TRI FOR AUTISM

Join the TRI FOR AUTISM and you can participate in any triathlon, anywhere by joining the team to raise awareness and funds for autism research. Support OAR by signing up with us for the Life Time Chicago Triathlon, TriRock Annapolis, or TriRock New York. Are you not able to compete in those events? Join the team by registering on your own for your next triathlon, then sign up for the TRI FOR AUTISM. Most races do not have a minimum fundrasing requirement and OAR's TRI staff will provide you with support to ensure your success.

New for 2012

The TRI FOR AUTISM program is relaunching for the 2012 season starting January 1, 2012. The program is still focused on raising funds for autism research through the sport of triathlon.

- For the first time TRI FOR AUTISM will be official charity partners with the Life Time Chicago Triathlon as well as the TriRock races in New York and Annapolis, MD.

- New fundraising tiers (see below for breakdown of tiers)

Calendar of TRI FOR AUTISM events

* TRI FOR AUTISM is an official Charity Partner at this race.

How to Join the Team

Joining our TRI FOR AUTISM team is a two step process.

1. Sign up for the team at http://www.firstgiving.com/OAR/triforautism2012

Click, "Join Now." Continue to create your personal firstgiving page with information about yourself and the event that you are participating in.

2. Register for your next race on the race's official website.

Fundraising

Runners are required to fundraise a minimum of $250. Runners have historically averaged raising between $1,000 and $1,500. We have built in fundraising tiers as incentives for our triathletes who fundraise.

** Entry is for a 2013 race that TRI FOR AUTISM is an official charity partner with**

For more information, please contact TRI coordinator Sean Flynn at run@researchautism.org or calling 703-243-9710.

Why TRI FOR AUTISM?

Raise money for autism research - More than $.84 of every dollar you raise will directly fund research studies that help answer some of autism’s most pressing questions. Since its inception in 2003, the RUN FOR AUTISM has raised more than $3.1 million for applied autism research.

The Organization for Autism Research (OAR) is a national, nonprofit organization formed and led by relatives of children and adults with autism and Asperger Syndrome. OAR is dedicated to promoting research that can be applied to help families, educators, caregivers, and individuals with autism find much-needed answers to their immediate and urgent questions. Committed to the excellence in its services to the autism community, OAR funds applied research that will make a difference in individual lives; provides information that is timely, useful, and cost-efficient; and offers opportunities for the autism community to collaborate and make advances together.

Whether you are a runner, walker, donor or volunteer, your contribution makes you part of OAR’s RUN FOR AUTISM team.

In the end, you will have made a difference in the lives of thousands of families living with autism.