LIVESTRONG Challenge Newsletter: November 2008
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 The 2008 LIVESTRONG Challenge Series was a huge success. We never would have been able to accomplish what we did this year without the wonderful support and hard work of all of our participants. Together, you raised millions of dollars for the LAF and we can’t thank you enough. A special thanks and congratulations go out to our top individual and team fundraisers from each city. Portland Individuals San Jose Individuals Philly Individuals Austin Individuals Portland Teams San Jose Teams Philly Teams Austin Teams Thank you for participating in the LIVESTRONG Challenge and for supporting the LAF's mission to inspire and empower people affected by cancer. City Specific Inquiries: General Inquiries: |
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Thank You, Austin! Austin’s success, was part of a bigger accomplishment. Because of participant turnout and fundraising efforts in Portland, San Jose, Philadelphia, and Austin, the 2008 LIVESTRONG Challenge Series saw 17,772 participants contribute over $9.7 million to the fight against cancer! As a Foundation, we are truly blessed to have the support of such hard working and generous individuals.
During the LIVESTRONG Challenge Austin Weekend, we announced 2009 LIVESTRONG Challenge dates and locations. Based on additional discussions with the city of Seattle after our annoucement, we decided to move our event to June 21 in order to avoid competing with a similar event already planned for the original weekend. If you are interested in participating in Seattle, or any of the 2009 LIVESTRONG Challenge cities, online event registration will open on December 1, 2008. At this time, you will be able to select your city and event as well as begin fundraising. We look forward to seeing both familiar and new faces in each of the 2009 LIVESTRONG Challenge cities.
If you are still receiving donations towards your 2008 Challenge account and plan on participating in our 2009 LIVESTRONG Challenge season, we ask that you register early to ensure that all donations that come in after December 1st automatically route to your 2009 account. If you would like to allocate your payroll deductions or matching gifts that are processed after December 1st to your 2009 account, you must register by January 15th for these funds to show up in your 2009 account. Important Dates and Details:
If you have any questions, please contact challengedonations@laf.org. Volunteer Information Thank you to the thousands of individuals who volunteered for the 2008 LIVESTRONG Challenge Series! Our events would not have run as smooth or been as safe and enjoyable, were it not for all of your hard work! As the new year approaches, we are looking to make the 2009 Challenge Series an even greater success than 2008. If you are interested in volunteering next year, please RFI at www.livestrongchallenge.org on December 1st. If you want to make a bigger commitment with your volunteering and be a part of a 2009 Local Organizing Committee, please contact Chris Reed at chris.reed@medalistsports.com. Sponsor News Thanks again to all of our 2008 LIVESTRONG Challenge sponsors for helping make the entire series such a success! National Sponsors: Nike, AMD, Embassy Suites, Nissan, HealthMarkets Supporting Sponsors: ABC6 WPVI, Accenture, American Century Investments, Ameriprise Financial, Anheuser-Busch, Bicycle Sport Shop, BikeLine, Bossa Nova Superfruit Juices, Chantal Cookware, Chipotle, City of San Jose, Comcast, CST Tires, Cycles Gladiator, Dick’s Sporting Goods, El Monte RV, Entercom Portland, FIJI Water, Flowerbud.com, FRS Healthy Energy, George M Sutton RV, GreenWaste, jetBlue, KGO Newstalk 810 AM, KPTV Fox 12, KXAN News-Austin, Macaroni Grill, Maudie’s Tex-Mex, Metro West Ambulance, MIX 94.7, NBC11, Noble Strategic Partners Inc., Oregon Health & Science University, Pentel of America, PowerBar, Providence Cancer Center, R.W. Knudsen, RunTex, Shimano, Silicon Valley Cycling Center, SPIBelt, Stanford Cancer Center, Subway, Sweet Leaf Tea, Texas Culinary Academy, TREK, TREK of San Jose, Texas Coffee Traders, Tylenol, 93.3 WMMR, Yakima Interested in being a sponsor of the 2009 LIVESTRONG Challenge? Email challengesponsors@livestrong.org for more information.
The Challenge team would like to thank the 2008 LIVESTRONG Challenge Mentors for all of their hard work, effort and enthusiasm. With 12 regional mentors and four city mentors, the program was larger than ever before… and with over 1,000 Challenge participants opting in to the program, it was a clear success! Along with registration launching on December 1st, the 2009 LIVESTRONG Challenge Mentor application will also be available. Please note that applicants must have participated in the Challenge for at least one year, must be willing to have direct email contact on a regular basis with mentees, must attend at least one Challenge event in 2009, and must communicate regularly with Challenge staff and other mentors in order to facilitate the program. Chosen applicants will be required to attend a weekend training at the LAF office in Austin in January prior to serving as a mentor for 2009. Please be sure to visit www.livestrongchallenge.org on December 1st in order to apply for the mentor program! |
