Bloomington/Normal St Jude's Runners http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:47:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org/2011/05/114/ http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org/2011/05/114/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 12:00:51 +0000 admin http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org/?p=114 Thank you for considering to support  St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.   Your support of the St. Jude Runs enables doctors and researchers at St. Jude to continue their life-saving work and this could not be done without your help.

 

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the St. Jude Runs!

 

Donate to the 2011 Bloomington Run

 

Thanks again for all you do for the St. Jude kids!

]]> http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org/2011/05/114/feed/ 0 2011 St. Jude Run Registration http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org/2011/04/2011-st-jude-run-registration/ http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org/2011/04/2011-st-jude-run-registration/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:25 +0000 admin http://www.bn-stjuderunners.org/?p=127 Make sure you read the Runner Registration and Waiver Form and the Runner Medical Waiver Form carefully as they have changes for 2011.  All participants MUST fill out a medical form.  These forms will be kept secure and confidential with us during the run and only used for a medical situation.  After the run these forms will be destroyed. This form is attached.  Please have all your runners print and fill out the form and return it with their registration form.  This is required!  Those who do not turn in a medical form WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO ON THE RUN. No exceptions on this one.


The deadline for registering is June 15, 2011.

 

Some new rules and requirements will be in place for the 2011 St. Jude Run.  These are referenced in the registration form.

  • No more than 20 runners will be allowed to run at any given time.  Exceptions are allowed when running through towns, cities, and over the McCluggage Bridge.  This will require some up front planning to ensure a fair distribution of miles for our runners.  Some of the runners who have logged the most miles in past years  may find that they may have to settle for fewer miles this year.  It looks like we have about 22 miles that everyone can run without limit as we go through Bloomington, Normal, El Paso, Eureka, Washington, over the bridge, and into Peoria.  I’m working on a method to coordinate who will be running each leg that has the 20 runner limit.
  • All runners will be required to raise at least $750 this year, up from the $500 in years past.  Our 2010 team raised an average of over $1,200 last year.  So $750 shouldn’t be a problem for our fundraisers/runners.  Captains, please help your runners stay on top of this.  As always, letter writing campaigns are the most effective, efficient, and recommended means of fundraising for St. Jude.  Please encourage your runners to utilize this method.  As in the past, letterhead and envelopes will be available for this.
  • State Farm Good Neighbor Grant applicants can have $500 from State Farm donated to St. Jude in return for providing volunteer time for St. Jude.  In 2011, these $500 grants will not count towards runners’ $750 minimum fundraising total.  It will, however, count in their total fundraising amount.
  • All donations received in the amount of $250 or more must be reported to the St. Jude Run Office.  They have IRS rules to comply with.  In the past I’ve provided information to the Run Office on all such donations.  This year, each runner is asked to fill out the form below with information for each donation of $250 or more that they receive.  After all the runners’ donations are in and the form filled out, it should be sent to me so I can get them all to the Run Office in Peoria.  Each runner only needs to submit this form to me one time and it should include ALL of their $250+ donations..
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