Home of TEAM IPEF
How IPEF Supports You
Our TEAM IPEF charity runners make significant commitments of time, effort and funds. They deserve our support and IPEF does its best to deliver. We provide every TEAM IPEF runner (and walker!) :
- The famous TEAM IPEF neon yellow Race Day T-shirts
- Your personal Qgiv fundraising page for supporters to make online donations and for you to track your fundraising total
- Easy, fun ideas for fundraising events to help reach the pledge amount
- The TEAM IPEF Facebook group to keep up with news/announcements
- The TEAM IPEF Info Guide which answers questions you may have and provides great training tips
- The TEAM IPEF tent in charity village for pre/post race snacks, fun, and storage of personal gear
- The famous ‘Spirit Squads’ to cheer on TEAM IPEF members
- A post-race celebration convenient to the race finish area
TEAM IPEF by the Numbers
2023 TEAM IPEF Events
March 1 – Registration for Team IPEF 2023 Opens
May 15 – Deadline for Sponsorships
October 22 – Race Day!
Meet TEAM IPEF – Our ‘Charity Heroes’
Thank You! to these TEAM IPEF alumni runners who raised more than $1000 in a single season.
| Michael Ackerman | STEPS (2021) |
| Karen Altekruse | Hill Middle School (2017) |
| Jason Altenbern | Gombert Elementary (2015) |
| Brent Anderson | Spring Brook Elementary (2018) |
| Lauren Baleski | Spring Brook Elementary (2019) |
| Beth Beedles | Patterson Elementary (2015, 2016) |
| Derrick Biehl | Patterson Elementary (2018) |
| Renay Biehl | Fry Elementary (2015) |
| Kristine Black | Prairie Children Preschool (2014, 2015) |
| Mary Blessing | Brookdale Elementary (2015) |
| Venu Cherukuri | Peterson Elementary (2015) |
| Michael Chung | Waubonsie Valley High School; IPSD 204 (2016, 2018) |
| Sharon Cody | Graham Elementary (2015) |
| Martha Conway | Patterson Elementary (2015) |
| Cindy Cozzi | Builta Elementary (2019) |
| Julee DeGeus | Brooks Elementary (2022) |
| Katie DeWyze | Gregory Middle School (2018) |
| Kim Dolan | Spring Brook Elementary (2015, 2016) |
| Megan Dougherty | Waubonsie Valley High School (2015) |
| Maggie Durkin | STEPS (2022) |
| Amanda Eischen | White Eagle Elementary (2021) |
| Jennifer Hains | Fischer Middle School (2020) |
| Heidi Hairston | Welch Elementary (2018) |
| Carey Beth Harry | Still Middle School (2015) |
| Amy Hoffmann | Gregory Middle School (2016) |
| Kim Horn | Gregory Middle School (2016) |
| Nancy Fister | Steck Elementary (2014) |
| Karen Fleming | Graham Elementary (2020) |
| Stacey Johnson | Builta Elementary, Gregory Middle School, Neuqua Valley High School (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020) |
| Josh Kaminsky | Metea Valley High School (2017) |
| Justin Karubas | District 204 (2021) |
| Krista Kelch | Gombert Elementary (2015) |
| Jackie Kohorn | Spring Brook Elementary (2014, 2017) |
| Mohan Kumar | Metea Valley High School (2017) |
| Steven Lome | Peterson Elementary ( 2016, 2017) |
| Laura MacLeod | Young Elementary (2017) |
| Vivian Makropoulos | Gregory Middle School (2014) |
| Dawn Malartsik | Young Elementary (2015) |
| Jon Malartsik | Young Elementary (2015) |
| Roberto Maldonado | Young Elementary (2018) |
| Bob McBride | Neuqua Valley High School (2015, 2016, 2018) |
| Shelly Menendez | Kendall Elementary (2017, 2018) |
| Lily Mertes | Georgetown Elementary (2014) |
| Todd Mertz | Neuqua Valley High School (2015) |
| Heidi Miller | Patterson Elementary (2017) |
| Ryan Morris | Patterson Elementary (2015) |
