Amazing Race for Charity

Our inaugural race will be in 2024.

Check back for more details soon...

Race Reminders

  • Race bibs are provided for identification purposes and MUST be clearly visible from the time you arrive at the starting line until the race is complete.

  • You MUST wear our branded race shirt.

  • We will race RAIN or SHINE.

  • We are here to have fun so expect silly challenges and don't forget your smile at home!

 

About The Race

 

History

Based upon ideas from the hit CBS television series, The Amazing Race, this event is derived from a successful race that organizers in Loveland, Ohio have staged annually for the last fifteen years. It was replicated in Eustis, FL beginning in 2014 and has continued to grow each year with over 700 racers.  We are in debt to the Eustis team for sharing their blueprint and helping us bring this race to Central Louisiana.  

Our Race

While the details of the race are usually kept secret until the week before the race, we can tell you that the race will be 3 miles on foot. Along the way, teams of two complete 12 challenge stations that may be as simple as solving a puzzle or reciting Miranda Rights to as difficult as building a 2-person tent or lifting your teammate. The race attracts serious competitors, marathoners, triathletes, adventure racers, and amateurs alike. At the end of the day, racers have learned a little more about the host city, enjoyed an amazing workout, participated as a team, and, in some cases, worked with other teams to complete a challenge, knowing that their wild day has benefited a charity!

 

Volunteer

 

In order for our race to be the best it can be, we need YOU! Join us on race day as a most valuable member of the team - a volunteer. 

Volunteer Sign Up

Still have questions about volunteering? Email our Community Engagement Coordinator at community@uwcl.org.

 

 

Nonprofit Registration

 

Nonprofit’s that are interested in being a part of the Amazing Race for Charity must:

  • have a 501C3
  • serve the central Louisiana area.

Once registered, you will receive a discount code that you share with racers.  Teams that register with your code will have 50% of their registration fee designated to your agency.  

Your nonprofit must provide 10 volunteers for the day and a captain that will attend the pre-race meetings to ensure success for all.  

We look forward to working and supporting our nonprofit partners to make our community stronger.  

Let’s Live United!
 

Agency Sign Up

Sponsorships

  • "Amazing Race for Charity Presented by your company name" or "Your Company Name Amazing Race for Charity" used including but not limited to our web page, all press releases, broadcast emails, and press interviews for print and television.
  • Logo on the front of race shirts and on the website, email blasts, and promotional materials
  • 4 complimentary corporate race team entries to the event.
  • Race website link
  • Sponsor-provided sign or banner for display at Finish Line Festival.
  • Sponsor-provided coupon or promotional item in race participants' bags.
  • Pre and post-event email marketing to our subscriber list.
  • Email #1 Pre-Event announcing you as the Presenting Sponsor.
  • Email #2 Pre-Event schedule of events at Finish Line Festival highlighting your sponsorship and including an offer/coupon from your business.
  • Email #3 Post Event Your thank you message to all who came to the event.
  • Opportunity to sell your product/service at the festival. 
  • "Your company Name" Finish Line Festival used including but not limited to our web page, all press releases, broadcast emails and press interviews for print and television.
  • Logo on race shirts, website, email blasts, and promotional materials
  • 3 complimentary corporate race team entries to the event.
  • Race website link
  • Sponsor-provided sign or banner for display at Finish Line Festival.
  • Sponsor-provided coupon or promotional item in race participants' bag.
  • Pre and post event email marketing to our subscriber list.
  • Email #1 Pre Event announcing you as the Finish Line Festival Sponsor.
  • Email #2 Pre Event schedule of events at Finish Line Festival highlighting your sponsor ship and including an offer/coupon from your business.
  • Email #3 Post Event Your thank you message to all who came to the event.
  • Opportunity to sell your product/service at the festival.
  • Logo on race shirts, website, one email blast, and promotional materials
  • 2 complimentary corporate race team entries to the event.
  • Race website link
  • Sponsor-provided sign or banner for display on the race course.
  • Sponsor-provided coupon or promotional item in race participants' bag.
  • Business name on a challenge station that is tailored to promote your business
  • Race organizer provides captain, staff, and materials
  • Your business name listed on race shirts, Race website, promotional material.
  • 1 complimentary corporate race team entry to the event.
  • Sponsor-provided sign or banner for display on race course.
  • Sponsor-provided coupon or promotional item in race participants' bag.
  • Business name on a challenge station that is tailored to promote your business.
  • REQUIRES your commitment to provide:
    • Captain to liaison with race committee and attend pre-race meetings
    • Execution of challenge captain responsibilities 
    • Staff (10 volunteers for entire race)
    • Materials, construction, and test run of challenge
  • Your business name listed on race shirts, Race website, promotional material.
  • 1 complimentary corporate race team entry to the event.
  • Sponsor-provided sign or banner for display on race course.
  • Sponsor-provided coupon or promotional item in race participants' bag.

 

If your business provides goods or services we typically need for the race, we can discuss an in-kind sponsorship.

You must contact Ananda Flanagan at ananda@uwcl.org to discuss an in-kind sponsorship.

 

A W-9 is available upon request.

 

Click to Sponsor

Frequently Asked Questions

Racers must be 10 years of age or older on the race day to participate.

Our race teams are teams of two (2). No more, no less.

You will receive several emails from us.

In the months before the race, we send out several emails to let you know super important details about the race.  If you have given us an email address with your registration that you do not check often, please either give us a different email address, or check that account often.  YOU WILL MISS IMPORTANT INFO if you do not get our emails! (We do not spam you or sell your info.)

 

P.S. The majority of the questions we get in the weeks up till race day were already answered in those emails.  If you have registered and not received email from us by the time we are 3 weeks out from the race, please contact us by email or check the Facebook page for updates.