A month long exercise-a-thon... Do as much as you have time for in May!
Learn more about our Paly RTE students by unlocking badges
during the virtual college campus tour
Proceeds will benefit college bound and low income Paly graduates! 

Check out Race fundraisers by our supporters!

RTE Out of State College Tour Map

You will learn about our students and their schools when you unlock each campus badge by entering the miles that you earned from exercising!

1. Wharton County Junior College
2. The University of New Orleans
3. Emory University
4. Saint Louis University
5. Allegheny College
6. Rochester Institute of Technology 
7. University of Connecticut
8. Amherst College
9. Stonehill College
​10. Tufts University 
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Date:           May 1 - May 31, 2021 
Location:    Virtual - Out of State College Campus Tour

​RTE College Campus Tour is a 2,822 mile virtual race in which participants virtually visit our out of state college campuses by entering your REAL LIFE exercise activities and unlocking campus badges and student information. 

​This Race is an opportunity to learn more about our students who are attending schools outside of California and improve your health! You have the option to compete as an individual, family, or organization/team. The tour starts at Wharton County Junior College in Texas (where we have a student studying nursing - an impacted area of study in California) and takes you across the south and up north through a total of 10 campuses, and ends at Tufts University in Massachusetts. 

Since 2015, Rise Together Education (RTE) has supported 64 Paly grads in college, and 8 of them have now graduated! Our RTE students are typically from families earning less than $47,500/year for a family of four. RTE is looking forward to supporting more students from Paly's Class of 2021 thus the reason we designed this fundraiser. Your tax deductible registration fee will go towards RTE scholarships. However, that is not enough to support ALL of our students. The OVERALL goal for this College Tour Race is to raise $50,000 for college scholarships for Palo Alto High School's low-income students! (See below for more info on how YOU can help raise more funds.)

How to Register for #RTECollegeTourRace2021

A map (above) is available to track your progress, and you will earn milestone badges for each school you visit! How you travel is up to you - run, walk, bike, swim, ski, row - use any method where you can gain mileage, then upload your results to and view our leaderboard to see how you stack up against other participants.

For AN INDIVIDUAL, your goal is to complete 80 miles in 31 days.

For A FAMILY, your goal is to complete, collectively, 392 miles in 31 days.

​For AN ORGANIZATION/TEAM, your goal is to complete. collectively, 784 miles in 31 days.

Miles conversion chart is here.

Help Raise Funds for Scholarships!!!

Approximately 10% of Paly students are considered low-income. Our scholars come from families making less than $47,500 annual income for a family of 4. 

You can help us raise more funds by creating a fundraiser through our Race website after you register. Each individual, family and organization/team that raises the most money will win PRIZES! Ask a sponsor to pledge their support to you per mile, per campus or for completing the entire tour. Your donations are tax deductible and will go directly to multiyear college scholarships for hardworking students from low income families. RTE is a volunteer organization with small operational costs.
Our OVERALL fundraising goal is to reach $50,000 in order to provide financial support to our low-income scholars! In addition to the fundraiser via the Race website, you can donate HERE, via our FACEBOOK page or MAIL in a check. 

​We are grateful for your help. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

Registration Information

Go here to sign up: https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/PaloAlto/RTECollegeTour 

Paly students who participate will receive a limited edition Rise Together Education face mask. Those who complete the mapped route will receive a certificate! 

Thank you to our sponsors & in kind donors!

Thank you to Century Graphics for in-kind printing of RTE masks give-away.