Triple Your Impact This Holiday Season
Triple Your Impact This Holiday Season
Celebrate the holidays with a year-end gift that can go 3x as far to help provide care and support to the millions affected by Alzheimer's disease, and to advance critical research. But please hurry — this 3x Match Challenge ends soon.
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130th Boston Marathon® presented by Bank of America
Team End ALZ is proud to be a member of the 2026 Bank of America Boston Marathon® Official Charity Program!Our 2026 team and waitlist are FULL and all spots have been confirmed with each applicant. We are not accepting any additional inquiries for 2026. Please join our email list to receive notifications for future opportunities.
Email notifications to all those not accepted for 2026 were sent out on Friday, November 7th at 2:20pm. Please check your spam/junk folders as there's a chance it was flagged due to the size of the email list. If you have not been notified by phone you can assume that we unfortunately are not able to offer you a spot on this year's team.
2026 Requirements
For runners using a charity bib provided by the Alzheimer’s Association:
- $10,000 required fundraising minimum
- $375 race entry fee (subject to change per the B.A.A.)
- $3,000 suggested fundraising goal
Team End Alz Members receive:
- Team End ALZ running singlet
- Personal fundraising website
- Fundraising coach
- Professional certified running coach
- Personalized training program and weekly training tips
- Weekly group runs on Saturdays on the marathon course
- Wednesday night group hill runs in Boston
- Team Kick-Off & Fundraising Clinic
- Injury Prevention & Nutrition Clinic
- Fundraising recognition prizes
- Team End ALZ Banquet on race weekend
- Pre-Race light breakfast and bag drop
- Private bus transportation to Hopkinton starting line
- Post-Race celebration at hotel near finish line with refreshments, showers, family meeting point and pictures
- Team End ALZ gear and more!
How to Apply & Join the Team
Charity Bib Runners
Our 2026 team and waitlist are FULL and all spots have been confirmed with each applicant. We are not accepting any additional inquiries for 2026.
Qualified & Invitational Runners
If you are a time-qualified runner with a secured bib, or have secured an invitational bib from another source (Police/Fire Dept., Run Clubs, etc.), and want to run on Team End ALZ for the 2026 Boston Marathon, we would be thrilled to have you on our team! By joining our team you have access to all of the great perks, gear and celebrations, in addition to making your 2026 Boston Marathon experience impactful and more meaningful! Complete the form linked below and we will follow up with you on the next steps.
Join our email notification list!
Add your name to our notification list to receive email updates when applications for future teams open.
Team End Alz Marathon Cheer Station!
Join us for all the fun on Marathon Monday! View directions here on how to get to our Team End ALZ Cheer Station and come down to help us cheer on our team. Purple attire and fun signs encouraged! We'll have pom poms and cowbells for all!Questions?
Contact Charlene Bemis, Senior Development Director, Team End ALZ: cbemis@alz.org. Please note: our 2026 team and waitlist are FULL and all spots have been confirmed with each applicant. We are not accepting any additional inquiries for 2026.*If you are looking to join the Alzheimer's Association's teams for the Chicago or New York City Marathons please contact the following for more details.
- Chicago Marathon: Tracy Collins tjcollings@alz.org
- NYC Marathon: Tamika Phillips tphillips@alz.org
