2011 Jingle Bell Run/Walk® Bloomington/Normal, IL Sunday, November 13th, 1:00pm Heartland Community College, Normal, IL
Thank you very much to everyone who participated this year! We raised $102,000 for the Arthritis Foundation- which is amazing.
Thanks again to our top fundraising team REESE'S PEEPS (our youth advocate's team) who raised $3,700 and to Illinois State University Comm 223 who raised $25,000 and still counting!!!
Incentives: If you raised $250 or more, after we close the online donations (December 1st), we will mail you a letter and send you an email with to the website to order your incentives from. From the website, you will chose what incentive you would like and it will be mailed directly to your house.
Race Results: Race results are available at itsracetime.com.
Photos: Thank you to Rachael Marie Photography! Check back as the link will be posted soon.
Also some photos were taken by our youth advocate's Dad. You can find those here
Be there with bells on! Get in the spirit this holiday season at the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis®. Be one of the thousands of runners and walkers who hit the nation’s pavements, pathways and parks this winter to fight arthritis, the nation’s most common cause of disability.
Jingle Bell Run/Walk® is a fun and festive way to kick off your holidays by helping others! Wear a holiday themed costume. Tie jingle bells to your shoelaces. Run or walk a 5 kilometer route with your team members and celebrate the season by giving.
NEW THIS YEAR! If you have a team of 10 or more participants, or fundraise $1,000 or more, we will drop off your team t shirts, goodie bags, chip timers and all of your race day materials off to you Wednesday or Thursday before the race! This is our way of saying thank you for forming a large team and fundraising. (Bloomington-Normal area only please)
REMEMBER: Only the first 65 teams who register this year will have their team name listed on the back of the t shirt- so register today!
Costume Contest: You and your team are encouraged to wear a holiday themed costume at the run/walk. We will hold a costume contest at 12:30 pm on race day and prizes will be awarded in three categories: most festive, most originally themed and the largest team.
Meet Reese
Reese Jeppson of Stanford, IL is 7 years old and was diagnosed with JIA in February 2011. He is one of the 300,000 children living with arthritis. His story is told by his mom, Becky Jeppson.
Pre registered individuals and teams are encouraged to pick up their packets Saturday, November 12th from 10-2 pm at Heartland Community College in the Fitness and Recreation Center.
As a thank you to our large teams of 10 participants or more, or teams that fundraise $1,000+ we will drop your packet off to you Thursday or Friday before the race (in the Bloomington Normal area).
We will also have packet pick up before the race on Sunday, November 13th starting at 10 am in Heartland Community College's Fitness and Recreation Center.
Incentive Prizes
The Arthritis Foundation appreciates all the hard work put forth by our walkers and provides the incentive prize program as a way of saying thank you.
Click here to view the 2011 Incentive Prize Sheet and select your fund raising goal to receive your favorite prize. Remember every penny helps!
Fundraisers reaching the $100 level can pickup that level's thank you at the event.
For more information, please contact Tara Braucht at tfunk@arthritis.org or (309) 451-0785.
