100KM CHALLENGE

All Across Canada for the entire month of October

  • REGISTER

    Gather a team of friends or co-workers to split up the KMs, or tackle them yourself!

  • FUNDRAISE

    Tell your family, friends, neighbours, and anyone who'll listen why you're running so they can cheer you on and help fundraise.

  • 100KM CHALLENGE

    Walk, Run, Cycle, Wheel... OR just count your daily steps for the entire month of October. 

    We are challenging you to reach 100KM by the end of the month.
LEARN MORE & REGISTER

Over 360,000 Canadians are living with epilepsy and the constant threat of seizures.

That's 1 in 100 people.

Join us this October! You can walk, run, cycle, wheel, or just count your daily steps for the entire month of October.

We are challenging you to reach 100KM by the end of the month.

Track your KMs and update your community about your goal!

 

The 100KM CHALLENGE is our way of raising awareness and critical funds for epilepsy research to advance treatments and find the cures.

 FAQs

  • There are many ways to accomplish the100KM CHALLENGE: Starting October 1st you can walk, run, cycle, wheel, just count your daily steps or a combination of any method to reach 100KM by the end of October.

  • Tracking your KMs is not mandatory. Epilepsy Canada will not require you to upload or input any of your KM tracking. Tracking is voluntary and a great way to hold yourself accountable to yourself and your donors. If you do choose to track your KMs, you may want to upload screen shots of your progress to your social media channels and any fundraising emails you send out.

    You can track your KMs using a Fitbit, Applewatch or your cell phone. There are a number of free tracking apps you can download.

  • Using whatever tracking app you've selected, you can take screen shots and upload them to your fundraising page. You can also share them on social media. 

  • We would like all our participants to give it a shot! We're suggesting each participant set a goal of raising $250.

  • It's as easy as telling your family, friends, neighbours, and anyone who'll listen why you're doing the Challenge so they can cheer you on and help fundraise. 

    You can share your fundraising page link on any of your preferred social media channels, and send out an email. We have an email template you can use below as well as downloadable social assets. They'll make your posts come alive, helping you raise even more funds for epilepsy research to advance treatments and find the cures.

  • If you don't reach your goal, no problem. If you exceed it, even better!

  • You are only accountable to yourself in this challenge - and your donors. So technically, nothing will happen if you don't reach your goal. However, we believe honesty is the best policy. It may be nice to send a thank you email to your donors letting them know what you were able to accomplish. And regardless of whether or not you made it to 100km, donations were not made in vain. Your efforts, no matter how many KMs you were able to achieve, are incredible in the fight to find a cure for epilepsy!

  • Monies raised will go to research funding to find a cure for epilepsy. All donations will go directly to Epilepsy Canada.

    Epilepsy Canada is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to positively affecting the lives of those living with epilepsy. Its main mandate is to raise monies for epilepsy research with an objective of finding a cure. It demonstrates the need for research by highlighting key issues related to those whose seizures cannot be controlled through existing medication and treatments and the tragic cases of SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death from Epilepsy). Through its active financial support of epilepsy research, it strives to help the Canadian neurology community find a cure for epilepsy. 

  • If you have joined or created a Team, you may combine your KMs to reach 100km OR you may each individually attempt to reach 100km and simply fundraise together.