Calling all Fitness Enthusiasts and those ready to take on a challenge!

Every rep, every step and every dollar raised makes a real impact. Our Training in Teal campaign invites individuals, gyms, fitness enthusiasts and workplaces to make a difference with a challenge!

By taking part in fun and meaningful challenges, we can help raise vital funds for families of premature and sick newborns. Your efforts help provide essential resources, emotional support and programs for families navigating through the neonatal unit. Together, we can show that strength comes not only from our workouts but from our community’s shared commitment to support each other however we can.

Let’s train in teal!

Our Suggestion: 20 minutes Challenge (DATE TBA)

Our 20-minutes challenge is inspired by our 20^th Anniversary this 2025.

The aim of this challenge is to run, jog, walk or swim for at least 20 minutes each day for 20 days. Participants can challenge themselves to see how many kms they can accumulate each day and ultimately, after 20 days!

At the end of the challenge, individuals can receive a prize for whoever reaches the most kms. Additionally, the gym that reaches the most kms collectively at the end of the challenge can also win a prize.

FUNDRAISING TOOLKIT

Other Ideas:

If you would like to create your own challenge or idea, that is completely okay too! We’ve provided some other ideas you can participate in or tailor to your own interests or facilities. Check these out:

• Ride in Teal – Set a goal, set a timeline and grab your gear or some friends. How far you can cycle for premature babies?
• Lift for Teal – This challenge is all about discipline, hard work, determination and consistency. For all you powerlifters, work towards a PB or a collective amount of reps or kgs within a specific time frame. Set up a fundraising page and push your fitness levels.
• Steps for Teal –Work on a new (or existing) habit of getting your steps in. Set a goal and see how many steps you can accumulate within your goal time frame.

Still want to train in teal whilst joining an existing fun run or marathon? Signup for one of our featured campaigns on ‘Grassrootz’, or join a run and create a fundraising page through our website!

current running calendar

Create your fundraising page, personalise the Campaign Name (by adding your name or the name of the fundraising activity) and set your fundraising goal in the Campaign Amount field. Share your page with friends, family and on your social networks to raise awareness and vital funds for the cause. 

All funds raised will enable us to continue to provide support to the 48,000 Australian families each year, whose babies require the care of a NICU or Special Care Nursery. Miracle Babies Foundation is Australia's leading organisation supporting premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them. Every year in Australia around 48,000 newborn babies require the help of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN). 27,000 of these babies are born premature and up to 1,000 babies lose their fight for life.

For families, the experience of having a baby come into the world not as expected or planned is life changing. Without support, this overwhelming and traumatic experience can have lifelong effects on the emotional well-being of these miracle families. It affects the entire family unit.

Since 2005, Miracle Babies Foundation has been passionate in developing and providing vital programs and resources to support and enhance a family’s experience from a threatened pregnancy, hospital journey with a premature or sick newborn, the transition to home and beyond.