Participant Resources

Team Lurie Children’s members running in the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon must pay a $50 fee to join the team. After that, they will receive a link from NYRR to register for the race itself. The race registration fee must be paid directly to the event by the runner. Both of these fees are non-refundable.

The fundraising minimum for the 2025 TCS NYC Marathon is $4,000, due on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. If the fundraising minimum is not met by this deadline, the runner’s bib will be pulled from the expo. Once the fundraising minimum is met, the bib will be released.

Team Lurie Children’s members running in the 2025 BMW Berlin Marathon must pay a $50 fee to join the team.

The fundraising minimum for the BMW Berlin Marathon is $4,000, due on Friday, September 12, 2025. If the fundraising minimum is not met by this deadline, the runner’s bib will be pulled from the expo. Once the fundraising minimum is met, the bib will be released.

All packets must be picked up in-person by the runner during the marathon expo, taking place in the days leading up to the race. Every runner is required to pick up their own bib for safety and security reasons.

While both of our teams are full for 2025, you may fill out this form to be added to the interested runner’s list for 2026.

Each year, funds raised through our marathon team goes to supporting life-saving care that Lurie Children’s provides every day. Fundraising dollars could go towards advancing technology, conducting research, training physicians and clinical staff, or one of our many other areas of greatest need.

If you do not reach your fundraising goal by the deadline for your race, you credit card on file will be charged for the remaining amount.

If you are unable to participate with Team Lurie Children’s due to illness, injury, or conflict, you need to notify the charity manager immediately to go over your options. If you received a guaranteed entry from Team Lurie Children’s, you will still be responsible for fulfilling the minimum fundraising requirement. All donations received are non-refundable and non-transferrable.

The fastest and easiest way for your supporters to make a donation on your behalf is to refer them to the personal fundraising page you create on this website. If they prefer, they can fill out this offline donation form and mail it to:

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Attn: Sophia Paarz
Department 4586
Carol Stream, IL 60122-4586

The matching gifts tool, which is used to check if your company has a matching gift program for healthcare organizations, can be accessed by clicking here Double Your Impact | Lurie Children's (luriechildrens.org). If you know your company matches donations, please continue with the process below.

See if your company has a matching gift program for healthcare organizations. You will need to complete a matching gift form (available from your company's Human Resources department) and send it in with your donation. Please ensure that your name and “Lurie Children’s Marathon Team” is linked to the donation, or we cannot guarantee that it will be credited towards your fundraising.

Matching gifts will count towards your fundraising goal if you submit confirmation of approval before your fundraising deadline. Since many companies have varying payout schedules, we recommend submitting your donation for a match as early as possible. Once you confirm your matching gift, please fill out this form to ensure the donation gets allocated towards your fundraising.

Lurie Children’s Tax ID: 36-3357006

Lurie Children’s Marathon Team does not accept funds raised through a Facebook or Instagram fundraiser. Participants should only be using their personal fundraising page created when joining our team on Engaging Networks. If you would like to engage your social media network, we encourage you to share the url at the top of your personal fundraising page.

Yes, all donations in which goods or services are not received are 100% tax deductible. The Foundation will send a gift receipt and acknowledgement letter to anyone who makes a donation on behalf of a Lurie Children’s Marathon Team member.

After team members create a personal fundraising page, they will gain access to free online tools and tips to help them reach and exceed their fundraising goals. This includes sample e-mail templates, social media posts and images and general fundraising ideas. Visit the resources tab below for templates and ways to get started.

Please contact Sophia Paarz at [email protected].

Your Team Lurie Children’s running singlet as well as your two family cheer shirts will be mailed to you when we have them in stock to the address you provided during your time of registration.

To ensure each member of our team is prepared for a successful 26.2 mile journey, we have joined forces with Chicago Endurance Sports as our Official Marathon Training Partner. Runners who join Lurie Children’s Marathon Team will receive a complimentary 19-week training program with the option to participate virtually or in-person. Runners will have the opportunity to select which training option works best for their schedule as a part of team registration. Visit the Chicago Endurance Sports website for more information.

Visit your Participant Headquarters and click the CONNECT TO STRAVA button in the Strava widget. You will be taken to the Strava site where you can grant permission for the event to retrieve information about your latest workouts. You can revoke these permissions at any time.

Visit your Participant Headquarters! Each time you visit, the Strava widget will retrieve your latest workout information. Team members can update their team’s statistics by visiting the TEAM tab in their HQ. Updates are only retrieved once every 15 minutes.

You can revoke permission for retrieving new workouts from Strava at the bottom of the Strava widget in your HQ. Please contact Sophia Paarz at [email protected] to remove your existing statistics from the event widgets and leaderboards.