Team Greek America is a virtual team of runners, triathletes, cyclists and other athletes who want to compete in an organized race, or even create their own, and do it for charity. The ancient Greeks imported their wisdom on us that “Νους υγιής εν σώματι υγιεί,” meaning in English, “A sound mind also needs a sound body” in order for an individual to be complete.

Athletes who join Team Greek America are competing for a cause bigger than themselves and raise money to benefit our Project Hope for Greece #ChildrenOfGreece campaign which supports Greek children’s charities doing important work to help the country’s most vulnerable people.

In the beginning years when the Greek America Foundation was based in Chicago, dozens of generous athletes offered their time and talents to race as members of Team Greek America. They proudly represented the team during events such as the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, one of the biggest marathons in the world which draws in tens of thousands of runners every year.