Official Marathon Charities

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The St. George Marathon "Official Charity Program" is designed to assist participating charities to achieve financial support from event participants throughout the Marathon weekend. We encourage all marathon participants to aid in these efforts. 

Each Official Charity has been given a special link to sell in hopes to raise money for their efforts. 

Please contact your charity of choice to donate directly and receive your marathon registration link from their office.  IMPORTANT NOTE:  Your Marathon registration fee still applies, and is collected in addition to the amount that each charity has specified that needs to be donated.




ACHILLES UTAH

Since 1983, Achilles International has transformed the lives of people with disabilities through athletic programs and social connection. We serve youth, adults, and veterans with 70 chapters around the world, including Utah. We break down barriers to race start lines and empower athletes with disabilities to cross the finish line.

Contact: Ken Duke

Phone: 801-330-0581

Email: utah@achillesinternational.org

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BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF UT

BBBSU’s vision is that all youth achieve their full potential.  For this reason, we have made it our mission to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Contact: Stephanie Lundgreen, Southern Utah Manager

Email: stephanie.lundgreen@bbbsu.org

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GIRLS ON THE RUN SOUTHERN UTAH

Girls on the Run Southern Utah is an after school character building program for girls 3rd - 5th grade. The girls follow a fun curriculum that teaches about self-esteem, healthy living, fighting back against society's focus on external beauty and rejecting peer pressure. The 10 week program gives girls the tools to speak out against negativity, and the most important trait, confidence, to succeed in a changing world. With confidence, the girls learn to take risks, find their voice, and radiate power.

Contact: Melissa Miller, Executive Director

Phone: (435) 703-0299

Email: melissa.miller@girlsontherun.org

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READING FOR LIFE SOUTHERN UTAH

Reading For Life Southern Utah creates and provides resources for children in southern Utah who have dyslexia, as well as spreading awareness regarding Dyslexia in our southern Utah community. One out of every five children has dyslexia and they require specialized reading instruction to learn to read and spell. We have facilitated the training of several certified tutors and are currently establishing a scholarship fund for dyslexic children in our community to obtain tutoring. We also provide information and resources for parents and educators. We are the only non-profit organization that addresses this issue in southern Utah.

Contact: Angela MacKay

Phone: 435-429-0936

Email: readingforlifeutah@gmail.com

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SOUTHERN UTAH PACIFIC ISLANDER

The mission of the SUPIC is to advocate for, and empower through programs and referrals that promote health, youth development, education and ethnic and cultural preservation:

 

  • Education/scholarships.

 

  • Promotion of youth development.

 

  • Extended-family health care.

 

  • Ethnic & cultural preservation.

 

Contact: Kanani Nau

Location: 2985 Butternut Circle, St George, UT 84790

Phone: 435-632-7127

Email: hulaflyer@yahoo.com

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SOUTHWEST UTAH PUBLIC HEALTH

The Southwest Utah Public Health Foundation supports the 80+ programs run by the local health department, which has a mission to protect the health of the community through the promotion of wellness and prevention of disease. 

Contact: Katherine Soto

Location: 620 South 400 East

Phone: (435) 986-2545

Email: ksoto@swuhealth.org

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TAN'S TREATS

Tan’s Treats is dedicated to serving the needs of at-risk and food-insecure children . By providing resources for our youth and helping them to have all the necessities they need for proper development, Tan's Treats helps to strengthen their future and set up our communities up for long term success.
 
Each year thousands of children in the United States get out of school for the weekend and return home to a less than adequate supply of food. Their needs during the week are being met with school breakfast and lunch but they are left to go hungry over the weekend. As an organization, Tan's Treats coordinates food efforts together with their schools to get them guaranteed weekend meals. Science has proven that children who are hungry have a much harder time performing well in school and Tan's Treats believes every student deserves a fair chance at succeeding and that no child should go hungry.

Contact: Zach Holt

Location: 1392 E Ridge St, Unit A Washington, UT 84780

Phone: (435) 627-3163

Email: tanstreats@gmail.com

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