolis, IN)
7. Recovery On Water (Chicago, IL)
8. The Kirk Gibson Foundation for Parkinson's (Detroit, MI)
9. Boomer Esiason Foundation (New York, NY)
10. Narcolepsy Network (Seattle, WA)
11. Canadian Mental Health Association, Windsor-Essex County Branch (Windsor, Ontario, CA)
12. Journey to Dream Foundation (Lewisville, TX)
13. Community Options (Morristown, NJ)
14. David's Refuge (Syracuse, NY)
15. Mittens for Detroit (Detroit, MI)
16. Children's Brain Tumor Foundation (New York, NY)
17. Project Purple (Seymour, CT)
18. Covenant Community Care, Inc. (Detroit, MI)
19. White Heart Foundation (Augoura Hills, CA)
20. The Herren Project (Portsmouth, RI)
21. Chicago Police Memorial Foundation (Chicago, IL)
22. Cellmates On the Run - Chicago Diabetes Project (Chicago, IL)
23. PAWS Chicago (Chicago, IL)
24. Amyloidosis Foundation (Clarkston, MI)
25. AKTIV Against Cancer (New York, NY)
26. Tackle Kids Cancer (New York, NY)
27. Fleece & Thank You (Farmington Hills, MI)
28. Cal's Angels (St. Charles, IL)
29. Fight Colorectal Cancer (Springfield, MO)
30. Children of Peru (New York, NY)
31. American Cancer Society (New York, NY)
32. Muscular Dystrophy Association - Team Momentum
33. Chicago Parks Foundation (Chicago, IL)
34. Swedish Hospital Foundation (Chicago, IL)
35. GROW Central Florida
36. Project ALS (New York, NY)
37. LIG Global (Teaneck, NJ)
38. American Cancer Society West Region
39. Children's Tumor Foundation (New York, NY)
40. Karis Community (Denver, CO)
41. Latina Safehouse Initiative (Denver, CO)
42. Komera (Jamaica Plain, MA)
43. Intentional Mentoring (Madison, WI)
44. Team IMPACT (Quincy, MA)
45. Genesys Works Chicago (Chicago, IL)
46. The Seasteading Institute (San Francisco, CA)
47. BioBus (New York, NY)
48. Ignatius House (Atlanta, GA)
49. Collaboration Project (Monona, WI)
50. Gio's Garden (Madison, WI)
51. Coalition for Healthy Schools Fund (Charlottesville, VA)
52. Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America (North Olmsted, OH)
53. Team Survivor Northwest
54. Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program (Detroit, MI)
55. To Write Love on Her Arms (Melbourne, FL)
56. Susan G Komen Nevada (Las Vegas, NV)
57. World Animal Protection (New York, NY)
58. PCOS Awareness Association (Fredericksburg, VA)
59. Queens Centers for Progress (Jamaica, NY)
60. Mercy Ministries (Evergreen, CO)
61. Start Giving Local (Costa Mesa, CA)
62. Ally Global Foundation (Vancouver, BC)
63. FEAST (San Diego, CA)
64. Linda W Daniel Foundation (Greenwich, CT)
65. Trinity Health Michigan (Livonia, MI)
66. Zaman International (Inkster, MI)
67. Cystic Fibrosis Canada (Toronto, ON)
68. Cystic Fibrosis Canada - Atlantic Region (Dartmouth, NS)
69. Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest (Minneapolis, MN)
70. Mario Lemieux Foundation (Pittsburgh, PA)
71. The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp (Ashford, CT)
72. Doreen Katz Memorial Cancer Foundation (Centennial, CO)
73. Homes For Our Troops (Taunton, MA)
74. Autism Speaks Mid-South (Atlanta, GA)
75. Education Through Music (New York, NY)
76. The Mel Bornstein Clinic for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (Farmington Hills, MI)
77. Steel City Greyhounds (Pittsburgh, PA)
78. Central Park Conservancy (New York, NY)
79. Dylan's Wings of Change (Newtown, CT)
80. ALS Society of British Columbia
81. The Painted Turtle (Los Angeles, CA)
82. Family Reach (Boston, MA)
83. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Illinois (Glenville, IL)
84. Heal Our Heroes (Charleston, SC)
85. Simbi Foundation (Vancouver, BC)
86. Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio (Worthington, OH)
87. World Central Kitchen (Washington, DC)
88. Shay's Warriors (Palm Desert, CA)
89. Real Options for City Kids (San Francisco, CA)
90. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (Glen Rose, TX)
91. Water For Good (Indianapolis, IN)
92. Lifedoc Health (Memphis, TN)
93. Bucketlist Family Foundation (Carlsbad, CA)
94. Cancer Support Community Central IN (Indianapolis, IN)
95. The Bowery Resident's Committee (New York, NY)
96. Cancer Family Care (Cincinnati, OH)
97. Europeds Foundation (Pontiac, MI)
98. Tom Coughlin Jay Fund (Jacksonville, FL)
99. Chike Springer Foundation (Fort Washington, MD)
100. RallyCap Sports (Sea Girt, NJ)
101. American Liver Foundation (New York, NY)

Congratulations to the first 100 charity teams! You're eligible to compete for one of 50 available $1,000 matching donations during the event!

