Organization and Event Information

The Arthritis Foundation
Arthritis is a disease that effects over 50 million American adults and over 300,000 children under the age of 18. The Arthritis Foundation is the largest national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing awareness about Arthritis, controlling the disease, helping to find cures as well, and fighting for government legislature for funding of research. It has been the largest contributer to arthritis research and funding since 1948 and has invested over $450 million dollars to arthritis medical advancements. This money goes towards research grants to over 2600 scientiests nationwide, funding the most promising research proposals through a very tough peer review program. The foundation has more than 100 branches nationwide over 10 reigons, with their local headquarters being out of Atlanta, Georgia. The local branch here is apart of what is considered to be the Heartland Reigon of the Arthritis foundation.

Jingle Bell Run
The Jingle Bell Run has always been an immense success for The Arthritis Foundation, with multiple events in multiple states around the country each year, bringing in millions in total for arthritis funding. Money is raised through teams, participants, sponsers, and donations, and goes directly to the foundation in order to continue their funding of research and other programs. All audiences are targets to be reached through this event as it is open to all ages. Our groups main focus was to raise awareness for college students who may think this disease isn't something that directly effects them, as well as older people who many probably know someone affected by this disease.

Team Forgotten's Jingle Bell Run Page