Run for the sake of others in the Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge!

The Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge is a unique opportunity for runners and walkers to fundraise for charities in our community.

Charitable Partners
Sign up online to raise funds: 4 easy steps
Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge Awards

2008 Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge Partners

	The Arthritis Society, BC & Yukon Division The mission of The Arthritis Society is to search for the underlying causes and subsequent cures for arthritis, and to promote the best possible care and treatment for people with arthritis.
	Alzheimer Society of BC The Alzheimer Society of B.C. works with people concerned about memory loss and helps families faced with dementia have the confidence and skills to live well.
	BC Children's Hospital Foundation We raise funds to support the health care needs for all children across British Columbia.
	Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver is committed to the healthy development of children through the friendship of positive adult role models.
	Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland Big Sisters is committed to enhancing the confidence, self-esteem and well-being of girls through supportive friendships with caring women.
	CKNW Orphan's Fund For more than 60 years the CKNW Orphan's Fund has been helping improve the lives of children with special needs, day after day.
	Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon The Heart and Stroke Foundation leads in eliminating heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through the advancement of research and its application, the promotion of healthy living, and advocacy.
	The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services.
	Rick Hansen Foundation The Rick Hansen Foundation works to create more accessible and inclusive communities for people with a spinal cord injury, and supports the search for a cure.
	VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation raises money for the latest, most advanced medical equipment, world-class research and improvements to patient care for Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Hospital and GF Strong Rehab Centre.

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Sign-up online to raise funds as part of the Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge: follow these 4 easy steps!

Register online* for the the half-marathon or 5k run / walk. This is the easiest way to enter and you will receive an instant confirmation by email.
*Online registration closes midnight PST, Tuesday, June 17th.
Once you have successfully registered you will receive a confirmation email of your entry from Eventsonline or Active and be directed to the online fundraising program. You can then create your own personal fundraising page and start collecting pledges for one of our TEN charitable partners. Each of the 10 charities has an online pledging system setup in support of the event!
Follow the steps in the Fundraising section and click on 'Sign Up' and choose how you would like to fundraise. You can:
- Fundraise as an Individual — Sign up as an individual. You can create or join a fundraising team later if you want to.
- Create a Fundraising Team — Team Captains can create their teams by entering their team name & description.
- Join an existing Fundraising Team — Enter the name of the team you want to join or retrieve a list of registered teams by searching by the team captain's first or last name.
Enter your fundraising contact information, create a username and password, and choose the charity you want to fundraise for. Your username and password allows you to log onto the fundraising website whenever you want to send solicitation emails or check your fundraising results. Your username and log in information will be sent to you in a new confirmation email. Keep this email for easy access back to your fundraising site.

Now you're ready to start fundraising. Once you're registered, you can start sending emails to family and friends asking for their support.

Collecting pledges offline?

If your charity of choice does not have a paper pledge form to download, please use our generic Donation Collection Form (PDF, 87 KB).

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Scotiabank Group Charity Challenge Awards

$5,000 will be awarded to the Official Charity that has the most participants (all/any combination of events). Important: each runner/walker must raise at least $10 for the charity to count.
$5,000 will go to the Official Charity that raises the largest amount of pledges (total $$ raised)
$5,000 will be awarded to the Official Charity that raises the largest amount of pledge dollars per participant (i.e. a charity might have only 12 runners, but they raise an average of $3,000 each).

Important rules:

Total and awards will be based on standings at midnight, DATE TBD.
No charity can win more than one award. In the event that a charity should win more than one category, they will be awarded the prize for the category in which they have the widest margin of victory; the runner(s)-up in the other category(ies) will then win the other award(s).

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