JOIN OUR TEAM

HOW TO JOIN

1. Review the Charity Program information
2. Contact our Team Coordinator, Lori Thornton, if interested in joining the Team.
3. Team members must sign and return our Charity Team Participant Waiver.
4. After a team member has been approved to join the Charity Team, the Food Bank staff will provide the official registration link for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon registration platform. Participants will be responsible for paying the non-refundable Marathon registration fee (~$240) during this official Marathon registration process.
5. Once a participant's official registration is confirmed, they will receive instructions to set up their online fundraising page through Northern Illinois Food Bank.

FUNDRAISING

All participants joining the Food Bank Marathon Team with a Guaranteed Charity Entry are required to meet a fundraising minimum, as declared by the Bank of America Chicago Marathon:

• Fundraising minimums are based on registration period (PRE- or POST- drawing)
• All fundraising requirements must be completed before the Marathon on October 9, 2022.
• If a participant doesn't meet the fundraising minimum before the race, the charity has the right to pull the bib entry.

Participants who join with a Charity Entry before the Non-Guaranteed Drawing Application Close (on 11/30/21) will have a fundraising minimum of $1,250 to be raised before the Marathon.

[ALL PRE-DRAWING ENTRIES ARE CLAIMED]

Participants who join with a Charity Entry after the Non-Guaranteed Drawing Application Close (11/30/21) will have a fundraising minimum of $1,750 to be raised before the Marathon.

[POST-DRAWING ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED]

The registration deadline for our team's post-drawing entries is February 28, 2022.

If you have already registered for the Marathon with your own entry and your application has already been accepted by the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, you can join the Food Bank Marathon Team by committing to fundraising a minimum of $500 to take advantage of the training benefits and other perks.