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CHIditarod playfully calls itself “probably the world’s largest mobile food drive“, and we could not be more impressed by this year’s food drive success.

With the help of our friends and at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the CHIditarod X food drive collected enough food to provide 22,759 meals for Chicago’s hungry. Thank you CHIditarod participants for being amazing all-stars and for making a difference in the lives of many, many people.

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Best in Food Drive :: The Chidiots

The Chidiots team — winner of 2015’s Most Overall Food award — collected 8,576 pounds, which destroyed all previous records. The Chiditiots are one of our most epic teams, they raised 3,293 pounds of food last year. Honorable mention goes to Team Jack with an whopping 1,070 pounds. Combined, these two teams collected nearly a third of the total food brought to the race by ALL participants. We’re blown away by these teams and are so thankful they show us what’s really possible.

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The Bee Funy art cart won Rookie of the Year by taking on a large category and rocking it like a veteran. Detailed construction, great costumes, positive attitude.
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The Secret Gentlemen’s Club returned with a multi-cart construction site as The Department of Public Jerks & Pot Holes — cranes and all.
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Action Squad & The Derailers

Two of CHIditarod’s most fabled teams joined forces to create an epic Sci-Fi spectacle and fundraising machine. They built 2 pilotable Tron lightcycles with all the trimmings. Their combined fundraising efforts raised $5,639!! Not far behind were the Coreganizers at $4,495 and Troop Beverly Hills at $2,587* (amounts at the time of the awards ceremony).

While CHIditarod racers do wonderous things, none would be possible without the 350 brave and selfless volunteers that make CHIditarod happen. Volunteers are truly the MVPs of CHIditarod. Not only do many of them fundraise, they also build the starting and finish lines, create immersive and exciting checkpoint environments, keep you safe while mobile, and have a blast right alongside you. To our volunteers, we honor and salute you all. Thanks.

Visit our grant page to learn about the program and how your organization can apply during the next grant cycle.
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Best in Show :: Chidiots

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2nd Best in Show :: The Avengers

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We cannot say enough about this team. Last year The Chidiots took home 2nd Best In Show and they totally outdid themselves this year. They raised over 8,500 pounds of food. They looked awesome. They could (almost) fly. CHIditarod is lucky to have them.
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Best in Show runner up goes to the Avengers. We were obsessed with their Marvel Magic and heroic charm. No one could resist geeking out over them as they strut by. So much swagger. Many pictures with excited kids. So much duct tape.
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1st Place Time :: Year of Danger

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Best Bribe, Bike Marshals Choice :: Disco of Oz

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Fastest Dog goes to Year of Danger. Some would say they were… dangerously… fast. It takes a streamlined cart and serious intensity to win best time at CHIditarod. Hats off to the fearless folk brave enough to sprint through Chicago with a shopping cart in tow.
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Best Bribe goes to Disco of Oz. Their bag of Oz goodies (an Honorary PHD, Medal, Baggie of Brains, Heart, Courage, a Barrel of Monkey’s, and rainbow suckers) were extremely effective in swaying our judges. It’s the Chicago way. They also wooed the hearts of our bike marshals.
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People’s Choice :: The Dept. of Public Jerks & Potholes

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These dual-carted construction crew returns to win yet another award by garnering the most favor with our participants. Just listen to some of the nice things said about these fine racers…

• I loved the secret gentleman’s club construction crew
• I was really impressed with how the two construction themed art carts actually fooled people into thinking they were real work crews
• The Men at work carts with the bulldozer et al
• The road construction crew. steam roller and wrecking ball

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Best Sabotage :: Notorious RBGs

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Most Honorable Dishonorable Mention :: CJ Ownz

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This team of feisty Ruth Bader Ginsburgs claimed the top sabotage prize. They practiced “textbook chicanery” by attaching heavy Law textbooks to opponents’ carts. It seems they tipped the proverbial scales in their favor.
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Talk about llama-drama, team CJ Ownz takes home MHDM, a.k.a the “Ate the Yellow Snow” award. Anyone who found themselves within a 5 foot radius of their llama cart put themselves at risk of getting sprayed by what we can only hope was beer. Shudder.
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These are just a few of the incredible achievements from our teams. There are countless other amazing things our participants create; we wish we had the space to showcase them all. To all who co-created the epic that was CHIDitarod X, we love and salute you. Mush!

