At the Speed of Need 👟

Every mile you run helps deliver life-saving medical aid to people who need it most.

When you join Team Direct Relief, you’re helping ensure that doctors, nurses, midwives, and frontline health workers have the medicines, supplies, and resources they need to care for patients in times of crisis and every day in between. From responding to disasters and humanitarian emergencies to strengthening healthcare systems around the world, your fundraising helps bring care to people regardless of politics, religion, or ability to pay.

🧡Why Your Support Matters

Direct Relief’s mission is a collective effort. Every runner, donor, and supporter plays a role in helping deliver life-saving care where it is needed most.

Founded in 1948, Direct Relief is a humanitarian organization working across all 50 U.S. states and more than 90 countries. Through partnerships with local healthcare providers, Direct Relief delivers essential medicines, medical supplies, and resources to strengthen healthcare systems and ensure people can access the care they need.

Learn more at directrelief.org.

🧡Supporting Maternal and Newborn Health

Runners can also choose to dedicate their fundraising specifically to Direct Relief’s maternal and newborn health programs, helping expand access to the care and resources needed to support safer pregnancies, healthier births, and stronger futures for mothers and babies around the world.

Through partnerships with frontline healthcare providers and midwifery networks, Direct Relief supports women and newborns throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. This work includes equipping trained midwives with the resources they need to provide quality care, expanding access to emergency obstetric services in areas affected by crisis, and supporting life-restoring surgeries for women living with obstetric fistula, a childbirth-related injury that disproportionately affects women in low- and middle-income countries.

🔗[Join Team Direct Relief Today]

🧡Team Direct Relief Benefits:

- Entry into the 2027 Los Angeles Marathon

- Personalized fundraising resources and one-on-one support as needed

- Access to Team Direct Relief WhatsApp group for motivation, fundraising tips, and community leading up to race day

- Exclusive Team Direct Relief race-day gear

- A team supporting you every step of the way, from sign-up through race day

Fundraising Commitment for Team Direct Relief:

- $1,500 fundraising minimum, due the Wednesday before race day

- Marathon registration included

🧡Already registered for the LA Marathon or simply want to fundraise on behalf of Direct Relief without running? Join as a Non-Allotment Fundraiser. 

- No fundraising minimum required

- Access to all Team Direct Relief fundraising resources and community

- Note*: race registration is not included

- Please reach out to Lilla Pellechi at epellechi@directrelief.org if you're interested in this option

Questions❓

Questions about running with Team Direct Relief or fundraising for the LA Marathon, please reach out to Lilla Pellechi, Manager of Digital & Community Fundraising, at epellechi@directrelief.org with the subject line “LA Marathon 2027 Inquiry.”