During recent years we found ourselves reminded of the military presence in our community and the past participation of military personnel in the Susitna Races. We were contacted by Major Marc Hoffmeister, who is stationed in Alaska, and completed the Little Su 50K in 2006. Subsequently, he was deployed to Iraq, where he was wounded. He returned to Alaska and recovered sufficiently to complete the 2009 Susitna 100. He has now participated with, and encouraged other Wounded Warriors as they challenge themselves with other endurance endeavors. His story inspired us to try to reach out to the service members in our community.  Thank you to him, and all our military personnel for their service.  Marc continues to work with the Wounded Warrior program and has been named a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year  http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/best-of-adventure/marc-hoffmeister

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Contributions to the Military Scholarship Fund are used to offset entry fees to the Susitna 100 for Alaska based, active duty military personnel.  You may donate to the Susitna 100 Military Scholarship Fund with an event entry to either the Susitna 100 or Little Su 50K, or as a direct donation through Active.com.  No additional processing fees will be deducted. Thank you to all military members for their service. Thank you to those who have contributed to the Military Scholarship Fund. The donation site remains open to contributions all year at  www.active.com/donate/susitna100

Be assured that 100% of your donation goes to this fund.

To donate by check: make checks payable to: Susitna 100
(Please include a note directing the donation to the Military Scholarship Fund. Checks made payable to "Military Scholarship Fund" cannot be deposited) 

Send to:

Susitna 100   

Anchorage, AK 99516

Our financial goals for the races are only to meet expenses and maintain security for the continuation of the events through entry fees. We adjust entry fees accordingly. No Board members receive any financial gain from race monies. Any contributions made to the Military Scholarship Fund will be used solely to offset the Susitna 100 entry fees of military personnel, as described below.

For additional information please contact Rita at:

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To Apply:

Those eligible: Active-duty, Alaska based, Susitna 100 entries

We have tried to develop a system for fairly distributing the complimentary military entries.  The selection process for recipients of the 2011 scholarship entries is as follows.  Beginning September 1, 2010, through October 31, 2010, those wishing to be considered should e-mail Rita at:     This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Please include your Name, Branch of Service/ Unit, and Contact information (e-mail)

 In the first week of November we will assess how many scholarship entries for the Susitna 100 the Fund will allow.  A drawing for that number of entries will be held from the list of interested parties and all will be notified.  At that time, you will be contacted with registration information.

If you have questions, please contact the e-mail address above.  Thank you for your interest, and thank you for your service.