Braeleigh's first Packers game ending in a walk-off game winning field goal on a 70° day at Lambeau Field in late October really set high expectations for future Uplifting Experiences in Green Bay. 😎 We are proud to honor our rare friends and their families by providing unique opportunities like this. Thank you to the Nowak Family, D&S Machine Service Inc., Sean Clifford, Kelly Heim and the entire Green Bay Packers organization for being gracious hosts! #gopackgo #WeTackleRare #NFL
Uplifting Athletes
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
Philadelphia, PA 2,150 followers
#WeTackleRare
About us
Uplifting Athletes, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007, harnesses the power of sport to build a community that invests in the lives of people impacted by rare diseases. Since 2007, Uplifting Athletes has raised more than $8 million dollars by engaging athletes in order to positively impact the rare disease community through research and driving action. To learn more about Uplifting Athletes visit upliftingathletes.org.
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- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Philadelphia, PA
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2007
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Philadelphia, PA 19148, US
Employees at Uplifting Athletes
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Scott Shirley
Founder and CEO @ PLEDGE IT | Venture Philanthropy
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Chukwuemeka Obi Egekeze
Senior Finance Manager @ Bridgestone | MBA in Finance
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Jake Macauley
Videographer: elevating simple visuals to striking content utilizing Sony cameras, DJI drones, & Adobe Creative Cloud
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Robert Long
Executive Director at Uplifting Athletes
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Patient Advocacy | Rare Disease Patient Focused Drug Development | Stakeholder Engagement | Public Policy | Capacity Building | Strategic Leadership | Patient Advocacy Organizations
A big thank you to Uplifting Athletes for a fantastic experience with Northwestern University Football as they took on the WI Badgers over the weekend. This experience is just what my rare disease teenager needed to continue be in a positive relationship with his disease as he charts his next steps beyond high school. #wetacklerare
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Our team members MaKaylie Peterkin and Robert Long are at the National Organization for Rare Disorders Breakthrough Summit this week in DC! It’s a tremendous opportunity to connect with great champions of the #raredisease community! #WeTackleRare #NORDSummit
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With the Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason in full swing we wanted to express our gratitude to the 5 teams that partnered with us to create 16 memorable Uplifting Experiences this season hosting 174 people impacted by rare diseases with their families. Thank you Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Red Sox! #WeTackleRare
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It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of Tylee Craft. We are grateful for the opportunity we had to know this incredible young man. His courageous fight inspired so many and his spirit of a champion will live on. #TyleeStrongForever
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Check out our FIRST ever fully virtual Uplifting Experience with the University of Notre Dame Women's Basketball team! Details below ⬇ ⬇ ⬇
🚨 Attention 🚨 Uplifting Athletes is hosting our first VIRTUAL Uplifting Experience with the University of Notre Dame Women's Basketball team on Friday! We are hosting Bingo on Zoom. This is available to anyone impacted by a rare disease across the country! Click the link below to sign up: https://lnkd.in/eNy9eK6Q
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“Uplifting Athletes and Influxer both believe in the power of sport and the influential role of student-athletes” said Brett Brackett, President at Uplifting Athletes. “We are excited to partner with Influxer to provide the student-athletes we work with yet another outlet for their passion to support people impacted by rare diseases. With the support of Influxer, our chapter leaders and their teammates have a unique opportunity to continue to make a positive impact through their platforms as student-athletes.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/ewfu_Ty8 #WeTackleRare
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𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦: Uplifting Athletes is proud to announce that our 2025 Young Investigator Grants RFA period is now open! Learn how to apply on our website: https://bit.ly/3ye9TV3 Young Investigator Grants fund collaborative, foundational research in order to positively impact treatments and potential cures for the entire rare disease community. Patient advocacy organizations may nominate their favorite rare disease researchers until Monday, September 23, 2024. #RareDisease #Research #PublicHealth
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2024 Lift for Life season was a success! 💪 36 Lift for Life Events 🏫 27 Schools 🏅5 Different Sports 🗺️ 16 States 💰 Over $139,000+ Raised 📍 1 Mission Supported! #WeTackleRare
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NEW: Uplifting Athletes Executive Director Robert Long was featured on Osmosis.org from Elsevier’s podcast, Raise the Line. 🎙️Listen today: https://lnkd.in/eSpycGBA #WeTackleRare
In 2010, our guest, Robert Long, was on the cusp of an NFL career after being a star punter at Syracuse University. But that bright future was sidelined when Rob was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain tumor just five days after his final college game. Fortunately, emergency surgery and treatment gave him a second chance. As you’ll learn in this fascinating episode of Raise the Line, a new purpose took the place of his NFL dreams and today he's the executive director of Uplifting Athletes, a nonprofit using sports to raise awareness and resources for rare diseases. One signature program developed under his leadership is the Young Investigator Draft held annually since 2018 at the home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles. “Our program is modeled after the NFL draft, but instead of drafting the top athletes in the country, we draft and fund the next generation of rare disease researchers,” Long tells host Lindsey Smith. So far, Uplifting Athletes has provided fifty researchers with over one million dollars in grants through this approach. Tune in to learn about other innovative work that has connected hundreds of rare disease patients with professional athletes and provided opportunities for researchers to attend patient & family conferences as our Year of the Zebra focus on rare disorders continues. Mentioned in this episode: Uplifting Athletes https://lnkd.in/d_63p5TP Listen to today's episode of Raise the Line: https://lnkd.in/gbYzrc6n #raisetheline #yearofthezebra #rarediseaseresearch
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