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Award(s)	Team Name
Most Epic Fundraiser	Derailers & Action Squad
Most Food Donated	Chidiots
Best Art Cart	Chubby Funkadelics
1st Place Time	Year of Danger
Best in Show	Chidiots
2nd Best Art Cart	Department of Public Jerks
2nd place Food Drive	Team Jack
3rd place Food Drive	The Wet Bandits
2nd place Fundraising	Coreganizers
3rd place Fundraising	Troop Beverly Hills
4th place Fundraising	3 girls, stash & tail – 9th Ed
2nd place Time	Arizona Quints
3rd place Time	Garvey’s Cart
2nd Best in Show	The Avengers
3rd Best in Show	3 Girls, Stash & Tail
Best Food Cart	Hobo Q
Rookie of the Year Award	Bee Funy
DFL	Your Final Rose
Chiditahunt – Scavenger Photo contest	Bob’s Burger Team
Best Bribe	Disco of Oz
Bike Marshals Choice	Disco of Oz
Ate the Yellow Snow: Most Honorable Dishonorable Mention	CJ Ownz
Hot Mess Award	Beautiful Disasters – aka Orange is the New Black team
Special Moment	Breakfast Club
Special Mention	Queer Mishap
Best Use of Duct Tape Award	El Queso de Muerte
Nick’s Beer Garden’s Talent Show	Girls, Girls, Girls
Cobra Lounge Best in Air Guitar	Polymaracers
Dressed to the Nines: Best Team Costume	Mountain Attack Kill
Spirit of Chiditarod	The Vanguard

