Recruit your family, friends and colleagues to make a difference!
In 2024, we had over 80 teams whose riders raised over $2.9 million of the total $3.6 million raised.
Top 10 2024 Teams
Prologis: $750,301.78
Wheels of Justice: $685,690.15
Psyched to Climb: $196,982.33
Cardiac Climbers: $144,279.72
Rehabilitation Cycling Club: $101,215.10
PICU Peloton: $82,122.78
Summits for Samantha: $81,629.85
Bony Express: $79,439.89
S’more Courage: $66,320.44
Docs-a-Cyclin’ for Pediatric Infectious Disease Research: $64,276.43
Team fundraising resources
Donors can designate their donation to a team without having to choose an individual rider(s) to credit. Simply click the “Donate Now” button on a team page to make a team donation.
Team donations are for:
- A team striving to hit the $50,000 fundraising threshold to designate to a service line in the hospital.
- A donor or corporate sponsor would like their gift to benefit the team as a whole
- A donor would like to split their donation between multiple riders. List the riders who should be credited in the donation form text box.
- A team is promoting their ride in the media, on their website, etc.
Individual Fundraising Requirement
In order to participate, each individual rider is required to meet their fundraising minimum. Team totals will not count toward individual rider minimum donation amounts.
We will not be able to transfer funds after June 16, 2025.
Please contact us at courageclassic@childrenscoloradofoundation.org with questions.
Team Captain Information
Important dates
- May 1 – Early rider registration ends – fee changes from $50 to $150/adult (18+) and $25 to $75/child (age 6-17)
- May 22 – Deadline to confirm and submit order for team jerseys through Primal for delivery by July 11
- June 13 – Last day to split team funds before the June 20 minimum fundraising deadline for mailed packets
- June 20 – Individual rider fundraising deadline to be eligible to receive your rider packet in the mail prior to tour weekend
- July 19-20 – Courage Classic Bicycle Tour! All riders must meet their fundraising minimum to ride tour weekend!
- Aug. 31 – Final deadline for all Courage Classic donations. All donations must be received by Aug. 31 in order to count toward this year’s fundraising goal. Any donations received or postmarked after Aug. 31 will be applied to next year’s event.
Team Sponsors
Sponsorships can go toward overall tour support or be designated to a specific team. Teams who raise $50,000 or more may designate their fundraising dollars to an approved designated fund to support a specific Hospital program. Many teams offer other recognition opportunities separate from the Foundation-offered opportunities listed here.
You may be interested in finding corporate sponsors for your team. While Children’s Colorado asks that you do not approach any of our corporate sponsors listed on the Courage Classic website, we encourage you to cultivate your own sponsorships. Here are some things to keep in mind:
Children’s Colorado Foundation can collect team sponsorship funds only when the purpose of these funds is to pay for registrations for specific riders or when the funds represent charitable donations to the team. Funds to be used to purchase items for the team (jerseys, etc.) or for team activities (parties, training rides, etc.) cannot be collected by Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation.
Depending on the structure of the team sponsorship program, there are 3 categories of support a sponsor might provide to a team: (1) underwriting or purchasing team activities and/or goods, (2) paying for registrations, and/ or (3) making donations that are credited to the team or specific riders on the team.
If a donor is interested in supporting your team at the $5,000 level or above the Foundation can provide sponsor benefits. Contact us to learn more about Team Sponsorships.
If a sponsor does not wish to be an official Team Sponsor through the Foundation, then team sponsorship obligations are fulfilled by the team, not by Children’s Colorado Foundation.
Want to start reaching out to sponsors? Check out our sponsor page for more information.
Team Sponsorship Materials
Sponsorship deck: This customizable document allows you to add sponsorship levels and benefits your team can provide a sponsor (e.g. logo on team jersey, mention in team newsletter) as well as the benefits Children’s Colorado Foundation provides.
Letter template: Customizable letter template to ask for team sponsors.
Jersey Design
Primal offers teams participating in Courage Classic the opportunity to take advantage of their Primal Gives Back Program. For team orders, Primal is committed to donating up to 10% of your order total back to your Courage Classic team’s fundraising account. Please reach out to Primal directly to get this process started.
Primal contact:
Blaine Sorrick
720.817.8640
Blaine.s@primalwear.com
Team Merchandise
Consider branding your team with other custom apparel (shirts, hats, etc.). Some teams have created custom apparel to garner interest in your team when worn around your community and at work by team members. Brand Agents is a fantastic vendor to work with for additional apparel!
Brand Agents contact:
Gwen Grant
303-693-4057
gwen@brandagents.net | Brandagents.net
Want to brand your jersey or merchandise with the Courage Classic logo? Please reach out to courageclassic@childrenshospitalcolorado.org for approval and high-resolution logos.