Non-Profit Organization Japan IDDM Network is an official charity of the Tokyo Marathon 2024 Charity.
From June 26, we will start accepting donations and charity runners for Tokyo Marathon 2024 Charity.
Please join us in the Tokyo Marathon 2024 Charity to “expand the right understanding of type 1 diabetes” and to “realize a curable future”.
How donations are used
Donations made through the Tokyo Marathon 2024 Charity will be carefully used to research grants for the Bio-Artificial Islet Transplant Project (Islet Replacement Therapy), the closest research to realize a cure for Type 1 diabetes.
Tokyo Marathon 2024 Charity Ambassador for Japan IDDM Network, Minoru Iwata
-former professional baseball pitcher of the Hanshin Tigers
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the winter of my second year of high school. At that time, I sometimes resented my life, wondering why I had to suffer from such a disease. However, with the support of my doctor, family, and friends, I began to have hope.
I have continued to organize exchange meetings and support activities with people who also have type 1 diabetes after retiring, , in order to convey the message that anything is possible even if you have type 1 diabetes, and that there is no need to give up.
The research for “to make type 1 diabetes incurable to curable ”, is a great hope for many patients, including myself. However, to proceed the researches and to make that hope come true, it still takes time and costs a lot of money.
For this reason, we need your support to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes through this Tokyo Marathon and to help cure the disease.
If you are participating in the Tokyo Marathon as a charity runner, please do your best to finish the race for the mission of making more people aware of type 1 diabetes and as a representative of all those involved with type 1 diabetes! I will be rooting for you !
Participation Procedures&Schedule
Donation to Japan IDDM Network and Charity Runner Application Guidelines
| Date | Sunday, March 3, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Official Charity Programs | Non-Profit Organization Japan IDDM Network |
| Field Size | 30 |
| Application procedure | 1. Select a charity organization on the RUN with HEART website 2. Apply to make a donation through the organization’s donation system. |
| Eligibility | ・Must be at least 19 years of age on the Tokyo Marathon 2024 race day. ・Must be able to complete the marathon within 6 hours and 30 minutes. |
| Charity Runner Selection Criteria | 1. Donations per person is 100,000 yen or more: Mandatory 2. Selected based on the required content of the “Thoughts on charity & Messages” entered at the time of application. 3. Please help us raise awareness for type 1 diabetes through your SNS and help us fund research for a cure of type 1 diabetes. |
| Application Procedures & Schedule | 1. For those who wish to make a donation application, and also wish to run the event as a Charity Runner Donation & Charity Runner Application：une 26(Monday), 11:00 a.m. – July 13(Thursday), 5:00 p.m. (JST) 2. For those who wish to donate only Application Period：June26(Monday), 11:00 a.m. – August 31(Thursday), 5:00 p.m. (JST) *Minimum amount of donation shall be 1,000 JPY |
| Donor program | 1. Finish lounge exclusively for Charity Runners will be made available. (provisional) 2. Charity Runner commemorative T-shirt will be distributed. |
| Others | * Charity runner registration (participation) is voluntary for donators. * Eligibility for participants as a Charity runner include fulfilling all other requirements and regulations applicable to general marathon participants. |
