1st Maccabi FunRun in the Triangle:
Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
Maccabi USA Raleigh FLF invites Maccabi USA Alumni, Athletes, family members & all our friends in the Triangle area, to join our 1st Maccabi FunRun, on Sunday, June 23, 2019! Register and come run, walk or just come hang out – as part of 25+ cities hosting Maccabi FunRuns this summer around the world! For more information, please visit tinyurl.com/RaleighFunRun2019
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Charities
Every ticket is a donation to your chosen charity organization from the list below. Take a look at what each charity aims to raise money for, and choose the one you like the most when you register!
If you are a charity and would be interested in joining Maccabi Fun Run Tel-Aviv to strengthen your community while exercising and raising funds, please contact us at support@maccabifunrun.org
Maccabi Israel
Maccabi Israel promotes sport, healthy mind-body unity in almost 200 sport clubs around Israel. The main organisers of Maccabi Fun Run are volunteers with a mission to create a system that supports socially responsible charities and their communities.
Why to support them? Thank to Maccabi Fun Run several charities are able to have a community day, and receive donations from the tickets. Support Maccabi Israel to be able to help hundreds of people through the charities and make this event sustainable!
TLV LGBT Sports Club
Tel Aviv LGBT Sports Club aims to create a community of LGBT athletes in Tel aviv and in Israel. Check the picture of their participation on the first Maccabi Fun Run in Tel Aviv. They are joining this year too the represent the colorful Israeli society.
Why to support them? They aim to fight LGBT-phobia in sport, to empower individuals in and outside our club and to represents Tel Aviv’s LGBT community abroad. The club produce TAG- Tel Aviv Games, an international LGBT sports tournament.
Ichud Olam Synagogue
Ichud Olam at Ichud Shivat Zion (Ben Yehuda 86.) is a dynamic modern orthodox community of young families and professionals from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds, and from all across the religious spectrum, who have moved to Tel Aviv to live in the heart of the modern Jewish State.
Why to support them? Help Ichud Olam to sponsor a big community kiddush where everyone is welcome for a Shabbat meal and lechaim! Help the Telavivian religious community to grow and enjoy having a home away from home!
180⁰ Sport
180⁰ is a social organisation with a vision of empowerment and social integration of people with disabilities through sports. 180⁰ realizes its vision by holding running groups for people with disabilities and volunteers who guide them, as well as groundbreaking educational programs that integrates children from special education schools and regular schools.
Why to support them: Support 180⁰, and help them expand their vision by helping children, youth and adults to integrate into society and realize their full potential.
WIZO
Wizo is a voluntary organization of Zionist women for:
– The advancement of women’s status and the attainment of equality in legislation, society and the family, and in all spheres of life.
– Welfare of women, the family and the community, and improving quality of life in Israel.
Donate your registration fee to WIZO to allow them to continue their operation of help lines for women and men (one of a kind in Israel).
Pele - Creativity, Community, and Love
Pele is a community center, providing a home for those who are looking for make a meaningful change to themselves and to their environment and society as a whole.
We believe that the way of reaching a vision is by creating strong community experiences. The participants of the Pele center take responsibility for the events and are a crucial part of its existence.
Rett Syndrome Association
Rett syndrome is a genetic non-hereditary syndrome that can occur in any
family. The syndrome primarily affects girls and makes them totally dependent
on others. The “Silent Angels” lose communication ability and the ability to
use the hands, irregular breathing, scoliosis, seizures, decreased muscle
mass and problems in motor control. Since 2001 the Rett Syndrome
Association has been working to bring healing to the syndrome by promoting
and funding breakthrough medical research. These studies have succeeded
in “transforming” the defective gene and healing laboratory mice, creating a
unique opportunity: the syndrome can be cured. Moreover, follow-up studies
will also be breakthroughs for syndromes and other diseases, including
Parkinson, Alzheimer, autism and more.
Special Games Association - Inas Israel
Sports activities in 17 sports for 3,500 athletes with intellectual disabilities, autism and Down syndrome. Sports activities for children ages 4-8 and Unified activities for integrate athletes with and within the community. In addition, delegations of athletes to international competitions.
Why to support them? The donation will help the organization expand and develop sports activities throughout the country and will provide an equal opportunity for everyone to engage in sports that suits for them. In addition, the donation will help to send a delegation of athletes to European Maccabi Games in Hungary.
Tel-Avivi Magyar Iskola és Óvoda / Hungarian School and Kindergarten in TLV
The Hungarian School and Kindergarten alias the Erfajim Kishon Educational Center helps the Hungarian community to keep the Hungarian traditions and values by providing them an educational program that follows the high Hungarian standards.
Why to support them: Help the Hungarian School and Kindergarten to raise funds for games that improve the kids’ reading and writing skills! They are also aiming to buy a projector! Support them with your registration fee!