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Race Timing Totals

Team Number	Team Name	Time
1	The Year of Danger	2:48:42
2	Arizona Quints	2:55:54
3	Garvey’s Cart	3:01:29
4	AO Chicago	3:03:13
5	Predator	3:04:01
6	Troop 69	3:05:30
7	The wizard of 40 oz	3:10:46
8	Party Snoopers	3:19:19
9	Supermarket Sweep	3:25:10
10	The Year of Leisure	3:28:09
11	MMMM Corn dogs	3:31:11
12	The Goonies	3:33:22
13	The Limit Does Not Exist	3:33:58
14	Sexfist	3:41:20
15	PreK for the Win	3:42:22
16	Bob’s Burgers	3:50:00
17	Fists of Righteous Harmony	3:53:03
18	The Disco of Oz	3:53:52
19	Chillin’ Like A Villain	3:54:04
20	Bread Boots	3:56:18
21	Wyld Stallyns	3:57:37
22	Puttin’ on the Ritz	3:57:54
23	Space Jam	3:58:13
24	Boozin Away Hunger	3:59:22
25	Gaynor, Gaynor, Gaynor, Jung & Sands	4:02:28
26	Chidiots	4:03:55
27	Takin’ It to the Streets	4:04:50
28	CJ Ownz	4:11:29
29	Ezra Pound it Out	4:11:55
30	The Undesirables	4:12:49
31	Spit, Semen and Men	4:13:30
32	Baywatch	4:13:51
33	Back to the 90`s	4:14:26
34	The Run-egades	4:16:19
35	Half Naked	4:17:47
36	Your Final Rose	4:18:09
37	Wigs Jacked For Jesus	4:19:52
38	Polar Beers	4:20:14
39	Narwahlnadoes!	4:20:57
40	Beautiful Disasters	4:21:36
41	Skeeballerz	4:21:51
42	Zombies FC	4:22:04
43	Queer Mishap	4:23:06
44	Salon Serenity	4:23:35
45	Team Brella	4:24:53
46	allforoneandoneforall	4:27:10
47	The Wet Bandits	4:28:18
48	Breakfast Club	4:28:50
49	Naughty By Nurture	4:30:01
50	Mad Max	4:30:31
51	HMS Paula Deen	4:31:29
52	Ruinous Powers	4:34:41
53	Gyros in a Half Shell	4:35:25
54	Mutt Cuts	4:36:07
55	The Institute of Truth	4:37:13
56	Polymeracers	4:37:31
57	X	4:38:23
58	Breakfast in Bed	4:39:13
59	Rajin’ Canjuns	4:41:56
60	YOLO 2015: FAST FOOD	4:43:32
61	The Bear Minimum	4:45:55
62	3GS&T, 9th Ed.	4:46:50
63	REALLY?!?!?!	4:49:22
64	Notorious RBGs	4:52:57
65	Katy Perry and the Left Sharks	4:53:29
66	Tour de Franzia	4:54:29
67	The Vanguard	4:55:55
68	Carts of Fire!	4:56:22
69	Cavity Sam and the Operation Station	5:00:55
70	The Halftime Show	5:01:31
	Slice of Spice	DNF
	“1507”	DNF
	The B Team	DNF
	The Bee Team	DNF
	#TooSoon	DNF
	The Whore-egon Trail	DNF
	Bullying ain’t cool guys.	DNF
	El Queso de Muerte	DNF
	Craig’s Bachelor Party	DNF
	Hell’s Spice Girls	DNF
	EVIL VILLANS	DNF
	Fresh Lemonade	DNF
	Yellow Discipline	DNF
	The Velour Comets	DNF
	Slumber Party	DNF
	Girls Girls Girls	DNF
	Grand Budapest	DNF
	Shopping Cartier 2	DNF
	I’ve Got Something In My Front Pocket For You	DNF
	Sha’Dynasty	DNF
	Lady Bro’s	DNF
	Life’s A Garden… Dig It!!!	DNF
	My Little Bronies	DNF
	My Mama Told Me	DNF
	Octopus’ Garden Party	DNF
	Old Fashioneds and Adultery	DNF
	Peen Scene	DNF
	battl	DNF
	Bangerzz	DNF
	Tub Rubbers	DNF
	Troop Beverly Hills	DNF
	Team M.B.U. – The Mobile Beerpong Unit	DNF
	Team Jack	DNF
	Notorious RBG Represent	DNF
	Call of the Wild	DNF
	Total Recall	DNF
	Spice Girls	DNF
	The Avengers	DNF
	Mixed Bearies	DNF
	Game Night	DNF
	The Intercontinental Heavyweight Champions of the World	DNF
	Willy Wonka	DNF
	The Loose Moose	DNF
	The Shopping Maulers	DNF
	The Supremes	DNF
	The Piece of Resistance	DNF
	The Kragle	DNF
	Team Skye	DNF
	Sandlot	DNF
	Hip-Hip-Hooray	DNF
	WCCF Drunks	DNF
	French Toast Mafia	DNF
	Action-Squad	DNF
	Almost Married – Bride	DNF
	Almost Married – Groom	DNF
	Lagunitas Sucks	DNF
	Motley Crew	DNF
	Team Happy Trails	DNF
	Hobo-Q	DNF
	The Department of Public Jerks	DNF
	The Pot Holes	DNF
	The Derailers	DNF
	Mountain Attack Kill	DNF
	The Chubby Funkadelics	DNF
	The Chubby Funkadelics 2	DNF
	Hellzapoppin’ X	DNF
	Lazyboys Confusion	DNF
	Bee funny	DNF
	Friars of West Town	DNF
	Little Red Ryding Hood’s 3 Little Pigs	DNF

DNF = Did not finish. DNF teams did not complete all 5 checkpoints. Feedback from our racers indicated the weather was so nice that they weren’t in a rush and wanted to enjoy being outside, so they either skipped the finish line or skipped a checkpoint in order to get to the awards ceremony.

