BellRinger Weekend is October 24-25, 2025. The Ride will take place on Saturday, October 25, 2025 and will be preceded by an Opening Ceremony on the evening of Friday, October 24, 2025.

Any full time undergraduate or graduate student of Georgetown University can register as a student Rider by clicking the register button on this page and selecting “Georgetown Student Rider” as your participation type.

Yes, there is a minimum fundraising commitment for all BellRinger Riders, including students. However, student fundraising commitments are reduced by 50% from normal fundraising commitments. They are as follows:

• 25 miles — a commitment of $500 for cancer research
• 50 miles — a commitment of $625 for cancer research
• 62 miles — a commitment of $750 for cancer research
• 100 miles – a commitment of $750 for cancer research

We know that $500-$750 seems like a lot of money. And while we have seen that the vast majority of student Riders are able to meet these commitments, we don’t want BellRinger to be a stressful experience for you. So for student Riders that don’t meet their fundraising commitments, they are just de-registered from the Ride. That’s it. There’s no personal risk to you for giving this a shot. But we think you’ll be surprised at what you’re able to accomplish.

Yes, all Georgetown Student Riders will be charged a $20 registration fee. This fee helps cover the costs of a Rider participating in BellRinger Weekend and helps ensure that 100% of funds raised by Riders, Virtual Riders, and volunteers directly fund groundbreaking cancer research at Georgetown Lombardi. The registration fee helps to cover the costs of top-notch food at the finish line, drinks and snacks at rest stops, safety measures on the route, and other costs associated with making BellRinger Weekend an unforgettable experience.

As part of our student Rider program, BellRinger will provide complimentary bike and helmet rentals for any student Rider in need of a bike. You’ll be able to request a bike on your student registration, or after registration by emailing Ride@BellRinger.org.

Each Rider pays a non-refundable registration fee that does not count towards their minimum fundraising commitment. This registration fee is charged to the Rider’s card upon registration. As a Georgetown Student Rider, your card information will not remain on file and will not be charged further.

Absolutely! There will be ample volunteer opportunities during BellRinger Weekend. Volunteers are the backbone of Ride Weekend, bringing the energy, hard work, and dedication that makes BellRinger an unforgettable experience. Volunteers are needed to staff BellRinger’s Opening Ceremony and the Ride itself. We are always looking for Lead Volunteers who will guide groups of volunteers throughout BellRinger Weekend. If you are interested in becoming a Lead Volunteer, please email us at Ride@BellRinger.org.

You can register to volunteer by clicking the register button on this page and selecting “Volunteer” as your participation type. After you have completed your volunteer registration, you will be able to choose your volunteer role from your Volunteer Dashboard. Please ensure that you are able to provide your own transportation to and from your volunteer location. If you need assistance in choosing a role that will be right for you, please reach out to Ride@BellRinger.org.

Of course! Email Ride@BellRinger.org after everyone has registered to volunteer and we will ensure that you are all located together.

While volunteers do not have a fundraising commitment, they are encouraged to fundraise just like Riders and Virtual Riders if they choose to do so. Each volunteer will have a Volunteer Profile and a Volunteer Dashboard that they can use to fundraise.

A team is a group of Riders and/or volunteers. Creating a team allows you and your friends or your student organization to participate in BellRinger together. Teams can train and fundraise together leading up to BellRinger Weekend. In addition to the individual Rider Profile pages, a separate Team Profile page allows you to highlight your team roster and share why your team is riding.

Student teams compete against each other during the lead up to BellRinger on our student team leaderboard. Check back each week to see how your student team stacks up against other student teams!

You can join a team during or after registering for BellRinger. During the registration process you will be prompted to join a team, create a team, or continue as a solo participant. After registration, you can log in to your Rider or Volunteer Dashboard and select the “Join a team” option from the left-side menu. This will prompt you to search for and select the team you’d like to join.

If you’d like to create your own team, you can do so during or after the registration process. During the registration process you’ll be prompted to join a team, create a team, or continue as a solo participant. After registration, you can create a team by logging into your Rider or Volunteer Dashboard and selecting the “Create a team” option. When you create a team, you become the team captain, or leader, of that team. You can always assign a new captain for your team by contacting BellRinger at Ride@BellRinger.org.

Each Rider has an individual fundraising commitment. These fundraising commitments total up to a team’s total fundraising commitment. In order for every member of a team to be able to Ride in BellRinger, the team just needs to have met its total fundraising commitment.

If the team has not met its total fundraising commitment but one or more Riders on the team have exceeded their individual fundraising commitments, the team captain can email Ride@BellRinger.org to work on distributing those excess funds to help other Riders on the team meet their individual fundraising commitments.

We know it seems daunting, but we promise that fundraising for BellRinger is easy and achievable. Here are a few rules of thumb to get you started:

Small donations add up. No one fundraises for BellRinger hundreds of dollars at a time. Small $10, $15, and $20 donations add up quickly to help you achieve your goal.

Social media is your best friend – especially Facebook. Post your Rider Profile link with a small blurb about why you’re Riding. Text your parents, aunts, uncles, or grandparents and ask them to share your post with their friends as well.

Rule of 7: it takes the average person 7 times of seeing something before they are willing to act on it. Post, post, and post again (and 4 more times after that).

Email! Not as flashy as social media, we know, but a direct appeal to friends and family is a lot harder for them to ignore than a social media post that they can scroll right past.

The student fundraising deadline for BellRinger 2025 is 11:59 PM on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. If you and/or your team have not met your fundraising commitment by this time, you will be de-registered from BellRinger 2025.

Definitely! You are able to use BellRinger’s logos and other design elements for your personal fundraising efforts. Please reach out to the BellRinger Team at Social@BellRinger.org with any specific requests of files or logos. We ask that you share all graphics and collateral made back with the BellRinger Team for approval before publication. Please send any final designs that use BellRinger’s assets to Social@Bellringer.org for approval before publication and production.

We can take care of it for you! Please just mail the check to:

BellRinger
500 First St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

Also, please be sure that your name is included in the memo line, so that we can ensure that the donation is credited to your Ride. If the donor made the check out to your name, you can sign the check over to BellRinger prior to mailing it in. Just write “Pay to the order of BellRinger” in the endorsement area on the back of the check and be sure to sign it as well.