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Happy Valentines, from the Bottom of Our Hearts — February 14, 2009 |
Team RACC Takes Strides to Fight Heart Disease
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Members of Team RACC spent their Valentine's Day at Underwood Parkway in Wauwatosa, participating in the Healthy Heart Club Run/Walk.
The event honors the late Steve Cullen, a Milwaukee alderman who died of a heart attack in 1995. He was 40 and an avid runner.
Over the years, the run has drawn dozens of Cullen's former political friends and foes, runners looking to get a jump on the upcoming season and a large contingent from the Cullen family.
The course along the Underwood and Menomonee River parkways is scenic and somewhat challenging, with an uphill finish toward the Wil-O-Way Clubhouse parking lot. Take a look below at our collection of event photos, courtesy of Bonnie DeLap.
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| Special and Selfless Generosity — November 1, 2008 |
16 Year Old LCL Student Gives Birthday Gifts to RACC
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McKenna Shannon, a sophomore at Lake Country Lutheran High School, is great role model and an amazing young lady.
She used her birthday as a chance to give back to kids with cancer. Rather than receiving gifts at her birthday party, she asked that her friends and family donate to Racers Against Childhood Cancer. Here is what McKenna had to say:
"My name is McKenna Shannon and I chose to have friends and family donate to RACC instead of giving me gifts for my 16th birthday, because I really wanted to give back. I'm so blessed and really have little to complain about. RACC does wonderful things and I wanted to support it so that great things can continue and even greater things might occur in the future."
McKenna does not have family or friends directly affected by childhood cancer, but just had this on her heart as something she could and should do.
McKenna's friends and family gave a total of $126.00 to RACC. We can't thank her and her guests enough for their generosity — the spirit of giving is alive in the heart of this young lady. RACC thanks McKenna for joining us in the fight against childhood cancer.
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| Team RACC Success in Chicago Marathon — October 12, 2008 |
Bank of America Chicago Marathon a Big Success for
Team RACC — Over $3,500 Raised
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Team RACC had five runners participate in the Chicago Marathon on October 12th, raising a total of over $3,500 in support of childhood cancer research.
Team RACC participants had a great day in Chicago. There were a total of 31,348 finishers with 17,680 male and 13,668 female racers. Team RACC had a fantastic showing:
- Andy Kerk ran a 5:16:47, finishing 22,722 overall and 1,625 in his division
- Cole Braun ran a 5:00:06, finishing 19,475 overall and 1,420 in his division
- Diane Demman ran a 5:29:18, finishing 24,814 overall and 753 in her division
- Mark Newman ran a 3:30:30, finishing 2,162 overall and 369th in his division
- Amy Newman ran a 3:47:05, finishing 4,105 overall and 156 in her division
Of special note — Andy Kerk is our leading fundraiser, and people are continuing to donate in support of his efforts. If you would like to support one of our athletes please check out their sites at racc.kintera.org, or visit our Racers for Kids Who Can't program page. Your support is always appreciated.
Congratulations to Team RACC participants — Racers Against Childhood Cancer thanks you for your continued support!
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| Team RACC Member Shares Hope — September 28, 2008 |
Families Shine In Flashes of Hope
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Joyce Garbaciak, a reporter at local Milwaukee TV station WISN, recent did a feature story on Children's Hospital of Wisconsin's Flashes of Hope program — featuring insight and comments by Team RACC's own Amy Newman.
Joyce did a remarkable job of capturing the incredible work done by the volunteer organizers, photographers, and those that support the efficiency and comfort of the "shoots."
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| 20 Triathlons in 24 Hours — August 30-31, 2008 | Team RACC Makes Outstanding Showing To Help
Fight Childhood Cancer
 24 & 8 Hours of Triathlon Supports RACC
Loaded down with bikes, swimming gear, running gear, food, water, Gatorade, and GU for four people, Team RACC headed to Denver for the 24 & 8 Hours of Triathlon presented by Suzuki and Newton. RACC was designated as the event's official charity.
With five teams competing to defeat childhood cancer, RACC is pleased to announce that a total of $9,889.28 was raised. Thank you to all the teams who joined in our fight.
Team PowerBar/Tri Oakies raised $4,767.28, Just Havin' Fun raised $2,112.00, Lord Have Mercy raised $1,095.00, Team RACC raised $1,600.00 and Runnin' Bikin' S'women raised $255.00. These all are amazing people with their own reasons for joining in the fight. We can't thank them enough for putting the extra effort into making 24 hours of Tri mean something to more people.