| Katie Opelt | Brooks Elementary (2018, 2019, 2022) |
| Tina Ortinau | Still Middle School (2018) |
| Penny Ose | Brooks Elementary (2022) |
| Harish Pai | Neuqua Valley High School (2018) |
| Bill Perry | STEPS, Wheatland (2018, 2019, 2020) |
| Janet Petruzzi | Builta Elementary (2015) |
| Cathy Piehl | Indian Plains (2016) |
| Stephenie Pittroff | Welch Elementary (2018, 2019) |
| Elizabeth Pohlman | Steck Elementary (2017) |
| Karen Popovich | Metea Valley High School (2017) |
| Mike Raczak | Watts Elementary (2015) |
| Susan Rasmus | Metea Valley High School (2016) |
| Mike Rossi | Neuqua Valley High School (2014) |
| Amy Scott | Still Middle School (2015) |
| Nicole Sharpe | Kendall Elementary (2022) |
| Patty Smith | STEPS (2014) |
| Stephen Spinelli | Waubonsie Valley High School (2021) |
| Jason Stipp | Waubonsie Valley High School (2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) |
| Terry Sullivan | Georgetown Elementary, Waubonsie Valley High School (2014, 2015, 2017) |
| Julie Tamburrino | White Eagle Elementary (2018, 2019) |
| Mark Thompson | Metea Valley High School (2015) |
| Adreianne Toomey | Neuqua Valley High School (2019) |
| Rich Vine | Longwood Elementary; Granger Middle School (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) |
| Carrie Wujek | Gregory Middle School (2018, 2020, 2021) |
| Anthony Yench | Waubonsie Valley High School (2019, 2020) |
Thank You! to these 2023 TEAM IPEF runners who joined us for Year 10.
| Brookdale Elementary (2) Rachael Paul-Heinz (parent), Ali Tomczak (parent) |
| Brooks Elementary (3) Katy Opelt (staff), Penny Ose (staff), Hannah Scharff (staff) |
| Builta Elementary (1) Lisa Pagano (parent) |
| Clow Elementary () |
| Cowlishaw Elementary () |
| Crone Middle School () |
| Fischer Middle School () |
| Fry Elementary () |
| Georgetown Elementary (1) Amy Melin (staff) |
| Gombert Elementary (2) Amanda Barger (staff), Laura Barreto (staff) |
| Graham Elementary () |
| Granger Middle School () |
| Gregory Middle School (5) Amy Delves (staff), Michelle Leibfried (staff), Mia,Olaszek (staff), Kevin Reagan (staff), Sandy Villarreal (staff) |
| Hill Middle School (1) Beth Piccininni (staff) |
| Kendall Elementary () |
| Longwood Elementary () |
| McCarty Elementary (1) Reynolds Cross (staff) |
| Metea Valley High School (2) Miyako Ono (parent), Trudie Ranson (parent) |
| Neuqua Valley High School (4) Brent Anderson (parent), Joann Buerstetta, (parent), Venu Cherukuri (parent), Dave Scriven-Young (parent) |
| Owen Elementary (1) Piyush Swain (parent) |
| Patterson Elementary () |
| Peterson Elementary () |
| Prairie Children Preschool (4) Kristine Black (staff), Kayla Lindow (staff), Sally Osborne, (staff), Cyndi Rice (staff) |
| Scullen Middle School (4) April Altott (staff), Monica Ploger (staff), Aaron Mueller (staff), Christopher Scheid (staff) |
| Spring Brook Elementary (1) Kim Dolan (staff) |
| Steck Elementary () |
| STEPS (2) Sheri Baumgartner (staff), Laurie Donahue (community) |
| Still Middle School () |
| Watts Elementary (2) Karen Altekruse (community), Sarah Charles (parent) |
| Waubonsie Valley High School (4) Carl Armstrong (staff), Jason Stipp (staff), Anthony Yench (community), Zachary Yench (alumni) |
| Welch Elementary (2) Carrie Blaine (parent), Vijay Ramanathan (community) |
| Wheatland Academy () |
| White Eagle Elementary () |
| Young Elementary () |
| District 204 (2) Jeannie Dina (staff), Susan Taylor-Demming (community) |
