2016 – 7 Marathons on 7 Continents

NEWS FLASH! EJ Scott has decided to take on a new challenge to raise funds for The Choroideremia Research Foundation (CRF) and other favorite charities. He plans to run a marathon on every continent in the world in 2016.

Read below what EJ Says about his new fundraising efforts:

I am losing my eye sight to a genetic degenerative eye disease called Choroideremia (CHM). It attacks peripherally and erodes the sight inward until a tunnel vision and then total blindness. Im legally blind now and in that tunnel vision area.

My grandfather was blind from it, my brother has it, my two little nephews have it, my mother, aunt and sister are all carriers of it. Some side effects are light sensitivity (UV rays will also speed up the progression), night blindness, affected depth perception.

I’m 39 years old now. In 2012 I had recently lost about 70 lbs and I decided to start running marathons. I ran 12 marathons in 2012 in 12 states BLINDFOLDED. I was able to raise over $150,000 for It was the hardest year of my life but also the most rewarding. I was able to get a short film called RUNNING BLIND made about that year that was accepted into several film festivals and will hopefully be available for public view soon.

On November 6th, 2016 I’ll turn 40 years old. In that year, before I turn 41, I want to run a marathon on every continent. Yes, including Antarctica. I will run all of them for The CRF and The Foundation for Fighting Blindness (FFB), and I will share each continent with another charity that means a lot to me.

My overall, goal will be to raise $500,000 alltogether for the charities.

The money raised here will go toward the cost of getting me to all the marathons (the cost of Antarctica alone will be over $10,000) and possibly equipment, depending on how much I’m able to raise. I’d also like to make another documentary or web series about my year. Any help is a big help. We have a lot to sell and a lot to raise so keep checking back.

Below are the marathons EJ will be running in 2016:

Antarctica – end of January

Tokyo, Japan – end of February

London, England – end of April

South Africa – end of June

Sydney, Austarlia – September 18, 2016

Equador – October 2, 2016

Toronto, Canada – October 16, 2016

EJ is running for the following charities:

The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research

ALS Association

Foundation for Fighting Blindness

Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

F&%# CANCER

For the Health of It in Western Mass – benefits those suffering from mental illness

Tourette Syndrome Association

North Shore Animal League

RettSyndrome.org

Autism Society of America

Crohn’s and Colitis Association of America

The Choroideremia Research Foundation

If any of these charities mean anything to you EJ hopes you’ll consider donating to one or more of them via his Crowdrise page. He is trying to raise $500,000 in 2016 for all of these charities.

Below is a video of EJ talking about his announcement:

PLEASE HELP EJ ACCOMPLISH THIS AMAZING GOAL FOR 2016!