The Boilermaker’s mission is to change people’s lives in a positive way through health and movement. We hope to inspire the community to join us in this mission, and the Charity Bib Program plays a vital role.
The Charity Bib program provides a limited number of bibs for the 5K & 15K, at no cost, to several selected local nonprofit organizations to use as fundraising incentives. Each organization is then able to find participants who each commit to raising a minimum of $500 in order to receive one of their allotted bibs.
All money raised and collected by each organization is used to support their individual missions. Since its inception, this program has raised nearly $800,000 for our respective Charity Bib partners.
How It Works
If you want to run for one of our Charity partners:
- 2026 Partners will be announced in late December. After that point, you may apply to run for a Charity Bib Partner by contacting us and choosing “Charity Bib” from the dropdown menu.
If you want to support one of our Charity partners:
- Make a donation to support the runner or charity of your choice!
If your organization would like to be a Boilermaker Charity Bib Partner:
- Complete the application and submit via one of the methods listed within.
- Applications will be accepted Monday, October 13 through Friday, November 21.
- Applicants will be notified of their status by Friday, December 19.
2026 Charity Partners
2026 Charity Bib Partners will be announced in December 2025.
- On My Team 16 (Team Full!)
- Jaime Hawkins George Foundation (Team Full!)
- Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways (Team Full!)
- Best Buddies in New York
- Parkinson’s Foundation
Previous Participating Charity Partners
- American Cancer Society
- Abraham House
- Best Buddies in New York
- Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Compassion Coalition
- David’s Refuge
- Food Bank of CNY
- Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways
- Griffin’s Guardians
- Herkimer County Chapter, NYSARC, Inc.
- HumaneCNY
- Jaime Hawkins George Foundation
- Jessica’s Heroes Foundation
- Johnson Park Center
- Kids Oneida, Inc. –Â (Now ICAN)
- Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York
- Masonic Care Community
- Mohawk Valley Latino Association
- Notre Dame
- On My Team 16
- Parkinson’s Foundation
- Pause for All Paws
- Project Purple
- Samaritan Counseling Center of the Mohawk Valley, Inc.
- The Center for Leadership Excellence
- The Salvation Army
- The Joseph Michael Chubbuck Foundation
- The Root Farm
- The Stanley Theater
- United Way of the Mohawk Valley
- Upstate Caring Partners
- Young Scholars
FOUNDING PARTNERS
GOLD & PRESENTING PARTNERS
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