MDI Marathon Donates $75,000 to 38 Local Organizations

The Mount Desert Island Marathon’s Board of Directors announced that they have made $75,000 in gifts to 38 local groups and organizations from the Beyond the Finish Line charitable fund.

Founded in 2002, it has always been the vision of the race to leave more than footprints in the communities where it runs, and to take the impact of the event 'beyond the finish line'.

It was another record year for the race’s charity bib program, which, since 2010, has sought to challenge participants to fulfill a nominal fundraising commitment in exchange for the opportunity to run after general registration has reached capacity.  The Beyond the Finish Line charitable fund receives 100% of the proceeds from the charity bib program, ensuring maximum impact on our local community.

Groups receiving money include

• Acadia Wildlife
• Acadian Youth Sports
• Bar Harbor Food Pantry
• Bar Harbor/MDI Rotary
• Bass Harbor Memorial Library
• Beth C. Wright Cancer Resource Center
• Clean Maine Shores
• COA Outing Club
• Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid
• Down East Feral Cat Connections
• Ellsworth High School Cross Country
• Families First
• Great Harbor Maritime Museum
• H.O.M.E. Inc
• Harbor House Community Resource Center
• Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County
• Island Connections
• Island Housing Trust
• Loaves & Fishes Ellsworth
• Maine Seacoast Mission
• MDI Community Wood Bank
• MDI Hospital
• MDI Search & Rescue
• MDI YMCA
• MDI High School Cross Country
• MDI High School Boys Soccer
• MDI High School Girls Soccer
• Mount Desert Nursing Association
• Move Free Run Club
• The Neighborhood House
• Pemetic School PTO
• Southwest Harbor Public Library
• Southwest Harbor-Tremont Ambulance
• SPCA of Hancock County
• Summer Festival of the Arts
  Wendell Gilley Museum
• Westside Food Pantry
• YWCA MDI

The 2026 MDI Marathon will be held October 18, 2026

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