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CHIditarod Foundation Fundraising

Team Name	Team #	Total Donations
Derailers & Action Squad	1, 132	$5,639
Coreganizers	Volunteers	$4,495
Troop Beverly Hills	36	$2,587
Team X	5	$2,530
3 Girls a Tail & a Stash, 9th Ed.	2	$2,114
Bullying ain't cool guys.	77	$1,617
Team Brella	108	$1,380
Secret Gentlemen's Club @ Emporium	Checkpoint	$1,380
Chidiots	17	$1,317
Chillin Like a Villain	59	$1,053
Sexfist (aka Draggin' Hoses)	105	$1,010
Mahoney's	Checkpoint	$922
Skeeballerz	64	$711
Zombies FC	83	$682
Wigs Jacked for Jesus	38	$607
Fire Water Lounge's (Five Star Bar)	Checkpoint	$600
Bike Marshals	Volunteers	$590
Breakfast in Bed	76	$555
Queer Mishap	4	$505
Slice of Spice	106	$500
The Goonies	109	$455
My Little Bronies	93	$390
Really?!?!?!	102	$280
Roots Handmade Pizza	Checkpoint	$275
The Whoregon Trail	55	$204
Jessica, Amy, Sarah Barber (Team Bob's Burgers)	42	$150
Velour Comets	50	$145
Breakfast Club	58	$100
Mundus Absurdus @ Phyllis' Musical Inn		$100
Ragin Cajun	101	$45
Awesome Starting Line Volunteers	Volunteers	$25
Supermarket Sweep	32	$20
Fresh Lemonade	82	$10

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Epic Food Drive

Team Name	Poundage Raised
Chidiots	8576.5
Team Jack	1070
The Wet Bandits	515
Wigs Jacked For Jesus	402.6
1507	389.5
Hobo-Q	344
REALLY?!?!?!	292.5
The Goonies	281
Lagunitas Sucks	256.6
The Chubby Funkadelics	223.4
The Chubby Funkadelics 2	223.4
Rajin’ Canjuns	200
Zombies FC	199.5
My Little Bronies	198
Bob’s Burgers	197.8
KINDbar	197.5
Team Brella	190
The Whore-egon Trail	187.6
Octopus’ Garden Party	179.5
Queer Mishap	176.5
Bee funny	168.2
Slice of Spice	167.2
Gyros in a Half Shell	161.8
Mutt Cuts	155.8
Baywatch	149.4
Arizona Quints	148.4
Breakfast in Bed	142.2
MMMM Corn dogs	141.8
Almost Married – Bride	137.1
Almost Married – Groom	137.1
Spice Girls	135.5
Notorious RBG Represent	134.8
Ruinous Powers	132
Katy Perry and the Left Sharks	131
Total Recall	130.5
Naughty By Nurture	130.2
battl	129.4
Back to the 90`s	129.2
El Queso de Muerte	127.8
Puttin’ on the Ritz	127.8
The Pot Holes	126
Boozin Away Hunger	125.4
Bangerzz	125
EVIL VILLANS	124
Hellzapoppin’ X	123
Lazyboys Confusion	120.4
Bearcreek Soup	120
WCCF Drunks	117.8
Willy Wonka	116.5
The Department of Public Jerks	116.5
Spit, Semen and Men	116.2
allforoneandoneforall	115.4
Craig’s Bachelor Party	115
Old Fashioneds and Adultery	113.4
Notorious RBGs	112.8
Chillin’ Like A Villain	111
Supermarket Sweep	110.6
Bullying ain’t cool guys.	109.8
Shopping Cartier 2	109.6
Yellow Discipline	109.5
Girls Girls Girls	109.5
The Bear Minimum	108.5
The Derailers	108.2
Gaynor, Gaynor, Gaynor, Jung & Sands	106.8
The Run-egades	105.6
The Year of Leisure	105
My Mama Told Me	104.8
Party Snoopers	104.6
The wizard of 40 oz	103.6
Troop 69	102.5
AO Chicago	101.2
Fresh Lemonade	101
Carts of Fire!	100.6
#TooSoon	100.5
The Institute of Truth	100
French Toast Mafia	98.25
Fists of Righteous Harmony	98.25
3GS&T, 9th Ed.	98
CJ Ownz	98
Game Night	97.2
Life’s A Garden… Dig It!!!	97
The Kragle	97
Tub Rubbers	96.8
Polymeracers	95
Garvey’s Cart	95
Your Final Rose	94.8
The B Team	94.5
I’ve Got Something In My Front Pocket For You	94.5
Bread Boots	92.8
Team Happy Trails	92.4
HMS Paula Deen	91.5
The Avengers	91.2
The Loose Moose	88.4
Mixed Bearies	87.5
Mountain Attack Kill	86.8
The Year of Danger	86.5
Tour de Franzia	86.2
Sha’Dynasty	86
The Undesirables	86
The Halftime Show	85.5
The Intercontinental Heavyweight Champions of the World	85.4
Cavity Sam and the Operation Station	84.6
Hell’s Spice Girls	84.5
Motley Crew	84
Breakfast Club	82
Predator	82
Team Skye	81.5
Salon Serenity	81.4
The Disco of Oz	80.6
Action-Squad	80.4
The Limit Does Not Exist	80
The Piece of Resistance	79.8
The Shopping Maulers	79.5
Space Jam	79
Half Naked	78.4
PreK for the Win	77.5
Sandlot	77
X	76.8
The Velour Comets	76
The Vanguard	76
Grand Budapest	76
Little Red Ryding Hood’s 3 Little Pigs	76
Beautiful Disasters	75.6
Slumber Party	75.5
Polar Beers	75.5
The Bee Team	75.4
Wyld Stallyns	75.4
Takin’ It to the Streets	75
Skeeballerz	73.2
Friars of West Town	71.8
Mad Max	68
Ezra Pound it Out	67.25
Hip-Hip-Hooray	67.25
YOLO 2015: FAST FOOD	66.2
Troop Beverly Hills	65.8
Sexfist (aka Draggin’ Hoses)	65.6
Team M.B.U. – The Mobile Beerpong Unit	65.2
Narwahlnadoes!	65
Bike Marshals	60

