Take your athletic competition or personal fitness challenge to the next level. Help people in need by raising awareness and funds for Samaritan’s Purse projects around the world.

Join the Team

You can join Team Samaritan’s Purse at local, regional, or national events. No matter what your particular athletic goal is, Team Samaritan’s Purse provides you with a personal fundraising website, making it easy for your network of friends and family to support your efforts.

NEED SOME IDEAS?

- Appalachian State University football coach Mark Speir ran three marathons and raised more than $30,000 for Samaritan's Purse medical projects in Bangladesh.
- Preston Files, a marketing professional from Houston, competed in the Lake Placid Ironman triathlon and raised $9,000 for medical missions in Kenya.
- Fourth-grade teacher Karen Thomas ran the Rock-n-Roll Seattle Marathon, raising nearly $1,000 for Turn on the Tap, a Samaritan's Purse clean water campaign.

PICK A PROJECT

You can designate the money you raise to any of our 50 projects. Our emergency relief programs provide desperately needed assistance to victims of natural disaster, war, disease, and famine. As we offer food, water, and temporary shelter, we meet critical needs and give people a chance to rebuild their lives.

Join Team Samaritan’s Purse in 2010 at Two Premier Events

ING GEORGIA MARATHON

March 21, 2010
Join other runners in Atlanta who are taking up the challenge to raise awareness and money for clean water projects around the world. Every day, more than 6,000 people die from drinking contaminated water. As a member of Team Samaritan’s Purse, you will receive a discounted entry to the marathon or half marathon. Register >

CINCINNATI FLYING PIG MARATHON
May 2, 2010
Team Samaritan’s Purse athletes will run to raise money for Memorial Christian Hospital in Bangladesh, one of the poorest nations on earth. Memorial Christian Hospital is supported by World Medical Mission, the medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse. Proceeds from this event will be used to provide desperately needed medical supplies, equipment, and upgrades. Register >

Getting Started

SET UP YOUR OWN WEBPAGE

Team Samaritan’s Purse provides you with your own fundraising webpage to make it easy for friends and family to support your efforts by donating online. You can also join us on Facebook.

ORGANIZE A TEAM

Increase your impact by assembling a team from your church, company, or group of friends. Your team will experience increased levels of physical fitness, stronger relationships, and changed lives as you help people in need around the world.

CREATE YOUR OWN EVENT

You can use other activities such as concerts, birthday parties, memorials to raise funds for Samaritan’s Purse. You can set up your personal fundraising website, making it easy for your network of friends and family to support your efforts.
- A men’s church group in California organizes an annual golf tournament to support Samaritan’s Purse. In five years, members collected $75,000.
- A chamber music concert raised $1,759 to provide children with life-saving heart surgery.
- A California high school student raised $857 for mosquito nets by setting up a fundraising webpage and inviting friends to visit online.

TELL YOUR STORY

Use the comments section below or e-mail us at to tell us about how you're raising funds for Samaritan's Purse.

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