Packets will need to be picked up and bikes racked during the Expo at Southern Maine Community College on Saturday, July 19 from 10am to 2pm. Participants must bring a photo ID and will only be allowed to pick up their own packets. Participants must reach their $500 fundraising minimum by Thursday, July 17th at 5pm to receive their packets.

If packet pick up is impossible on Saturday, participants can pick up the packet on Sunday morning.  Please note: we will not be handing out incentives on Sunday morning.  Participants who pick up their packet on Sunday morning will need to arrange an alternative time to pick up their incentives from the Maine Cancer Foundation office in Falmouth, ME.

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Registration is nonrefundable and nontransferable. If you withdraw from the race prior to May 1, 2025, you will not be responsible for meeting the fundraising minimum of $500. Participants dropping out after May 1 will be required to meet the $500 minimum.

You must contact Maine Cancer Foundation at (207) 773-2533 or email [email protected] to withdraw.

Keep in mind, this is a Fundraising Mission in the form of a triathlon.

The matching gifts process is initiated by the donor. After making a gift, contact your company’s human resources department for paperwork and/or procedures. (Each company is a little different.) The matching gift information is then sent by the donor or company to Maine Cancer Foundation ([email protected]) for validation and credit to the participant’s fundraising efforts.

Please note, many matching programs can take days, weeks, or even months to arrive at MCF.  Plan ahead to ensure your matches count towards your fundraising minimum. Matching donations received after 5pm on July 17, 2025 will not be applied in time to determine your incentive level.  

No. Each individual is responsible for meeting her own $500 fundraising minimum. Donations cannot be transferred. 

You can change your status by contacting Maine Cancer Foundation at (207) 773-2533 or email allison@mainecancer.org.

Typical requests are: change of swim wave or change the race leg of a team member, etc.

Relay team rosters must be completed by June 15, 2025.  The team captain is responsible to make sure each leg of the race is covered.  If there is an unfilled leg after this date, and MCF does not hear from you, we will position the team captain in the missing discipline as well. 

If you need to add a relay team member after June 1 her registration fee is $500 (which covers the fundraising minimum).

Yes. Replacement team members can register before June 15. The Team Captain must contact our Event Manager: Allison Richards at Maine Cancer Foundation at 207-773-2533 or [email protected]
 

Clinic fees are nonrefundable. Assuming there is space available, you may change clinics by emailing [email protected].

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The Tri for a Cure will not be cancelled for any reason other than severe conditions posing extreme danger to athletes, volunteers, and spectators. Maine Cancer Foundation reserves the right to alter the course in any way deemed in the best interest of volunteers and athletes. This includes, but is not limited to the distance or shape of course, removing one of the disciplines, postponing the start, etc. There will be NO REFUNDS in the case of changes or course cancellations due to weather. If canceled, Tri for a Cure will not be rescheduled.

This is a Fundraising Mission. Your registration fee covers the cost of your event expenses. This maximizes the impact of your fundraising dollars on our goal – fighting cancer in Maine though prevention, early detection, and access to care.

All Tri for a Cure participants must be 16 years of age by December 31, 2025.

All registration types costs $75.

One registrant will choose to 'start a team' and will name the relay team when she registers. The other team members will 'join' the team.

Each team member is required to meet her own $500 fundraising minimum by July 17 at 5pm. Fundraising is by individual, not by relay team.

Guaranteed Entrants are women who earned a spot by fundraising more than $1500 in 2024 OR are using a spot provided by one of our corporate sponsors of the event.  This allows you to register before TFAC registration is open to the general public. 

This does not mean you are automatically entered into the 2025 event - you still must register. 

There will be a Survivor-Relay wave after the Survivor wave. Please ensure your Survivor-teammate is registered as a Survivor in order to swim in that relay wave.

Checks can be made out to Maine Cancer Foundation. Make sure they put "Tri for a Cure" and your name on the memo line. They can be mailed to us at 170 US Route 1, Suite 250, Falmouth, ME 04105 and we'll credit them to your fundraising account.