Philadelphia’s Eagles Autism Challenge returned for its ninth year on Sunday, starting and finishing at Lincoln Financial Field with the Wawa Hoagie 10-Mile Ride, the FreedomPay 5K Run/Walk and the West Sensory Walk.
The event, presented by Lincoln Financial, is the team’s annual cycling and run/walk fundraiser dedicated to autism research and care programs. The 2026 edition was framed as a photo gallery, but the day still carried the same purpose that has defined the challenge since it began: turning game-day energy into money for work that families and researchers rely on.
That urgency was visible across the week, not just at the stadium. The Eagles hosted Huddle Up for Autism on Sunday with visits to The Franklin Institute, Adventure Aquarium, Please Touch Museum and the Philadelphia Zoo, all aimed at raising money for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and supporting the neurodiverse community. On Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, the foundation’s Huddle Up for Autism event also included appearances from Eagles players Jake Elliott and Thomas Booker.
The fundraising did not stop there. On Tuesday night, the Phillies 50/50 brought in more than $23K for the Eagles Autism Foundation, while Team 62 led by Eagles Legend Jason Kelce hosted the fifth annual celebrity bartending event at the Ocean Drive in Sea Isle City on Wednesday, June 25. That fundraiser was held to bring in more than $1 million for the foundation, and the fourth annual edition of the Team 62 event at Ocean Drive surpassed expectations with $865,000 and counting.
The foundation also staged a family-friendly event in Excursion Park before the Team 62 fundraiser, with mini football, Cheer and Drumline clinics for guests of all abilities. In São Paulo on Thursday, the Eagles Autism Foundation hosted a roundtable at the Rosewood Hotel on the current state of autism research and care in Brazil, with Jeffrey Lurie and five Brazilian-based medical researchers taking part.
One of the clearest signs of how personal the effort has become came from the field itself, where Eagles Autism Foundation community member Max threw out the first pitch to Zach Wheeler. The week connected stadium events, neighborhood outings and international discussion into one campaign built around the same goal.
That is the larger story behind the eagles schedule 2026 photo gallery: the team’s autism work is not one event, but a run of them, spread across four locations and powered by the same public push for research, care and inclusion. What comes next is more of the same kind of pressure — more fundraisers, more appearances and more attempts to keep the foundation’s work moving beyond the day at Lincoln Financial Field.
