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Our first
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Alex's
Lemonade Stand
"In 2000, a 4
year old cancer patient named Alexandra "Alex" Scott
announced a seemingly simple idea -she was holding a
lemonade stand to raise money to help "her doctors" find a
cure for kids with cancer. The idea was put into action when
they set up the first "Alex's Lemonade Stand for Childhood
Cancer" on their front lawn in July of 2000.
For the next four years, despite her deteriorating health,
Alex held an annual lemonade stand to raise money for
childhood cancer research. Following her inspirational
example, thousands of lemonade stands and other fundraising
events have been held across the country to benefit Alex's
Lemonade Stand Foundation for childhood cancer. On August
1st, 2004, Alex died peacefully at the age of 8 -- she had
raised over $1 million for childhood cancer research in her
short lifetime.”
When I heard of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, and the
story of Alex and her battle with Cancer, I wanted to help
raise awareness for the foundation as much as I could. For 3
years, Alex’s Lemonade Stand logo has been on our race car
and exposed to thousands of race fans annually, while my
race team and I have also held multiple Alex’s Lemonade
Stands locally to benefit the foundation. Together, the
nation has raised over $25 million for childhood cancer
research through Alex’s Lemonade Stand!
Please help us to support the fight against Childhood
Cancer!
Visit:
www.alexslemonade.org
If you would
like to read the newspaper article about Chris holding his
first Lemonade Stand, please
click here
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Racing Against Cancer
“Jon Blanchette founded the Racing Against
Cancer™ Team in 1996 after cancer claimed the life of his
wife Jodi in 1994. The original purpose of the team was to
generate awareness and funding for the American Cancer
Society.
It was the original agreement between
Blanchette and Foxwoods that spawned the birth of the Racing
Against Cancer™ Program. And it is the commitment of Scott
Gregory, RAC’s Director of Operations, Foxwoods Resort
Casino and the hundreds of drivers, owners, teams and race
fans that continue to fuel the success year after year.
Through the efforts of many generous and
talented racing teams and organizations, the Racing Against
Cancer™ program raised in excess of $52,000 in 2007. A total
of $581,164 has been generated to fight cancer since the
program’s inception. “To raise $52,000 last year is a
testament to this cause
In an emotional speech, David Cyr, the founder of David’s
House, said “On January 20th, 2006, David’s House turned 20
years old. That sure didn’t happen by accident. It happened
because of all the wonderful people like you.” For further
information regarding David’s House please visit:
http://www.davids-house.org
To date Racing Against Cancer™ has donated nearly $92,000 to
David’s House.”
This year is our first year in conjunction
with Racing Against Cancer, however we plan to set up
fundraisers and donate money to this great cause. It is
great to be able to unite with drivers, crews and race fans
in the fight against cancer!
For more
information, please visit:
www.racingagainstcancer.com
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