Partners
Charity Partners
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Pan-Mass Challenge
South Boston Neighborhood House
KIMbia’s Charity Work
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
American Liver Foundation
Hurricane Katrina
Run for Children
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Team in Training
Running Events
BERLIN-MARATHON
BOSTON MARATHON
CHICAGO MARATHON
LONDON MARATHON
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
Partners
MIT AgeLab
In 1999 the MIT AgeLab was created to invent new ideas and creatively translate technologies into practical solutions to improve people’s health and enable them to “do things” throughout the lifespan.
KIMbia Athletics
KIMbia is an athlete management company that guides the careers of some of the best distance runners in the world. KIMbia runners have won top-class track and road races all over the world, including the Boston, London and Chicago Marathons. KIMbia’s coach, Dieter Hogen, coached Uta during her fastest racing years. Take The Magic Step™ supports KIMbia through nutrition counseling and yoga training, as well as involvement in KIMbia’s charity work.
Charity Partners
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s ultimate goal is the eradication of cancer, AIDS, and related diseases and the fear that they engender.
Pan-Mass Challenge
Every year, the Pan-Mass Challenge raises more than $20 million for cancer research and treatment through the Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund. First held in 1980, the two-day event was the first fundraising bike-a-thon in the U.S., and now raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the country.
South Boston Neighborhood House
Founded in 1901, the South Boston Neighborhood House’s mission is to support family and neighborhood life in the diverse community of South Boston. Among its work are a youth reading program; child care for pre-school and school-age children; adolescent programs; summer day camps; family services; drug awareness programs; and a senior center. The House serves all income levels and ages.
KIMbia’s Charity Work
KIMbia is dedicated to using its position in the running world to improve the larger world. The KIMbia Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that funds secondary-school fees for academically promising students in Kenya. The goal of the foundation is to give these students a chance to earn a university degree overseas, and then return home and use their degree to improve their country.
Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
The Orchard House offers educational experiences in one of the nation’s most authentically preserved historic house museums.
American Liver Foundation
The American Liver Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization in the U.S. working on liver health and disease prevention. Since 1988, the New England chapter of the foundation has coordinated the Run for Research team. The team promotes awareness of liver disease and raises money to fund critical programs in research, education and advocacy.
Hurricane Katrina
With highest appreciation Uta Pippig thanks all of you who supported her Charity project for the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. All of the donations received were allocated to support the project of a corporate client that aided 34 victims in starting a new life in South Florida.
Run for Children
Uta has become patroness of Run for South African Children. “It was very emotional for me to see how poorly and miserably the children of Africa grow up. I therefore hope that many people will join the charity project to help the children.”
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Team in Training
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society – Team in Training – is the largest endurance sports training program with more than 300.000 volunteers per year.
Running Events
BERLIN-MARATHON
The first run took place in 1974. Today approximately 40.000 runners participate in this race, which belongs to one of the most spectacular and high-quality marathons of the world.
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BOSTON MARATHON
Boston is for sure the most traditionally city marathon of the world. Started up with 15 athletes in 1897, the marathon grew up to about 20.000 runners nowadays.
CHICAGO MARATHON
In 1977 the first Chicago marathon took place with about 4.200 attendees. Today, the circuit is one of the fastest races of the world and belongs to the big five marathon events.
LONDON MARATHON
Chris Basher is the founder of the London marathon in 1981. Since then the race is one of the major events of London, which attracts more then 1 million audiences every year.
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
Since the first New York marathon in 1970, the event grew up to meanwhile 37.000 runners every year. Compared to the most other races, the New York marathon is not a round circuit.