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Michael A. Taylor: 2025 Rare Disease Champion™

by Brett Brackett | Dec 31, 2025 | Uncategorized

12/31/2025 In communities across the country and around the world, athletes are celebrated for their performance on the field. What doesn’t always catch the attention of the masses is when an athlete uses their platform to make an even greater impact, one that reaches...

Uplifting Athletes Selects 10 Top Researchers to Receive 2026 Young Investigator Draft Grants

by Brett Brackett | Dec 16, 2025 | Uncategorized

PHILADELPHIA— 10 researchers will each receive an unrestricted grant for medical research at Uplifting Athletes’ Young Investigator Draft on January 31, 2026, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.  Uplifting Athletes is a nonprofit organization that unites...
Uplifting Athletes Selects 10 Top Researchers to Receive 2025 Young Investigator Draft Grants

Uplifting Athletes Selects 10 Top Researchers to Receive 2025 Young Investigator Draft Grants

by Brett Brackett | Jan 17, 2025 | Uncategorized

PHILADELPHIA— 10 researchers will each receive an unrestricted grant for medical research at Uplifting Athletes’ Young Investigator Draft on February 1, 2025, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.  Uplifting Athletes is a nonprofit organization that impacts...
#WeTackleRare: New Merch Line Benefits The Rare Disease Community

#WeTackleRare: New Merch Line Benefits The Rare Disease Community

by Brett Brackett | Sep 18, 2024 | Uncategorized

PHILADELPHIA — Uplifting Athletes is hitting campus this fall with a new way to increase awareness for rare diseases and generate mission critical funds by partnering with name, image and likeness (NIL) merchandising company Influxer. Through this collaboration,...
Uplifting Athletes Kicks Off 10,000 Mile Challenge to Benefit the Rare Disease Community

Uplifting Athletes Kicks Off 10,000 Mile Challenge to Benefit the Rare Disease Community

by Brett Brackett | Jun 11, 2024 | Uncategorized

PHILADELPHIA – JUNE 11, 2024 – Uplifting Athletes, a nonprofit organization dedicated to harnessing the power of sport to build a community that invests in the lives of people impacted by rare diseases, today launched the 10,000 Mile Challenge, a virtual fundraising...
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  • Michael A. Taylor: 2025 Rare Disease Champion™December 31, 2025
  • Uplifting Athletes Selects 10 Top Researchers to Receive 2026 Young Investigator Draft GrantsDecember 16, 2025
  • Uplifting Athletes Selects 10 Top Researchers to Receive 2025 Young Investigator Draft GrantsJanuary 17, 2025
  • Graphic shares previews of new t-shirts that feature the #WeTackleRare tagline in different school colors
    #WeTackleRare: New Merch Line Benefits The Rare Disease CommunitySeptember 18, 2024
  • Uplifting Athletes Kicks Off 10,000 Mile Challenge to Benefit the Rare Disease CommunityJune 11, 2024
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