1. OooRUCK '24 is LIVE! We will be meeting at Huddy Park in downtown Toms River at 10:30am with a step off time at 11:00am on Sunday November 10th. We will step off shortly after for a 2.2(ish) mile awareness march around the heart of Toms River. We will end in front of Garden State Distillery/Battle River Brewery / Capone's Gourmet Pizza & Pasta (17 Washington St, Toms River)  to announce fundrasing awards and an afterparty combined with the 249th USMC Birthday from 12-5pm. Food, drinks, music, and fun for ALL! You don't need to be a Marine to celebrate! 

Although not required, we encourage you to join us wearing the coveted SILIKES shorts and a 22lb pack or weighted vest. You may also want to bring a change of clothes as temperatures will vary from our normal Ruck in September. Water will be provided but we suggest you bring a bottle or hydration sytem with you as well. 

Registration and Fundraising

Registered Ruckers have a $22 minimum registration. Once registered, all participants will have opportunities to have donations made in their name through Fundrazr.  Please note, offline contributions can be added to individual totals only after the funds are sent and received by MA22 prior to the event. Any offline contributions need to have the participants name and Ruck iT in the memo. Please contact daddesso@ma22.org for more details referring to offline contributions. 

Commemorative Shirts 

There is no commemorative shirts for this event, however past Ruck iT shirts will be for sale the day of for $5, Ruck iT '24 shirts will be $10. All shirts are first come first serve on the day of the event, while supplies lasts. 

 Teams (Sub-Campaigns, how to create your team)

I’m going to tell you a little story to better explain how it works. Ted is a dude from Toms River, NJ and heard about his awesome group of vets doing big things in the area. He’s not in the best shape but he is confident he can walk 13.6 miles considering it's NOT a race and it’s a slow pace with frequent water points and (2) 30 minute rest stops. So Ted goes to Fundrazr.com/Ruckit2019 and clicks “Ruck with Ma22”. Ted knows quite a few people so he then clicks “Create a Team” and names it “Ted’s Diabolical Diva’s”. Ted's pays his required $22 registration fee. Please note, Ted will need to approve any member wishing to join his team via the admin panel. It is important Ted logs in when he receives a notification someone joined his team to prevent that participant from registering several times. Even if Ted didn’t know a lot of people, he would still click “Create a Team” to begin his Army of One to help raise funds. Ted could’ve also clicked “Join a Team” if he knew Sally, a friend from high school, started “Sally’s Sensational SeaRuckers” and wanted to join forces. Ted then writes a little bit why he wants to participate in Op: Ruck iT and he sets a fundraising goal. This amount is up to you. Ted then customizes his team, invites members, and helps MA22 raise $100,000! Here’s the finer details:

1. Click “Join a Team” to join a team of your choosing. You will be eligible for individual awards regardless if you are on your own or any other team. Team awards will be discussed in a bit. 
2. Click “Create a Team” if you want to create a team of fundraisers OR if you are simply signing up alone. You are either a team of many or a team of one. Either way, it’s called simply a “team”.  
3. Please share what this event means to you and then set a goal you want to raise for it. 
4. Teams aka “Sub-Campaigns “ are totally customizable. Team owners can edit anything in their “Admin Panel”. Please feel free to change the pictures, titles of sub-campaign, add a video of your own... and the social media summary. You can even edit the link to your team ( fundrazr.com/tedsdiabolicaldivas ) By default, each team will have what MA22 has in the Master Campaign. We encourage you to make your team.. YOURS!
5. Next “INVITE” those you want to join your team via email, or paste the link to your team on your social media outlets. New participants can then join your team and start fundraising individually and coincidentally, your team.
6. Please note, offline contributions can be added to individual totals only after the funds are sent and received by MA22 prior to the event. Any offline contributions need to have the participants name and Ruck iT in the memo. Please contact daddesso@ma22.org for more details referring to offline contributions. 

 Well that’s all we have for now. New announcements will be shared here on Fundrazr and on the event page on Facebook. Build your teams and get to it! Leeeeeet's get ready to OooooRUCK!