Team Teach For America

2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon
October 10, 2010

Teach For America • Chicago has assembled a team of participants for the 2010 Bank of America Chicago Marathon on October 10, 2010. Everyone who commits to run with our team will receive access to free marathon training through the Clocktower Runners, and a commemorative Chicago Marathon singlet that will be available exclusively to members of our team. The money you raise will fuel Teach For America's progress toward closing the academic achievement gap.

Registration

Although open registration for the Chicago Marathon has closed, you can still enter this year’s race by signing up with Teach For America! In order to register for the race through Teach For America, please email team coordinator Shuhei Yamamoto. To register for the race through Teach For America, runners will be asked to commit to raising at least $1,000 for our cause. Please note that if you are already registered for the race and would like to join our team, you should also email team coordinator Shuhei Yamamoto. In this case, runners will be asked to commit to raising at least $500 for our cause.

Balyasny Asset Management has committed to matching – dollar-for-dollar – the first $100,000 raised by our team members. This means that if our team raises $100,000, BAM will match those funds to bring our fundraising total up to $200,000. We are incredibly grateful for BAM’s generosity, especially as this is their second consecutive year as our lead sponsor. We deeply appreciate BAM’s commitment to our team and to Teach For America’s work in Chicago.

Amenities

We will offer our team members several amenities on race day. Team Teach For America will have its own tent in Charity Village in Grant Park, where our participants will have access to team-exclusive gear check, food, water, sports drinks, blankets, and other services.

Team Teach For America Thank-you Gift Tiers

We are deeply grateful to those running in the Marathon on Teach For America's behalf, and we have established a sliding scale of thank-you gifts for participants who reach fundraising benchmarks between $500 and $2,500. Information about the gifts is listed below.

Fundraising Support

Once you’ve registered for the Marathon and joined our team, please contact Shuhei Yamamoto to receive support on your fundraising goals.

Please note that every member of our team must commit to raising a minimum of $500, but can also commit to raising $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, or $2,500. As mentioned above, team members will receive thank-you gifts based on what they are able to raise. Team members are welcome to pay part or all of the amount themselves. All funds must be submitted to Teach For America by November 1, 2010.

As mentioned above, if you have not yet registered for the race and would like to register by joining through Teach For America, you will be asked to commit to raising at least $1,000 for our cause.

You may mail checks made out to "Teach For America" along with an accompanying cover sheet (provided), or bring them to our office. Our contact information is below.

Attn: Marathon Program
Shuhei Yamamoto
Teach For America
300 West Adams Street, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 283-2484
shuhei.yamamoto@teachforamerica.org

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