• Now entering its tenth year, the Lobo Cancer Challenge is the premier fundraising and community outreach event benefiting the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• Held annually in September, it offers bike rides, a 5K run/walk, a stair challenge and a Cub Pack Fun Run for children.
• Starting line and finish line celebrations are held at University Stadium, home of UNM Lobo football.
• Every dollar that Challengers raise goes to their choice of fund that supports cancer treatment, research, clinical trials, education and training, or community outreach at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• Sponsorship is critical to allow the Center to direct 100% of participants’ fundraising to education, research, and patient care. In 2025, 1,940 participants in 77 teams along with 300+ volunteers and 48 sponsors joined together to raise more than $683,000 in support of world-class cancer care and research at the UNM Cancer Center. We hope you’ll join us in 2026!

As the only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center within a 500-mile radius, we have the state’s largest team of cancer physicians and served more than 15,000 patients each year from every county in the state. Our mission is to focus scientific and clinical expertise—as well as interdisciplinary education and training programs—on those cancers that have high incidence, mortality, or unequal distributions among the populations of New Mexico.

We turn discovery into hope, translating groundbreaking research into new treatments for cancer patients.

The significant barriers to cancer treatment in our state require financial support far beyond our budget. We depend upon the generosity of donors and community partners to help us honor our commitment as a public service health organization and to reduce the health barriers our patients face.

Our strategic media, marketing, and communication plan ensures your company receives widespread recognition through myriad channels, including:

Paid or in-kind advertisements

• Website, social media, and digital promotion
• Participant and community email communications
• Pre-event collateral such as posters, e-flyers, yard-signs and promo cards
• Community event exposure
• Event day collateral such as participant T-shirts, signage
• Option to participate in vendor village
• Public address announcements and jumbotron recognition

We are delighted to present special sponsorship opportunities for the 2026 Lobo Cancer Challenge. There are options to join us as:

• Presenting Sponsor ($70,000 +)
• Lobo Leaders Sponsor – 2 unique opportunities ($25,000+)
• Trailblazer Sponsor – 3 unique opportunities ($15,000 +)
• Wolf Tracks Sponsor – 7 unique opportunities ($10,000 +)
• Den Leader – 2 unique opportunities – ($5,000+)
• Pack Member ($2,500+)
• Howler ($1,000+)
• Corporate Team Sponsor (various levels)

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