For charities 101 and beyond, you are still eligible to compete for the $25,000 grand prize and there will be new incentives coming soon!

**Note: Team sizes will be capped at 100 participants per team to keep the competition fair and equitable among all charity partners! For organizations that have more than 100 team members, Kilter will create additional teams to accommodate your entire community.

REGISTER YOUR TEAM NOW! 

Calling all charity partners from all marathons! You're invited to a free 31-day challenge where you can make your miles truly matter. No matter where you are in the world, every mile logged gets your team closer to winning great prizes. During this event on Kilter, your team will earn points each day based on their total running miles logged via their fitness trackers. Your team will be able to track progress on the challenge leaderboard and raise additional funds for your charity!

The first 100 charities to secure their free team slot will be given the chance to compete for a $1,000 free donation match during the challenge! Fifty $1,000 matching donations will available.

This event is open to all charities.

Team Prizes:

1st Place: $25,000 Donation

• The team with most miles logged from March 1-31 will be crowned the winner!

Fundraising Prizes

• The first 50 charities to raise $1,000 during the challenge will also receive a $1,000 match! (*must be one of the first 100 charities to register)

Participant Prizes:

5K A DAY: Anyone who logs at least 96.41 miles (average 3.11 miles per day) and raises at least $200 will receive a free Miles For Meaning Athletic T-Shirt, sponsored by Kilter.

Additional Team Donation Prizes

There is an additional $5,000 we'll be giving away throughout March. Stay tuned for flash challenges and how to win!

HOW TO JOIN:

‍1) REGISTER YOUR TEAM HERE!

The Kilter team will be in touch shortly with next steps! If you are the point of contact, you will be invited to an exclusive 1-week activity challenge in December to test out Kilter and compete for a $500 Amazon gift card!

HOW YOUR TEAM WILL COMPETE:

1) During the event, your team will track daily running miles on the Kilter app and be able to track progress on the live event leaderboard (see Rules tab for info on what activities count). Stay on top of the leaderboard for your shot to win the minimum $25,000 grand donation prize!

HOW TO TRACK ACTIVITIES:

1) Connected Apps & Devices - visit your Profile and go to Connected Devices. Use Apple Health, Fitbit, Garmin, Strava, or UnderArmour Record (MapMyRun) to seamlessly track your daily miles!‍

HOW TO RAISE MONEY:

1. Go to the Charities tab of the event in the app and click DONATE. Choose any amount you want to contribute!

2. Use the peer-to-peer function and ask your friends or family to support your team and your own fitness goals by pledging to donate on your behalf! Click GET DONATIONS from the event in the app to get started!

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SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL CHARITIES

Looking to engage your community in a fun activity based fundraiser? Try out Kilter for 1-Week at 50% Off! Offer ends 1/31/2021

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING THIS EVENT. GOOD LUCK!

#DONATEYOURHUSTLE

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Team Prizes:

1st Place: $25,000 Donation

• The team with most miles logged from March 1-31 will be crowned the winner!

Fundraising Prizes

• The first 50 charities to raise $1,000 during the challenge will also receive a $1,000 match! (*must be one of the first 100 charities to register)

Participant Prizes:

5K A DAY: Anyone who logs at least 96.41 miles (average 3.11 miles per day) and raises at least $200 will receive a free Miles For Meaning Athletic T-Shirt, sponsored by Kilter.

Additional Team Donation Prizes

There is an additional $5,000 we'll be giving away throughout March. Stay tuned for flash challenges and how to win!

The team with the most miles logged via Kilter will win the minimum $25,000 grand prize donation!

How to Earn Points:

Track your daily running mileage through a connected fitness tracking app or device.

Approved Trackers:

• Apple Health
• Google Fit
• Strava
• Garmin
• Fitbit
• MapMyRun

How to Connect to Trackers:

From your Profile in the Kilter app, click Connected Devices. Connect your trackers.

