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Spring is on its way, which means it's time to sign up for Hancock County Food Drive's annual Miles for Meals movement challenge! Set a goal, encourage your friends to join your team, compete for great prizes, and fundraise for our community's food pantries, free meal sites, and school backpack programs. 100% of donations raised during Miles for Meals (which includes registration fees!) directly benefit 17 food security organizations in Hancock County. Visit www.hcfooddrive.org to learn more about the Hancock County Food Security Network and how your donation makes an impact.
When you sign up, you can create or join a fundraiser, which you can then share with family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors. The people you share it with may pledge a donation for every mile you complete, or they can make a flat donation. To set up a fundraiser on your own, or to start a team fundraiser, select “Become a Fundraiser”. To join an existing fundraiser, simply search for your team fundraiser when you register.
Fun local prizes will be awarded to the individuals and teams who log the most miles and raise the most funds!
Join the effort anytime before April 30. The earlier you sign up, the more time you have to compete for great prizes!
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Instructions
REGISTRATION
Registration fees go toward our fundraising goal. If the cost is prohibitive, please contact Rachel@HealthyAcadia.org to receive a free or reduced registration rate. We want everyone to participate!
- Individuals: $10 for adults, $4 for youth
- Teams: Teams of 5 or more pay $5 each! When signing up, the first 4 registrants will pay $10 each, but will receive a $5 refund when the 5th member joins.
- Registrants have the option of creating a fundraiser. This is encouraged! Doing so will make it easier for your friends and family to donate to the Food Drive, and it will make you eligible for one of our prizes.
- Registrants have the option of making a donation when signing up. If you wish to surpass the donation option, just click "continue" at the bottom of the page.
FUNDRAISING
- We encourage you to create or join a fundraiser when signing up, which you can then share with family, friends, colleagues, and neighbors. The people you share it with may pledge a donation for every mile you earn, or they can make a flat donation.
- To set up a fundraiser on your own, or to start a team fundraiser, select “Become a Fundraiser”.
- To join an existing fundraiser, search for your team fundraiser when you register.
LOGGING YOUR MILES
- Start logging your miles on Monday, April 1st! Sign into your Miles for Meals account, click your profile bubble in the top right menu, then navigate to Profile. Find the Miles for Meals box. On the right hand list of blue links, click “Submit Virtual Results”.
- Update your Run Sign Up account on a daily basis with every intentional mile (not just the total number of steps you take during the day, such as when you're walking around the house) that you complete between 4/1 - 4/30.
- You can walk, run, hike, bike or swim. You do NOT need to do all of the above! We are simply increasing the opportunities for engagement so that more people can participate! You can walk every day, or you can run one day and bike the next. You are allowed to mix it up as much or as little as you’d like to.
- Biking a mile is easier for many people than running a mile, and swimming a mile is even harder! To make counting fair across activity types, use the following conversions when recording miles on your activity log:
- 3 biking miles = 1 running/walking mile
- 1/4 swimming mile = 1 running/walking mile
- 50 yards climbed (AKA, 10 laps of a bouldering wall, or 4 laps of a top rope/lead wall) = 1 running/walking mile
- Make sure to log all of your miles online by April 30, 2024
Prizes
The individuals and teams who run, hike, bike, and swim the greatest number of miles and raise the most money will receive awesome prizes from local businesses!
Check back soon for our list of 2024 Prizes!
PRIZE CATEGORIES FOR INDIVIDUALS
TOP MILES
TOP FUNDRAISER
PRIZE CATEGORIES FOR TEAMS
TOP MILES
TOP FUNDRAISER
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