Join Team March For Our Lives

Apply to run the marathon with us and fundraise to support MFOL!

Born from the Parkland school shooting, March For Our Lives (MFOL) is a youth-led movement working to end gun violence. Our mission is to educate, engage, and mobilize young people into sustained action that challenges the systems enabling gun violence and creates the conditions for the cultural and policy change needed to make our communities safe.

March For Our Lives is proud to be an official New York Road Runners (NYRR) charity partner for the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon. As the largest marathon in the world, the race brings together more than 50,000 runners who will take on 26.2 miles across all five boroughs of New York City, from Staten Island to Central Park, with millions of spectators cheering them on in person and around the world.

Through the NYRR–MFOL partnership, runners can make their miles matter by joining Team March For Our Lives and fundraising to support this mission and vision for a safer future.

As a member of Team March For Our Lives, you will receive:

  • A coveted spot in the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon.
  • Ongoing fundraising support and tips from MFOL staff.
  • Personalized fundraising page to easily share with your network.
  • Official MFOL swag.
  • Access to a private Whatsapp group to meet fellow Team MFOL runners and ask questions.
  • Dedicated feature on MFOL’s social media pages and/or emails to the MFOL network.

As a member of Team March For Our Lives, you will be asked to:

  • Commit to raise $3,500. All runners will sign a fundraising agreement acknowledging the minimum fundraising requirement and deadline. 
  • All runners must register for the NYC Marathon using MFOL’s unique invitation link and pay the official marathon registration fee directly to the race organizer. This registration fee is not a donation and does not count toward the required fundraising minimum for MFOL.
  • Notify friends, family, and colleagues that you’re running on Team MFOL in the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon through email, social media, conversations, and other means of communication. 
  • Respond to all requests from Team MFOL staff.
  • Have fun along your training journey and compete in the race of a lifetime!

To apply for a Team March For Our Lives bib, please complete this application by March 20, 2026 and we will confirm your status by April 1, 2026. Due to the limited availability of bibs, we cannot guarantee entry to the race via Team MFOL.

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For more information, please contact our development team at [email protected]. 

If you have already secured a bib in the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon through the lottery or other means, congratulations! You are still welcome to run with Team MFOL to help support our mission to end gun violence. We’d love to have you! Please email [email protected] and we will help you get set up to fundraise and run with us.

To learn more about the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon, please visit https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon.