#TrainLikeAMartian Day 3 Challenge: Do A Spacewalk!

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Train Like A Martian Day 3

It’s Day 3 of the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge! Wednesday May 24, 2017

To view all challenges and prize winners please check out our Live Blog Post.

To view fun photos and videos from the challenge so far click here.

Remember this is a 5- day challenge running from May 22-26. The focus is to raise awareness for the importance of STEM, space and fitness and also to help raise funds for The Mars Generation programs including sending students who lack financial resources to Space Camp. To see the live blog post with the entire week of challenges as well as prize winners click here.

Every day during the challenge we will post the #TrainLikeAMartian fitness challenge, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activity and a bio-hack challenge. You can participate in any or all of the challenges. Join us today and let’s all have some fun!

Please check out the rewards for donations here and make a donation today to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000. 

You do not need to donate to participate and be entered for a chance to win prizes.

Train Like An Astronaut Bear WalkDay 3 Challenge: Do A Spacewalk!

For today’s challenge we are focusing on building muscular strength and coordination by doing the spacewalk! For your spacewalk you will perform a “crab walk” and “bear crawl.” Yup you heard us! For the little kids this will be easy for us big kids it may be a bit more challenging!

See how you do with these activities. Can you move forward and backward? How far can you travel for each? We are guessing we will be getting some great photos and videos of this challenge! Want some instruction on how to complete these activities? Click here for awesome NASA* resources from their Train Like An Astronaut program or watch the video below. NASA provides detailed guides including adaptations for all their Train Like An Astronaut program activities. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the different guides and a video of today’s challenge.

Stack the cones STEAM challengeDay 3 STEAM Challenge:

Stack cones or cans to build different structures. Line up a soccer ball and knock the structure down by kicking the soccer ball into it. How many cones can you stack?

Day 3 Bio-Hack Challenge:

Eliminate deep fried or burnt food and soy from your diet. Add fresh avocado, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, or olives to your lunch.

How to Win Be Entered to Win Cool Space Prizes

Complete the challenge activity or any physical activity and share photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram using our event hashtag #TrainLikeAMartian to be entered in our daily drawings. You can be entered multiple times:

  • Every photo  (up to 3 photos per day) = 1 entry/ photo
  • Every video (up to 3 videos per day) = 2 entries/ video
  • Every post asking your followers to donate to The Mars Generation that includes both #TrainLikeAMartian and TheMarsGeneration.org/donate = 2 entries for each social media post
  • You may enter on multiple social media channels for even more chances to win!

Sign up for the Train Like A Martian Challenge here to qualify for prizes and also to receive email updates about the challenge.

Challenge your friends to join you for #TrainLikeAMartian, click here to find out how.

Find out about the cool rewards you can earn through fundraising and/or donating to The Mars Generation by clicking here.

*NASA does not endorse nor is affiliated with The Mars Generation or the Train Like A Martian Challenge.

*Photo credit NASA

#TrainLikeAMartian Day 2 Challenge: Building An Astronaut Core

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It’s Day 2 of the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge! Tuesday May 23, 2017

To view all challenges and prize winners please check out our Live Blog Post.

To view fun photos and videos from the challenge so far click here.

Remember this is a 5-day challenge running from May 22-26 and the focus is to raise awareness for the importance of STEM, space and fitness and also to help raise funds for The Mars Generation programs including sending students who lack financial resources to Space Camp. To see the live blog post with the entire week of challenges as well as prize winners click here.

Every day during the challenge we will post the #TrainLikeAMartian fitness challenge, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activity and a bio-hack challenge. You can participate in any or all of the challenges. Join us today and let’s all have some fun!

Please check out the rewards for donations here and make a donation today to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000.

You do not need to donate to participate and be entered for a chance to win prizes.


Day 2 Fitness Challenge: Building An Astronaut Core

building an astronaut corps - Train Like An astronautFor today’s challenge we are focusing on building an astronaut core.

The fitness activity requires you to complete both crunches and a plank. See how you do with these activities (Can’t wait to see you all plank)! Want some instruction on how to complete these activities? Click here for awesome NASA* resources from their Train Like An Astronaut program or watch the video at bottom of the page.

Day 2 STEAM Challenge:

Go outside, take a walk and explore your surroundings. You can even download a Star Walk Night Sky Map here to do some star gazing.

Day 2 Bio-Hack:

Limit your protein intake 15-25 g to help cleanse your inner cells without muscle loss. Have high fats throughout the day and moderate carbs in the afternoon and evening.

How to Win Be Entered to Win Cool Space Prizes

Complete the challenge activity or any physical activity and share photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram using our event hashtag #TrainLikeAMartian to be entered in our daily drawings. You can be entered multiple times:

  • Every photo  (up to 3 photos per day) = 1 entry/ photo
  • Every video (up to 3 videos per day) = 2 entries/ video
  • Every post asking your followers to donate to The Mars Generation that includes both #TrainLikeAMartian and TheMarsGeneration.org/donate = 2 entries for each social media post
  • You may enter on multiple social media channels for even more chances to win!

Sign up for the Train Like A Martian Challenge here to qualify for prizes and also to receive email updates about the challenge.

Challenge your friends to join you for #TrainLikeAMartian, click here to find out how.

Find out about the cool rewards you can earn through fundraising and/or donating to The Mars Generation by clicking here.

*NASA does not endorse nor is affiliated with The Mars Generation or the Train Like A Martian Challenge.

*Photo credit NASA

#TrainLikeAMartian Day 1 Challenge: Crew Strength Training

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The Mars Generation Train Like An Astronaut Day 1

It’s Day 1 of the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge! Monday May 22, 2017

To view all challenges and prize winners please check out our Live Blog Post.

To view fun photos and videos from the challenge so far click here.

This year we have a few different challenges to participate in for added fun! Every day we will post (both on our blog here and on our social media channels) the #TrainLikeAMartian fitness challenge, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activity and a bio-hack challenge. You can participate in any or all of the challenges. Join us today and let’s all have some fun and be entered for a chance to win prizes too!

To see the live blog post with the entire week of challenges as well as prize winners click here.

train like an astronaut strength training

Photo Credit: NASA

Day 1 Fitness Challenge:

To kick off the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge we are starting with NASA’s Crew Strength Training Exercises from their Train Like An Astronaut program*.

The fitness activity requires you to complete both pushups and squats. See how many of each you can do! Want some instruction on how to complete these activities? Click here for awesome NASA resources from their Train Like An Astronaut program or watch the video at bottom of this post.

Day 1 STEAM Challenge:

Our first STEAM (science, technology, education, arts, math) challenge is to build a sand volcano at the park or at the beach. See how big of a sand volcano you can build. Want some instructions for making a sand volcano? Click here for some instructions.

Day 1 Bio-Hack Challenge:

Try to skip soda or sugar all together today. Try filtered water with lemon/lime or some green tea.

More About The #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge

Our Train Like A Martian Challenge runs for 5 days from May 22 – May 26, 2017.Every day we will post a new fitness, STEAM and bio-hack challenge on our social media channels and right here on our blog and on our social media channels. Complete the challenge activities or any physical activity and share photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram using our event hashtag #TrainLikeAMartian to be entered in our daily drawings. You can be entered multiple times:

  • Every photo  (up to 3 photos per day) = 1 entry/ photo
  • Every video (up to 3 videos per day) = 2 entries/ video
  • Every post asking your followers to donate to The Mars Generation that includes both #TrainLikeAMartian and TheMarsGeneration.org/donate = 2 entries for each social media post
  • You may enter on multiple social media channels for even more chances to win!

Sign up for the Train Like A Martian Challenge here to qualify for prizes and also to receive email updates about the challenge.

Challenge your friends to join you for #TrainLikeAMartian, click here to find out how.

Find out about the cool rewards you can earn through fundraising and/or donating to The Mars Generation by clicking here.

*NASA is not affiliated with The Mars Generation or our #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge

*Photo Credit: NASA

#TrainLikeAMartian Live Blog Post May 22-May 27 2017 – Challenges updated daily!

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Welcome to the#TrainLikeAMartian Challenge May 22-27, 2017!

We will be updating this blog post everyday with the new challenge blog posts and sharing it online. We will also be adding some fun additional contests throughout the week and updating the blog post with names of winners! Sign Up Today and let’s all have some fun!

To view fun photos and videos from the challenge so far click here.

The #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge is a 5 day challenge running from May 22-27, 2017. The focus is to raise awareness for the importance of STEM, space and fitness and also to help raise funds for The Mars Generation programs including sending students who lack financial resources to Space Camp.

Every day we will post the #TrainLikeAMartian fitness challenge, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activity and a bio-hack challenge on our blog and social media channels. You can participate in any or all of the challenges.

Daily Challenges 

(please note these links will not work until the day of the challenge)

Monday May 22, 2017 – Day 1  –  Crew Strength Training

Tuesday May 23, 2017 – Day 2 –  Astro Core

Wednesday May 24, 2017 – Day 3 – Spacewalk Madness

Thursday May 25, 2017 –  Day 4 – Moon Jumping

Friday May 26, 2017 – Day 5 – Astro Agility and More!

Saturday May 27 – Day 6 – Bonus Day and more ways to win!

 

Daily Prize Winners

Monday, May 22, 2017 – Day 1:

Makiah E.  – TMG Logo Pin
AstroStarbright – TMG Keychain
Geeky Talk from Twitter – TMG Patch
Astronaut Sahda – Astronaut Abby photo
Anthony W – TMG Stickers
Kaitlin R – Love to Mars Print
Julia B – Astronaut Abby Patch

Tuesday May 23, 2017- Day 2

Ginger Liz – Astronaut Abby Patch
Thainara – TMG Stickers
Joe C – TMG Keychain
Mrs. Hubbard – Astronaut Abby Photo
Lando Chronos – Astronaut Abby Patch
Tamara R – Love To Mars print
Kaitlin R – TMG Logo Pin
Karen R – TMG Keychain

Wednesday, May 24, 2017- Day 3

Ms. Valeria – Astronaut Abby Photo
Giancarlo De Rosa – TMG Stickers
Kevin Vickers – Astronaut Abby Photo
Joe Goldberg – Astronaut Abby Patch
John T – TMG Keychain
IC Imagine – Astronaut Abby Photo
Rossana Chiarella – Astronaut Abby Photo

Thursday, May 25, 2017 – Day 4

Tech-nic-Allie – TMG Pin

Adelina K – TMG Keychain

Hot Nerd Girl from Twitter– Love To Mars Print

Vanda F- TMG Keychain

Mindy Wilkerson – Love To Mars Print

Ms A Kelly – Astronaut Abby photo

Pranav V – TMG Stickers

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Friday, May 26, 2017 – Day 5

Eglemaria – TMG Stickers

Prie Neal – TMG Keychain

Betsy – TMG Stickers

AstroSusie – Astronaut Abby Patch

SuperNovaStyleNews – TMG Logo pin

FemSTEM – Astronaut Abby Photo

AstronautRonniG – Love To Mars Print

Saturday, May 27, 2017 – Day 6

STEMJeff – TMG Keychain

Lastones Left – Astronaut Abby Photo

Alice L – TMG stickers

Ela – Love To Mars Print

Bec Hill – TMG Stickers

SpaceGames Federation – TMG logo pin

Carolyn Gentry – TMG Stickers

Tristan M. – TMG Keychain

Grand Prize Winners:

Miss. A Kelley – Jade Robot

 

Kevin V. – Galileoscope

Ms. Valeria – OSMO Coding Jam

Video Contest Winners:

Tracy D. – TMG Logo Shirt

Tamara R. – TMG Sweatshirt

 

#TrainLikeAMartian Day 8: Speed of Light Giving

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Train Like A martian We have made it to the last day of the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge! Thank you for joining us on this fun adventure. Whether you followed along, shared our posts, donated to our cause, joined in on the fun and took the challenge one day or all eight days  – however you participated we are thrilled to have had you on our team and we hope you will continue to be a part of our amazing community!

As you know our work is to inspire, educate and excite the next generation about STEM and space exploration. We also inspire people of all ages to dream big! Space exploration takes humans to new places, causes us to innovate and advance beyond what we currently know. This is powerful and we are committed to ensuring that the future is bright for all of us!

Pop-Up Contest

Before we get you started on your challenge we have a pop-up contest running for the best way to ask people to give to TMG – submit your photos, videos, artwork, poems  – whatever your entering just post on our #TrainLikeAMartian hashtag to have your submission reviewed. We will be giving away a TLM event t-shirt to the top submission.  Don’t forget to link to our giving page here. How is this being judged – totally subjectively – whatever entertains us and is most creative will win. Sorry we don’t know what that will be!

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DAY 8 Challenge: Speed of Light Giving

Today for our final day of #TrainLikeAMartian we are challenging you to work on your hand eye coordination with the Speed of Light Activity. You can find the official activity here…but we have an alternative challenge that is going to be much more fun! See how well you do exercising your financial muscles.

Practice hand / eye coordination by seeing how fast you can pull out your credit card and enter it here to donate to The Mars Generation. Give what you can all sized donations make a difference! See how you do with this and for an extra challenge you can try for round 2 and give again! Its’ really easy!

To encourage you to give today, you will not only get the great rewards we are offering – you will also have your donation doubled. That’s right – our board had provided a matching grant to double donations through the end of today.

We currently have raised 50% of our goal of $10,000. That means we need to raise $5000 in one day! Please join us and give, ask your friends to give and help us to change the world!

Your donation supports awareness events like #TrainLikeAMartian, but also our Space Camp scholarship program (we are still raising funds for our 10 scholars who are attending Space Camp this summer – so that’s where your money will go today) and we have a leadership program and our outreach program too!

When asking your friends it helps to message them privately and tell them why you support TMG, ask them to support today so their donation will be matched and ask them to help get these kids to space camp. Make sure you include the link here.

Thank you so much! We hope you have had fun with our first annual Train Like A Martian Challenge. Watch for more fun as the year progresses.

*The Mars Generation is not affiliated with NASA

*Photo credit: NASA

 

#TrainLikeAMartian Day 6 Challenge: Explore and Discover

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Welcome to Day 6 of the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge! This is a 7 day challenge running from April 18-24. The focus is to raise awareness for the importance of STEM, space and fitness and also to help raise funds for The Mars Generation programs including sending students who lack financial resources to Space Camp.

Please check out the rewards for donations here and make a donation today to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000. 

 

Explore and Discover AstronautDay 6 Challenge:

Our focus today is to improve your agility, coordination and speed! For this challenge you be carrying weighted objects from the Exploration area back to your Base Station to improve Anaerobic and Aerobic fitness. This could be done with lifting weights, or setting up a course with heavy household objects. Remember to lift carefully and check out the mission briefing below for more tips and advice on this activity.

See how you do with getting up and down and how fast you can finish your own course. Want some instruction on how to complete these activities? Click here for awesome NASA* resources from their Train Like An Astronaut program or watch the video below. NASA provides detailed guides including adaptations for all their Train Like An Astronaut program activities. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the different guides.

How to Win Be Entered to Win Cool Space Prizes

Complete the challenge activity or any physical activity and share photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram using our event hashtag #TrainLikeAMartian to be entered in our daily drawings. You can be entered multiple times:

Every photo (up to 3 photos per day) = 1 entry each photo
Every video (up to 3 videos per day) = 1 entry each video
Every post asking your followers to donate to The Mars Generation that includes both #TrainLikeAMartian and TheMarsGeneration.org/donate = 2 entries for each social media post (here is a dropbox with pre-written posts and photos to help you with creating posts)
Sign up for the Train Like A Martian Challenge here to qualify for prizes and also to receive email updates about the challenge.

Challenge your friends to join you for #TrainLikeAMartian, click here to find out how.

Find out about the cool rewards you can earn through fundraising and/or donating to The Mars Generation by clicking here.

*NASA does not endorse nor is affiliated with The Mars Generation or the Train Like A Martian Challenge.

*Photo credit NASA

#TrainLikeAMartian Day 4 Challenge: Jump for the Moon

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train like an astronaut jumping to the moonWelcome to Day 4 of the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge! This  is a 7 day challenge running from April 18-24. The focus is to raise awareness for the importance of STEM, space and fitness and also to help raise funds for The Mars Generation programs including sending students who lack financial resources to Space Camp.

Please check out the rewards for donations here and make a donation today to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000. 

 

Day 4 Challenge: Jump for the Moon

Our focus today is on building bone strength and heart and muscle endurance by jumping for the moon! For this challenge you will jump rope or you can jump up and down or do jumping jacks or jump up and down stairs or…you get the picture!

