Dear Friends,
We all know how under-funded childhood cancer research is and have
wanted to do something about it. Now here is your chance to tangibly
make a difference in just five minutes by reading this email, seeing
which area you can help in, and passing this on to someone else so that
they too can help us rally for research and raise $250,000!
I am the Campaign Director for Rally Across America
will join me in the fight against childhood cancer!! Our sponsors
include Aflac, Outback, Vineyard Vines and Gwinnett Place Ford!!!!
This is BIG! But we need HELP!
This summer, Austin and Tom, two recent Vanderbilt University
graduates, are biking 5,000 miles across the eastern part of the
country with a goal of raising $250,000 for childhood cancer research
they will be visiting the patients at 20 pediatric oncology centers and
going to fundraisers in each city.
Scroll down to see HOW YOU CAN HELP in the following areas: Kids to
Ride For, Outback Fundraisers (they are donating all the food and
proceeds in 20 cities!), Forward this email, Sponsor the guys a penny a
mile--for $50!
1. Kids to Ride For- Email me if you know of a child (on or
off-treatment) that Austin and Tom can ride in honor or memory of from
one of these remaining hospitals and cities! Each kid will get a RAA
t-shirt!!
These cities have kids:
Atlanta : Alexa and Matt
Augusta: Jacob
Savannah: Catie
Charleston: Cooper
DC: Carolyn and Carsten
Baltimore: Amelia
Boston : Kyleigh
Cleveland: Joe
Nashville: Amelia and Anthony
We need kids from these hospitals and cities:
Medical College of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
Maine Children's (Scarborough, ME)
University of Rochester Medical Center (Rochester, NY)
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, NY)
East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, MD)
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
University of Illinois or other Chicago hospitals (Chicago, IL)
University of Missouri - Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital or Washington University Medical
Center (St. Louis, MO)
2. Fundraisers- Everyone loves Outback, and they will be hosting a
benefit lunch in most cities—donating all the food and proceeds! I just
know can help us coordinate the ticket sales in one of the above
cities!!
3. Hosts- Austin, Tom, and the pace car drivers are happy to sleep
anywhere from a church pew to a spare bedroom! Do you know someone or a
church in one of these cities that can host 3-4 people?
DC
IL- Odell, Chicago, Quincy, Cape Girardeau
IN- Huntington, Perrysburg, Brook
KY- Karnok
MD- Reisterstown, Baltimore
ME- York, Hollis Center, Scarborough
MO- Columbia, Washington, St. Louis, Bowling Green
NC- Wilmington, Mayesville, Greenville, Edenton
NH- Derry
NY- New York City, Rochester, Buffalo
OH- Painesville, Fremont, Defiance, Cleveland
PA- Manheim, Reading, Erie
SC- Yemassee, Ridgeville, Charleston, Andrews, Myrtle Beach
TN- Calvert City, Dover
VA- Suffolk, Norfolk, Dendron, Hopewell, Richmond, Fredericksburg
4- Pass this along- Please forward this email, post the info on your
website, and tell your friends and family how they can donate a few
minutes of their time to fight childhood cancer!! Be sure to check out
the "Route and Kids" section of the website
tour schedule to see when the Rally will be coming through your town!!
Check beck to find out about local fundraisers on the tour dates!
5. Financially Support Austin and Tom as they pedal for pennies! You
can also direct people who want to donate financially to
looking for people to donate a penny per mile (or more), which is only
$50!!
Don't wait!! Please send me any questions, comments, and contact info
for people who want to help out TODAY because our kids need us and
research for new treatments TODAY!!!
Claire Olson
Rally Across America Campaign Director
Rally Foundation
770-316-9124
PS>>>>>>
Coulter is featured on the Rally foundation website and we dearly love the Olsons (Aunt Laura, too, of course!!!!)
