In 2025, around 20 Salzburg Research employees will once again take part in the Salzburg Business Run Charity Challenge!

From June 11 to September 11, 2025, socially committed and active employees from over 30 Salzburg companies will collect kilometers for families suffering from mental health problems. Every kilometer collected through running, hiking, or walking corresponds to a contribution of 0.25 cents to the Jojo association, which supports and accompanies families suffering from mental health problems in the state of Salzburg. The main goal of the association is to maintain children’s health. This makes the association a beacon of hope for people suffering from mental health problems in their families.

Since its first participation in 2019, Salzburg Research has continuously participated in the Salzburg Business Run Charity Challenge. This year, the research institute is once again committed to generating social value, and Salzburg Research employees have already begun to log their kilometers. They run, hike, or walk – among others with the highly motivated Salzburg Research team member, the office dog Winnie.

Salzburger Businesslauf Charity-Challenge

Eight years ago, Wolfgang Zimmel, an IT employee at Commend International, came up with the innovative idea of ​​collecting running kilometers for charitable causes. In 2018, Commend International and SKIDATA further developed this idea and jointly launched the current Charity Challenge format under the motto “Competing Against Each Other for Togetherness.”

Under the auspices of the Salzburg Business Run and the sports scientists led by Michael Mayrhofer, teams from the Salzburg area compete in a three-month athletic competition. Every form of exercise counts, whether running, trail running, Nordic walking, walking, or hiking. The competition encourages people to exercise in whatever form and rack up kilometers for a good cause.

In 2024, 28 teams from Salzburg companies, including Salzburg Research, covered more than 145,871 kilometers. The kilometers were converted into a donation of €41,000 to the Jojo association. The results of the 2024 Salzburg Business Run Charity Challenge broke all previous records.

More about the Charity Challenge: charity-challenge.at