Fast 4 Kids - August 2005 Newsletter
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Community Support - http://www.f4k.us/events.htm
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The summer heat is ON and community generosity is ON FIRE! Once again, Fast 4 Kids’ promotion far exceeded expectations at the Monti’s Raffle Benefit (8/4) hosted by James and Bob Woolsey, cousins to Dakota Johnson. Dakota is a 13 year old boy who was recently diagnosed with desmoplastic small roundcell tumor and is being treated by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The family was overwhelmed by the support and attendance. The donations at the door, silent auction, and raffle ticket sales generated over $3000 to assist the family to overcome the extensive cost of the treatment. Another auction/raffle will be held in Illinois on August 20th. Details about the upcoming event can be found at http://www.f4k.us/2005-08-events.htm.
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Have You Heard About Laps for Kids? - http://www.lapsforkids.com
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Fast 4 Kids’ next BIG PUSH will be to have everyone at Bondurant for the December 2-4 Laps for Kids’ Guinness Book of World’s Records attempt. The Highest Go-Kart Mileage record for 24 hours on an outdoor circuit by a four-man team is 1,062.5 miles (1,709.9 km). It was set in 1997 by a team in Northern Ireland. On December 5, the record will hopefully belong to the American Laps for Kids team and also raise $1 Million for Victory Junction Gang Camp (http://www.victoryjunction.org)! We need help in planning the event… email 4kids at f4k.us TODAY if you’d like to be on the committee!
In conjunction with the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving (http://www.bondurant.com), the Fast 4 Kids Foundation partners in driving towards this Million Dollar Drive by presenting a Golf Tournament on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005. The tournament features a $1 million shootout, Bondurant hot laps and Autocross competition. A variety of tournament sponsorships are available, including presenting, beverage, mulligan, lunch and awards reception spots, all of which include tickets to the Dinner/Auction event on December 2nd, 2005, held at the Bondurant Museum, where racing legend Bob Bondurant will preside as honorary chairperson (http://www.bondurant.com/pages/bobhistory.html).
When was the last time that you had the opportunity to be a part of Guinness World Record history AND have your involvement enrich the lives of children? Come join the Million Dollar Drive and take a victory lap for kids with us!
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For the Kids - http://www.f4k.us/julia_hope_brokaw.htm
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Julia Brokaw is the focus of a Fast 4 Kids fundraising campaign to assist with her medical expenses. Julia was diagnosed with High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia performed a life-saving bone marrow transplant on March 30, 2005. Read about how her sister’s bone marrow transplant saved Jules’ life
(http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2005/0713/Front_Page/039.html).
Find out more about Julia and click on the link to make a contribution on Jules’ COTA donation page on F4K’s website (http://www.fast4kids.org). The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) provides fundraising assistance for children and young adults needing life-saving transplants and promotes organ, marrow and tissue donation. Funds raised will go directly towards her transplant-related expenses.
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Featured Partners - http://www.f4k.us/features.htm
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Professional life coach Frank Boyd, master of Inquiry, commits to donating 20% of all F4K referred coaching sessions to kids with cancer! Click on the "Featured Partner" link in the upper right corner of the Fast 4 Kids website to find out more today! http://www.f4k.us/frankboyd.htm
Check out more of Fast 4 Kids? valued partners too…
- "Honest Bill" will buy/sell homes for you and donate 10% of his commission to Banner Children’s Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center
- Juice Plus+ nutritional supplements will donate 20% of F4K referral business back to Banner Children’s Hospital at Banner Desert Medical Center
Please feel free to forward this to anyone that might enjoy reading it. If you would like to be added to, or removed from, the recipient list for this monthly message, please email 4kids@f4k.us and let us know.
Together making a difference,
Jacqueline Luk
Executive Director, Fast 4 Kids Foundation
(877) F4K-GIVE *** (602) 758-1558 Cell
http://www.fast4kids.org
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The Fast 4 Kids Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization to help kids who are suffering from cancer. The Foundation promotes awareness of a wide range of efforts to help kids with cancer, support research for cures as well as cancer prevention, and mobilizes assistance for families who have children with the disease.
