Join Team Best Buddies and help us take one step closer to a more accepting and inclusive future for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities! JOIN OUR MOVEMENT!
Team Best Buddies is an exciting and fun charity event that supports the programs and services of Best Buddies Pennsylvania, and at the same time raises fundamental awareness of our vital friendship, integrated employment, and leadership programs. Like all marathons sanctioned by USA Track & Field, the Pittsburgh Marathon is 26.2 miles. Runners will race on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, cross each of the three rivers in Pittsburgh and travel through the South Side, Oakland, Shadyside and Bloomfield neighborhoods – just to name a few. The course runs along the rivers of the City and challenges you on hill that takes you into the University area of Pittsburgh. The last five miles are downhill as you approach the finish line. Fluid and medical aid stations are positioned along the course with water and Gatorade offered at every fluid station.
As a member of Team Best Buddies, you can make your fitness goals a reality – all while helping people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). People with disabilities are often excluded from society because of their differences. Best Buddies has created a spirit of public service for middle school, high school and college volunteers that will last a lifetime.
Spectators are welcome to line the streets and cheer on the runners – and as years past have proven – Pittsburghers love to cheer on their champions.
Please contact Mahogany Thaxton, Area Director for Best Buddies Pennsylvania, at 412.432.5913 or MahoganyThaxton@bestbuddies.org for more information. The funds raised from this event will support programs locally and throughout Pennsylvania!
Best Buddies is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Best Buddies programs engage participants in every state and in 50 countries around the world.
Get involved as a participant or become a sponsor to help build a stronger foundation for Best Buddies Pennsylvania.
