The Reach the Beach Relay is brought to you, in part, through the dedication and support of the many community organizations along the route. We reach out to them as partners and ask you to do the same as you participate in one of the finest adventure relay events in the US. So please accept our invitation to make our community, your community.

We are proud to work with the following charity organizations and welcome them into the RTB family.

The Avon Foundation Need for Speed Against Domestic Violence program is the exclusive Charity Partner for the 2008 Reach the Beach Relay! Every year up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence, and they need your help. We are asking each team to raise funds to help end the cycle, so these children don't become victims or abusers in the future. The first five teams to raise at least $5,000 by June 1, 2008 will win a free entry to this year’s race!

Whether you use our website’s ‘EASY’ button to start your fundraising team, or would like to ‘make a donation’ when you pay for your RTB entry, it will be easy for you help us achieve our goal of raising at least $50,000. Funds raised by runners and volunteers will be disbursed to a local domestic violence agency in the local race community. Please visit www.needforspeedrelay.org/rtb and sign up today!!

The Reach the Beach Relay adventure begins in Franconia Notch State Park at Cannon Mountain Ski Area. As the race gradually progresses over the 200+ mile course, it passes through 4 NH State Parks, concluding on the Atlantic Ocean at Hampton Beach State Park.

As you plan your trip to New Hampshire for the Reach the Beach Relay, come early so that you have extra time to get in some sightseeing. September is a great time of year, with fall foliage just starting. The towns of Franconia and Lincoln have a wide variety of lodging properties with varying amenities. Our website (www.cannonmt.com) has lodging properties listed, as well as links to the area chambers. Reach the Beach Relay Team Members can save $2.00 on an Adult ticket to the Flume Gorge and save $2.00 on an Adult ticket for the Tram. Just email info@cannonmt.com and we will send you discount coupons. We hope that you will be able to spend some time in Franconia Notch State Park, and we look forward to seeing you in September!

In April of 2000, the four-member start up team hit the ground in Stratham, NH to begin the legwork to open City Year’s first non-urban corps in the fall of 2000. Headquarters were established within the building that houses The Timberland Company’s Global Headquarters. Jeff Swartz, CEO & President of The Timberland Company, felt strongly that a City Year program be started in New Hampshire, where the company’s global headquarters are located. City Year New Hampshire will also be able to leverage and engage Timberland’s employees, who are granted 40 hours of paid leave per year to participate in service. “The Timberland Company is honored to have been the catalyst for the creation of City Year New Hampshire. Not only will the state of New Hampshire benefit from the work of the corps, but Timberland will benefit as well, by the presence of these energetic idealists at our global headquarters." - Jeff Swartz, President & CEO, The Timberland Company, at the Champions Reception in 2000. Service partner relationships were set up in the areas of Dover, Stratham, Exeter and Portsmouth as service was explored. The site determined its focus was to be working with middle school youth through programs such as Young Heroes (City Year for middle school students), Civic Leadership Academies (intensive citizenship retreats) and DECYDE (Dramatic Empowerment: City Year Drug Education). By July 2000, three new staff joined CYNH working directly with and leading corps members in the field. In addition, 14 Senior Corps Members joined the staff in New Hampshire from various states across the country. In August, 10 first year Corps Members joined the New Hampshire site to complete the founding team of Corps Members. The group was now 31 in total.

The following organizations live in and around the communities that the event takes place in. These groups come out to volunteer for the event. In addition to the donation that the RTB Relay makes to their group, many of them take advantage of the opportunity to sell (or request donations for) light food and refreshments to the participants. They are a critical part of this event and we are pleased that they are able to benefit from it multiple ways.

Lyndon College, WMRHS JROTC, White Mtn. Milers, Conway Chamber of Commerce, Madison Recreational Dept, Madison Elementary, KA Brett 7th Grade, Tamworth Outing Club, KA Brett, The Community School, Girl Scout Troop 527, Sandwich PTO, Center Harbor Congregational Church, Girl Scout Troop 1015, Good Shepard Lutheran Church, Girl Scout Troop 431, Girl Scout Troop 532/1532, Pittsfield Fire Department, Rochester Runners Club, Allenstown Volunteer Fire Dept., Twin Oaks Girl Scouts, Candia Volunteer Fire Dept., Chester College of NE, Friends of the Sandown Library, the Goffstown Explorers, and the Hampton Lions.