17
Jul
2014
PORT BYRON, IL - The Nick Teddy Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its new event website, www.nickteddy5k.com. The "Nick Teddy 5k", to be held September 13, 2014, includes races, kid's games, food and entertainment, and a silent auction and raffle. This year cash prizes will be offered to overall male and female winners. At the new site, participants can browse photos, learn about The Nick Teddy Foundation and its mission, and register online.
This annual family event is held in memory of Nicholas Theodore Strub, a native of Port Byron, Ill., a 2000 graduate of Riverdale High School, and a 2004 Alumnus of Iowa State University. Nick fought a courageous battle against the pediatric cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, for more than 5-years, until he died at age 29.
Proceeds from the "Nick Teddy 5k" will benefit the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative (www.sarcomahelp.org), which works to award sarcoma research grants to expert investigators around the world. In 2013, the event registered more than 400 runners and raised over $25,000.
In its first two years, The Nick Teddy Foundation has raised more than $42,000 for research, and to support local Ewing's patients and their families. Currently, several area children and young adults are affected by this disease.
Race Directors: Holly Larson 309-798-3081 race@nickteddy.org
Charles Stelk 309-271-0029 hurdle00@aol.com ! !
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This annual family event is held in memory of Nicholas Theodore Strub, a native of Port Byron, Ill., a 2000 graduate of Riverdale High School, and a 2004 Alumnus of Iowa State University. Nick fought a courageous battle against the pediatric cancer, Ewing's sarcoma, for more than 5-years, until he died at age 29.
Proceeds from the "Nick Teddy 5k" will benefit the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative (www.sarcomahelp.org), which works to award sarcoma research grants to expert investigators around the world. In 2013, the event registered more than 400 runners and raised over $25,000.
In its first two years, The Nick Teddy Foundation has raised more than $42,000 for research, and to support local Ewing's patients and their families. Currently, several area children and young adults are affected by this disease.
Race Directors: Holly Larson 309-798-3081 race@nickteddy.org
Charles Stelk 309-271-0029 hurdle00@aol.com ! !
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