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STEPtember

STEPtember (STEPtember.us) is a fundraising initiative owned and operated by Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (CPARF).

The Challenge:

1. The challenge starts on September 1, 2025 and ends on September 30, 2025. 

2. To be eligible to receive a reward, STEPtember fundraisers need to meet the conditions outlined below (under "Rewards") by 11:59 pm PST on Wednesday, September 30, 2025. 

3. Any additional fundraising activity must be completed by 11:59 pm PST on Friday, October 10, 2025, and funds raised as part of the campaign must be banked before this date. The STEPtember fundraising pages will remain open until 11:59 pm ET on Friday, October 10, 2025. 

4. While participating in this challenge may have health benefits, STEPtember provides no guarantee that this challenge will achieve an individual's health goals. The challenge has not been developed with any individual's particular health requirements in consideration. 

5. Do not rely on the information provided in relation to the STEPtember challenge as an alternative to medical advice from a doctor or other professional healthcare provider. If participants have any specific health or medical concerns, they should consult with their medical or healthcare provider prior to changing their diet, nutrition, or exercise regimen. 

6. While Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation has made every attempt to ensure that the information provided as part of the STEPtember challenge has been obtained from reliable sources, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information.  

Agreement:

I/We understand the terms and conditions under which any fundraising activities benefiting Cerebral Palsy Alliance need to operate. I/We have read Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation’s terms and conditions and offer to participate in STEPtember in accordance with those terms and conditions.  

By agreeing to these Terms of Fundraising you acknowledge: 

 1. Will be solely responsible for all your activities on the STEPtember.us site, also referred to as the Site. 
 2. No person under the age of 18 may use STEPtember.us to donate or fundraise, unless the permission of a parent or guardian is sought to participate in the challenge. 
 3. You will be solely responsible for all your activities on the STEPtember.us site also referred to as the Site; 
 4. You have the legal capacity to enter these terms; 
 5. You will keep all passwords, account names, log in identifiers required to access STEPtember.us secure and confidential; 
 6. You will not use STEPtember.us in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the site or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. 
 7. You will not use the site to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person or Organization; 
 8. You will not use the Site to conduct, display or forward details of any survey, contest, pyramid scheme or chain letter or use any part of our Site to send commercial messages. 
 9. You will not attempt to modify, adapt, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the site, any associated website or any other website. 
 10. You will not hide, deface, alter or delete any copyright symbol, trademark, or other proprietary rights notice; 
 11. You will not use any part of the Site which you are not authorized to use or devise ways to circumvent security in order to access part of the Site which you are not authorized to access. This includes, but is not limited to, scanning networks with the intent to breach and/or evaluate security, whether or not the intrusion results in access. 
 12. You will not use or attempt to use the Site for any unlawful, criminal or negligent purpose. This includes, but is not limited to, password cracking, social engineering (defrauding others into releasing their passwords), denial-of-service attacks, harmful and malicious destruction of data, infringing the intellectual property rights of any person, and injection of computer viruses and intentional invasion of privacy. 
 13. Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation requires that there be no door-to-door appeals, street collections, or telephone solicitation of any kind to the public in connection with the STEPtember challenge. 
 14. You agree to comply with all applicable Fundraising Acts, other laws, regulations, and by-laws (including all applicable privacy laws) and any other conditions that we may notify you. In participating in the STEPtember challenge, you agree to refrain from doing anything which may reasonably be expected to damage the goodwill, reputation, or integrity of Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation.  
 15. Any prizes, incentives, or rewards will only be able to be claimed or rewarded until Friday October 31, 2025. No claiming, sending, or redrawing of these rewards or prizes will occur after this date.  

Disclaimer:

Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation reserves the right to withdraw approval to fundraise should it be necessary to protect its reputation.

Activity Leaderboards:

At Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation, we are committed to upholding the integrity of the challenge and ensuring fair competition. As part of this commitment, any suspicious or unusually high volumes of logged activities will be investigated. If participants are unable to provide valid GPS evidence, the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation team reserves the right to remove the activities and/or impose daily step limits. These measures are designed to ensure that STEPtember remains a positive and fair challenge for all participants. 

Rewards:

1. Rewards are open to new and returning STEPtember participants who register for 2025 on STEPtember.us 

2. Donors who are not registered as STEPtember participants, but give to a fundraiser’s page in the amount listed on STEPtember.us/grand-prize will be eligible to win the Grand Prize Giveaway. 

3. To be eligible to receive a reward, STEPtember fundraisers need to meet the conditions outlined below between Friday, August 1, 2025 12:00 am ET and Wednesday, September 31, 2025 11:59pm ET. 

4. To receive individual fundraising rewards, all fundraisers must have opted in during registration and must have provided a valid postal address in the United States. 

5. Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation will not send rewards to addresses outside of the United States. 

6. Reward recipients will be notified via their registered email and/or via SMS with their registered mobile number. 

7. The individual fundraising targets that are required to be eligible must be achieved by Wednesday, September 31, at 11:59 pm ET to receive entries into the Grand Prize Giveaway include: 

  • Raise $100: Earn one entry into the Grand Prize Giveaway 
  • Raise $250: Earn two entries into the Grand Prize Giveaway 
  • Raise $500: Earn five entries into the Grand Prize Giveaway 
  • Raise $750: Earn eight entries into the Grand Prize Giveaway 
  • Raise $1,000: Earn ten entries into the Grand Prize Giveaway 
  • For every $500 increment after $1,000 you’ll receive five entries 
8. VIP Super Stepper Club rewards (pledge $750): 
  • Five entries into the Grand Prize Giveaway 
  • Discounts on select Remarkable US products 
  • Special theme on your dashboard and fundraising page 
  • Leaderboard icon badge 

9. All rewards are subject to availability and while supplies last. Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation may substitute rewards of equal or greater value. 

10. Prizes are as stated, and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. Prizes are not transferable. 

11. The promoter's decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. The promoter is Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation, EIN 47-4851754.