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Incredible Checkpoint Contributions

And while it’s hard to say enough about all the crazy-amazing-beautiful-inspiring-people that make CHIditarod possible, we continue to cherish our checkpoints through the years (new and old alike) who treat us and YOU right, we are thankful to have such great businesses in our community that love a good time.  We are THRILLED to recognize our 2015 checkpoints, please go support them as they support fighting hunger!

Checkpoint	Donation
Cobra Lounge	274
Emporium	653
Five Star Bar	600
Mahoney’s	$1,457
Nick’s Beer Garden	460
Phyllis’s Musical Inn	300
Roots Handmade Pizza	check is in the mail

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Prize, Food, Equipment & Service Donations

Donor	Donation
Chicago Wolves Hockey	2 Tickets
Writer’s Theatre	2 Tickets
Comedy Sportz	4 Tickets
Harris Theater for Music & Dance	Two Tickets to the Chamber Music Society
The Lagunitas Brewing Co.	Sip & Spill Pack
Finch’s Beer Co.	Brewery Tour
Chicago Cubs	Autographed Jason Motte Baseball
Halfwit Coffee Roasters	Coffee Donation
Bernie the Wood Guy	Firewood
The Lagunitas Brewing Co.	Beer Donation
Atlas Brewery	Beer Donation
KindBar	Awesome Kindbars!
Bear Creak Soup	Delicious soup for racers and GCFD
Urban Canopy	Veggies
Edible Alchemy	Breakfast Burritos
RoadSafe Traffic Systems	Barricades
Heyu – Richard Kelly	4 full propane tanks and propane heaters
Heyu – Richard Kelly	use of propane heaters (3)
Beebop	1 burn barrel
Chicago Communications LLC	Awesome radio/mic rentals

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