ERAN - Emotional First Aid
ERAN – Emotional First Aid: because strong people also have difficult moments. ERAN provides
Emotional First Aid services, offering initial response and emotional support on the phone 1201 and
online, while maintaining strict confidentiality and anonymity. ERAN always listening to you!
Why to support them? Supporting ERAN volunteers undergo special training to help young adults and youth cope with their special problems. Help those ones who are really in need. Support ERAN with your registration fee.
Ha’Sharon Sexual Assault Crisis Center
Ha’Sharon Sexual Assault Crisis Center: Founded in 1984 as an independent Israeli, non-profit, volunteer based organization, Ha’Sharon Sexual Assault Crisis Center (RCC Sharon), is dedicated to
providing practical and emotional support and healing to survivors of sexual violence. They participated in the first Maccabi Fun Run and they are coming this year too.
Why support them? Help them to end sexual violence through social change, prevention oriented community education and activism.
Distances
There’s a Run for Everyone! 5 km for sporty young professionals and 1 km for families! Sprint, Run, or just Walk with your loved ones! Join even with your baby stroller! Both the 1 km and 5 km runs are accessible by wheelchair as the route is along the paved paths of Park Hayarkon. Everyone is welcome!
By purchasing a ticket per person, you will have access to both routes and Fun Zones.
Tickets
Join to donate your registration fee to your favorite charity on this Community and Charity event with whomever you like. Please choose the ticket that applies to you. One ticket is valid for ALL routes AND Fun Zones. Entering the Fun Zones without a ticket is not possible.
Single Ticket
Family Ticket (3ppl)
Family Ticket (4ppl)
Kid Ticket
Registration
The registration process is quick, easy, and straight forward.
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Registration Package
Every registered runner will receive a runner’s registration package. In this package you can find a branded Maccabi Fun Run T-shirt, a race number, a branded gold medal, access to the Fun Zones and some refreshments including banana and water.
Schedule
9:00 – 9:30am: CHECK-IN, Warm-ups, Tshirts!
9:30 – 11:30am: Run/Walk
11:30-12:00pm: Medal ceremony, after-party, athlete send-off
Fun Zones
Many many FUN activities are waiting for you in the Maccabi Fun Run Community and Charity Event.
Fun Zone for Adults
As we said, this is a Fun Run so you can expect some FUN activities at the event!
Warm-ups with Fitness & Zumba instructors
Guest Speakers
Music & DJ
Fun Zone for Kids
Your little ones will also get a taste of the FUN with face painting, dancing, playing matkot, playing ball, juggling, hoola hooping, making soap bubbles, etc.
Face Painting
Family & Kids Race
Raffle Prizes
We are excited to host a raffle and allow you to win a special gift! Buy your raffle ticket at the event and try your luck at winning one of these incredible prizes.
Valuable Prizes
Week by week we will launch the new prizes. Stay tuned!
Partners
We would like to say a big thank you to our partners and sponsors who make this event possible! Your support for this cause is truly appreciated and means a lot to each and every participating charity.
If you would like to become a Maccabi Fun Run partner, please contact us at support@maccabifunrun.org
At Event
At Event is an Israeli sport platform. At Event is the Israeli Triahtlon Assosiation official system. All Triathlon events and membership managment is done via At event including the e-commerce mobile store. Also, the International Gran Fondo is using the system, Beit Hashanti and Gran Fondo travel.
In addition, many groups such as Running, swimming an triathlon are using the platform features for group management and more.
L'Oreal Israel
L’Oreal Israel is one of the leading cosmetics companies in the country. It produces and sells self-care and beauty products to men and women.
L’Oreal places great value on sustainability and environmentally friendly solutions. Over the past couple of years, L’Oreal has decreased the production of carbon, waste, and water consumption by 20%.
Switch Active
Switch Active is one of the the biggest sport production companies in Israel. They organised the Mud Run Tel Aviv with thousands of participants. They provide us all the Fun activities including Ninja Warrior obstacle game!
European Maccabi Confederation
The Maccabi Fun Run is the global community project of the European Maccabi Confederation (EMC). The EMC supports every Maccabi clubs around the globe to organise Maccabi Fun Run events for the local Jewish community.
More about Maccabi Fun Run
Maccabi Fun Run is an international Community and Charity day! The event takes place in 25 cities around the world including Paris, Amsterdam, Johannesburg, Barcelona, Philadelphia, Kiev, London, Budapest, Helsinki and many more!
For more information about the global Maccabi Fun Run events please visit http:/maccabifunrun.org/
Each city aims to bring together its local community by involving local Jewish organizations and charities that are at the heart of Jewish life. Together, Maccabi facilitates an all-inclusive day that allows Jewish people to come together in doing good for charity while exercising!
Contact
Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. We are here to help.
globalfunrun.org//raleigh-durham-chapel-hill
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