Participant Resources

All members of Lurie Children’s Marathon Team will be responsible for the $50 team fee (paid at time of registration with team) as well as the TCS New York City Marathon fee (paid separately to the New York City Marathon). Both of these fees are non-refundable.

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 goal by October 29, and have not communicated with the Lurie Children’s Charity Coordinator, your bib will be pulled and unavailable for you to pick up at the NYC Marathon Expo. If your bib is pulled, you can become eligible to run if you pay the remaining balance by Friday, November 1, 2024 then email us to release your bib.

If you are unable to participate in the TCS New York City Marathon with Team Lurie Children’s event due to illness, injury, or conflict, you need to notify the charity manager immediately. If you received a guaranteed entry from Team Lurie Children’s and did not cancel by the cancellation date, 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 write a check to Lurie Children’s Foundation with your name on the memo line and mail it to:

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation
Attn: TCS New York City Marathon
Department 4586
Carol Stream, IL 60122-4586

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 Fundraising Tips page for all your fundraising resources.

Fundraising Toolkit (pdf)

The matching gifts tool, which is used to check if your company has a matching gift program for healthcare organizations, is currently being updated and cannot be accessed at this time. 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 it arrives before December 3, 2024. 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

Log in to the participant headquarters at any time to track your fundraising progress. When a donation is made online, it is processed automatically and added to your fundraising total. Donations made by check, giving foundation or money order will be processed and counted toward your fundraising total within 15 business days after they are received by Lurie Children’s Foundation.

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.

The TCS New York City Marathon takes place on Sunday, November 3, 2024.

Your Team Lurie Children’s running singlet/hat 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.

All packets must be picked up in-person by the runner during the TCS New York City Marathon Expo Presented by New Balance. Every runner is required to pick up their own bib for safety and security reasons. If you have not reached 100% of your fundraising minimum by October 29, 2024, your bib will be pulled at the expo. To become eligible to run once again, you must complete your fundraising obligation by Friday, November 1 and then email us to release your bib.

Please contact Sophia Paarz at [email protected].

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.