The day started early at Cherry Creek State Park in Denver, Colorado. The parking lot became the pit area and home to 400 participants. tents, sleeping bags, blow-up mattresses, lanterns, RVs, campers, coolers, and racing equipment popped up on the blacktop. The racers' meeting was held and the 24 hours of Tri began at 8 am. Every team had to complete one entire triathlon in order, after which they could complete additional legs of the event in any order. Team RACC banked up 21 swims during the day — the swim course was open from 8:00am to 6:30pm and then again Sunday from 6:00am to 8:00am. Many teams had the same game plan: bank up the swims and catch up with runs and bike during the evening and over-night.
The science of it all is amazing to watch. Each team had created their own chart to track the number of swims, bikes, and runs they had completed. At the end of the 24 hours Team RACC had completed 20 full triathlons with a swim and a bike extra. They took 4th overall in their division [missing third place by 15 seconds] and completed 293 miles.
Team RACC is making plans to participate in the 24 Hours of Tri again next year and are looking to involve more teams. Please contact us if you are interested in participating next September 26-27, 2009.
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| Tee It Up "FORE" A Cure — August 11, 2008 | Golf Outing a Great Susscess In Fight Against
Childhood Cancer
 Great weather, great fun, and great golfing sums up our Tee It Up "FORE" a Cure golf outing held at Paganica Golf Course in Oconomowoc. Proceeds of this event benefited cancer research supported by Racers Against Childhood Cancer. With the help of many, the RACC outing raised $6,000 to benefit childhood cancer research.
The Larry Pfeil group from Crop Guard won the best-ball, 4-person scramble with a score of 24 under par. They along with the other teams participated in a variety of games on the course, including the Lippert Tile Par 3 Closest to the Pin and the Lippert Tile Putting Implement Challenge, a Paint-Ball Challenge, a Marshmallow Drive, and a Putting Contest among other activities.
Thank you to all of our sponsors:
- AKG Destinations-Ann Glor
- Don Miquel-Kevin Osterndorf
- ISB Bank-Ixonia
- Silver Lake Auto, Oconomowoc-Andy Kerk
- Body Mechanics Pewaukee
- Syncro Incorportated-Ron Newman
- Wall Board, Butler-Bill Goodman
- Rosiati's, Oconomowoc-Mark Herdt
- Virchow Krause-Troy Marine
- Lippert Tile-Les and Jeff Lippert — special thanks for their generous Par Three sponsorship along with gifts for closest to the pin
Thank you those groups and individuals who donated items for our silent auction: Adron Tools, Milwaukee Bucks, MACC Fund, P.F. Chang's, Edwardo's Pizza, Mineshaft, Rosati's, Kevin Osterndorf, Dr. Pete Sheild, C. W. Smith Jewelers, and Lombard Studio.
A big thank you too for all of our volunteers: Cindy Lippert, Mary Knudtson, Jeanne Strandberg, Ross Braun, Craig Braun, Kyle Strandberg, Mike O'Connor, Kris Bahr, and the LCL high school students. Without all of you, the event would not have run as smoothly. We appreciate all of your time.
Next year's outing will be held at Paganica on Monday August 10, 2009. Please mark your calendars and join us in the fight against this disease.
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Gear Grinder — Official Outfitter to RACC:
 Gear Grinder has become the Official Outfitter for RACC. Check out all the quality products that Gear Grinder offers. We are very excited about the partnership with Gear Grinder. They provide quality and great looking active lifestyle clothing and we are proud to be their partner. |
Personal Best Nutrition — Official Nutrition Supplier to RACC:
 PBN has become the Official Nutrition Supplier for RACC. President and Athlete Coach Brian Shea is excited to partner with RACC and is offering a 10% discount to all RACC Team Members and Pit Crew Members on all purchases for the entire year of 2008. RACC also benefits from all purchases of product supplied by PBN. Use customer code RACCTEAM[all CAPS] at checkout to receive your discount and support RACC. |
Road ID — RACC Affiliate Supporter:
 Road ID and RACC have joined to help all active people realize the vital importance of wearing ID. We encounter many potential dangers in the course of training to do what we love, and an unexpected moment on the road is no time to be without identification. Make a purchase using any Road ID link on our site and 10% of your order total will benefit RACC! |
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