See how many times you can jump in 30 seconds, 60 seconds or longer! Can you do 3 sets of 30 seconds each? How about skipping around while you jump rope?  Want some instruction on how to complete these activities? Click here for awesome NASA* resources from their Train Like An Astronaut program or watch the video below. NASA provides detailed guides including adaptations for all their Train Like An Astronaut program activities. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the different guides.

How to Win Be Entered to Win Cool Space Prizes

Complete the challenge activity or any physical activity and share photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram using our event hashtag #TrainLikeAMartian to be entered in our daily drawings. You can be entered multiple times:

Every photo (up to 3 photos per day) = 1 entry each photo
Every video (up to 3 videos per day) = 1 entry each video
Every post asking your followers to donate to The Mars Generation that includes both #TrainLikeAMartian and TheMarsGeneration.org/donate = 2 entries for each social media post (here is a dropbox with pre-written posts and photos to help you with creating posts)
Sign up for the Train Like A Martian Challenge here to qualify for prizes and also to receive email updates about the challenge.

Challenge your friends to join you for #TrainLikeAMartian, click here to find out how.

Find out about the cool rewards you can earn through fundraising and/or donating to The Mars Generation by clicking here.

*NASA does not endorse nor is affiliated with The Mars Generation or the Train Like A Martian Challenge.

*Photo credit NASA

#TrainLikeAMartian Day 3 Challenge: Do A Spacewalk!

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Train Like An Astronaut Bear WalkIt’s Day 3 of the #TrainLikeAMartian Challenge! Remember this is a 7 day challenge running from April 18-24. The focus is to raise awareness for the importance of STEM, space and fitness and also to help raise funds for The Mars Generation programs including sending students who lack financial resources to Space Camp.

Please check out the rewards for donations here and make a donation today to help us reach our fundraising goal of $10,000. 

Day 3 Challenge: Do A Spacewalk!

For today’s challenge we are focusing on building muscular strength and coordination by doing the spacewalk! For your spacewalk you will perform a “crab walk” and “bear crawl.” Yup you heard us! For the little kids this will be easy for us big kids it may be a bit more challenging!

See how you do with these activities. Can you move forward and backward? How far can you travel for each? We are guessing we will be getting some great photos and videos of this challenge! Want some instruction on how to complete these activities? Click here for awesome NASA* resources from their Train Like An Astronaut program or watch the video below. NASA provides detailed guides including adaptations for all their Train Like An Astronaut program activities. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see all the different guides.

How to Win Be Entered to Win Cool Space Prizes

Complete the challenge activity or any physical activity and share photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram using our event hashtag #TrainLikeAMartian to be entered in our daily drawings. You can be entered multiple times:

Every photo (up to 3 photos per day) = 1 entry each photo
Every video (up to 3 videos per day) = 1 entry each video
Every post asking your followers to donate to The Mars Generation that includes both #TrainLikeAMartian and TheMarsGeneration.org/donate = 2 entries for each social media post (here is a dropbox with pre-written posts and photos to help you with creating posts)
Sign up for the Train Like A Martian Challenge here to qualify for prizes and also to receive email updates about the challenge.

Challenge your friends to join you for #TrainLikeAMartian, click here to find out how.

Find out about the cool rewards you can earn through fundraising and/or donating to The Mars Generation by clicking here.

*NASA does not endorse nor is affiliated with The Mars Generation or the Train Like A Martian Challenge.

*Photo credit NASA

Get Moving And Challenge Your Friends To #TrainLikeAMartian

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Train Like A Martian AstronautSo you have decided to join us for the Train Like A Martian challenge April 18-24 and now what?

Turn it into a party! Invite your friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances, favorite movie stars, politician and even your favorite dentist to join in the fun! This is going to be a fun way to get social with people and be a bit silly while also raising awareness about the importance of STEM education, space and fitness and also support the work of The Mars Generation.

It’s a win-win! And why keep the good feelings to yourself? The more people to join in the more fun we will have!

Here are some pre-written messages for you to use for challenging others – don’t be shy…Astronaut Abby has challenged the President of the United States to join in! It doesn’t hurt to dream big!

Tips for messages:

  • Make sure to use the #TrainLikeAMartian hashtag
  • Include the dates April 18-24
  • Include the link for the event information
  • Use Photos – You are free to use photos from any TMG channels or grab some from our event dropbox here.