IMPORTANT:

To track your running workouts, you must start and end a workout in one of the approved tracking apps. Following your workout activity, your data will automatically sync to the Kilter app and apply points toward your team score based on your total mileage.

POINT SYSTEM:

1 Mile = 100 Points

BONUSES

TBD

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This Challenge starts and ends based on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). Challenges are built to start at 8 am UTC or 12 am EST on the day of the challenge. Challenges are built to end at 4 am UTC the day after the final day of the challenge or 8 pm EST on the final day of the challenge.All activities logged during the Challenge period must be completed within the above dates and times to be counted. Users will only be awarded points based on activities from the day the User joins the Challenge and after that date. Users will not receive points for activities that may upload into Kilter for days prior to the date they joined the Challenge. See the above list of activities for information on the activities that will count towards the challenge. Manual entries may be eligible depending on the Challenge. Please refer to the above list of activities. Activities will be visible to all other Challenge participants.Your followers may see notifications that you've completed activities in this challenge. Please see Privacy Settings in your profile to adjust your settings to enable followers and allow others to see your activities.The description of this challenge is provided by {Organization Account}.We expect all participants to honor the rules of this event, which includes abiding by all health advisements and restrictions in your area prior to undertaking any physical activity. We also expect that all participants maintain a code of honor with their completion of activities. Kilter monitors closely any system abuse and will immediately ban any user found to be cheating the system or an event to gain an advantage. The user will be removed from their event and banned from Kilter for life, with no exceptions.To learn more about this event, please contact {Organization Account Main Email Address}For questions or issues regarding the Kilter app, please click here to Submit Feedback or reach out directly to us at friends@kilterrewards.com.Prize eligibility and fulfillment is at the sole discretion of {Organization Account}. Post-challenge prizes are open to all eligible participants. See rules for full details.

Team Prizes:

1st Place: $25,000 Donation

• The team with most miles logged from March 1-31 will be crowned the winner!

Fundraising Prizes

• The first 50 charities to raise $1,000 during the challenge will also receive a $1,000 match! (*must be one of the first 100 charities to register)

Participant Prizes:

5K A DAY: Anyone who logs at least 96.41 miles (average 3.11 miles per day) and raises at least $200 will receive a free Miles For Meaning Athletic T-Shirt, sponsored by Kilter.

Additional Team Donation Prizes

There is an additional $5,000 we'll be giving away throughout March. Stay tuned for flash challenges and how to win!

The team with the most miles logged via Kilter will win the minimum $25,000 grand prize donation!

How to Earn Points:

Track your daily running mileage through a connected fitness tracking app or device.

Approved Trackers:

• Apple Health
• Google Fit
• Strava
• Garmin
• Fitbit
• MapMyRun

How to Connect to Trackers:

From your Profile in the Kilter app, click Connected Devices. Connect your trackers.

IMPORTANT:

To track your running workouts, you must start and end a workout in one of the approved tracking apps. Following your workout activity, your data will automatically sync to the Kilter app and apply points toward your team score based on your total mileage.

POINT SYSTEM:

1 Mile = 100 Points

BONUSES

TBD

‍

This Challenge starts and ends based on UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). Challenges are built to start at 8 am UTC or 12 am EST on the day of the challenge. Challenges are built to end at 4 am UTC the day after the final day of the challenge or 8 pm EST on the final day of the challenge.All activities logged during the Challenge period must be completed within the above dates and times to be counted. Users will only be awarded points based on activities from the day the User joins the Challenge and after that date. Users will not receive points for activities that may upload into Kilter for days prior to the date they joined the Challenge. See the above list of activities for information on the activities that will count towards the challenge. Manual entries may be eligible depending on the Challenge. Please refer to the above list of activities. Activities will be visible to all other Challenge participants.Your followers may see notifications that you've completed activities in this challenge. Please see Privacy Settings in your profile to adjust your settings to enable followers and allow others to see your activities.The description of this challenge is provided by {Organization Account}.We expect all participants to honor the rules of this event, which includes abiding by all health advisements and restrictions in your area prior to undertaking any physical activity. We also expect that all participants maintain a code of honor with their completion of activities. Kilter monitors closely any system abuse and will immediately ban any user found to be cheating the system or an event to gain an advantage. The user will be removed from their event and banned from Kilter for life, with no exceptions.To learn more about this event, please contact {Organization Account Main Email Address}For questions or issues regarding the Kilter app, please click here to Submit Feedback or reach out directly to us at friends@kilterrewards.com.Prize eligibility and fulfillment is at the sole discretion of {Organization Account}. Post-challenge prizes are open to all eligible participants. See rules for full details.