College Football Rivalries To Help 10 Charities During the American Bike Challenge

CLEVELAND, Ga. - Aug. 31, 2015 - PRLog -- fitRaise announced today the start of the Campus Rivalry Series of the American Bike Challenge.  Fall is in the air and with it, the start of the college football season.  As the season begins fans can use the passion they have for their team to fuel them in a fitness and fundraising challenge for one of 10 amazing charity organizations.

The American Bike Challenge, a nationwide cycling event bringing cyclists from across the country together to support 10 partner charities, will begin on September 21st and last through October 5th.  The event is hosted on the fitRaise platform which allows participants to cycle anytime, anywhere logging their miles with mobile apps including FitBit and MapMyRide while using the fitRaise website to collect pledges for each mile that they ride during the event.

The top 10 college football rivalries have each been randomly assigned one of the 10 partner charity organizations.  The winning school in each battle will be determined in a best of three metrics; most participants, most miles completed, and most money raised for the charity organization.  Their bragging rights will last all year until next year’s event.

The pairings and partner charities are listed below:

Auburn vs Alabama-MathCounts Foundation

Michigan vs Ohio State - Children's Tumor Foundation

Oregon vs Oregon State- PetFinder Foundation

Arizona vs Arizona State - Cure ALZ

UCLA vs USC - Earth Island Institute

Florida vs Florida State - Food For the Poor

Clemson vs South Carolina - Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Georgia vs Georgia Tech - American Lung Association

California vs Stanford - Pachamama Alliance

Oklahoma vs Texas - FRAXA Research Foundation

Individuals and groups interested in taking part in the event and supporting their team against their biggest rival may visit the American Bike Challenge (http://www.americanbikechallenge.com/campus-rivalry-series/) website and select the Campus Rivalry Page to be directed to registration instructions.

There are no costs to register and 100% of the funds raised will go directly to the charity organizations.