Twitter Messages:

Twitter tip: Don’t start your tweet with the @ symbol because that limits who can see the tweet to only people who follow both you and the person you are tweeting to. For challenging people we want everyone who follows you to see your tweet so they can learn about the event too!

 

Facebook / LinkedIn / Google+ / Email

I challenge (Tag your friends here) to join me to #TrainLikeAMartian April 18-24! It’s easy just click the link below to sign up and follow @TheMarsGen on Twitter or Facebook for the daily fitness challenges. Share photos of yourself completing the challenge or any physical activity each day for chances to win cool space prizes!

By participating you are helping to raise awareness about the importance of STEM education, space and fitness! You are also helping to advance the mission of The Mars Generation and inspire students around the world to dream big!

Together we can change the world! Join me next week and let’s do this! 

Place Event Link Here

 

Train Like A Martian And Get Rewards Too!

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Train like a martian astronautOur first annual signature event, Train Like A Martian, is sure to be a great success and while we have opportunities for everyone to win prizes without any donations or fundraising, we also have special rewards for donors and fundraisers, too!

It’s easy to earn rewards; either make a donation or setup a fundraising page and raise funds to reach your goal! We also have several special rewards for schools and teams – scroll down for more information on rewards! To setup a team page you can go here (make sure you share the team page link once created with team members so they can join in and setup their pages to link with your pages so all donations are recorded for team).

The Train Like A Martian Donation/Fundraising Individual Rewards Include:

  • Ground Control: Raise or donate $25 or more to receive Love to Mars art print.
  • Launch Pad: Raise or donate $50 or more to receive the newly released Astronaut Abby patch and be entered in the donor prize drawing for a TMG patch jacket. You will also receive all lower rewards.
  • Rocket Fuel: Raise or donate $75 or more to receive a newly released TMG logo pin. You will also receive all lower rewards.
  • Blast OFF: Raise or donate $100 or more to receive the newly released TMG logo keychain and receive all lower rewards.
  • Lower Orbit: Raise or donate $150 or more to receive a TMG logo t-shirt and all lower rewards.
  • Deep Space: Raise or donate $250 or more to receive a TMG logo sweatshirt and all lower rewards.
  • Asteroid Visit: Raise or donate $500 or more to receive a TMG logo coffee mug and two pounds TMG Get Your Roast To Mars Coffee and receive all lower rewards.
  • Moon Travel: Raise or donate $1000 or more to receive a private Google+ Hangout Session with Astronaut Abby! Also receive all lower rewards.
  • Mars Or Bust: Raise or donate $5000 or more to have Astronaut Abby speak at your corporate, school or community event. This is subject to availability and event must be in the continental U.S.

Team Fundraising Prizes and Rewards

  • Top fundraising team – 5 TMG t-shirts and autographed Astronaut Abby photo for all team members registered.
  • 2nd place fundraising team – 5 TMG patches and autographed Astronaut Abby photo for all team members registered.
  • Raise $1000 or more as a school team to schedule a private Google+ Hangout Session with your team and Astronaut Abby and perhaps a few more surprise guests!
  • Raise $5000 or more as a team and schedule Astronaut Abby to visit and speak at your corporate, school or community event. This is subject to availability and event must be in the continental U.S.    **Any speaking requests outside continental U.S. will be subject to transportation and room and board fees for Abby and one guest and is subject to availability. Please contact groundsupport@TheMarsGeneration.org to discuss details. 

School Team Fundraising Rewards and Prizes

  • Top fundraising team – 5 TMG t-shirts and autographed Astronaut Abby photo for all students registered in the school.
  • 2nd place fundraising team – 5 TMG patches and autographed Astronaut Abby photo for all students registered in the school.
  • Raise $1000 or more as a school team to schedule a private Google+ Hangout Session with your school and Astronaut Abby and perhaps a few more surprise guests!
  • Raise $5000 or more as a team and schedule Astronaut Abby to visit and speak at your school. This is subject to availability and event must be in the continental U.S.    **Any speaking requests outside continental U.S. will be subject to transportation and room and board fees for Abby and one guest and is subject to availability. Please contact groundsupport@TheMarsGeneration.org to discuss details.

For more information on rewards and prizes please go to our contest page here.