Adventures For the Cure

5K for Healthy Hearts presented by Women's Healthy H.E.A.R.T

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Costa Mesa, CA / Halethorpe, MD - Feb. 21, 2010 - Women's Healthly H.E.A.R.T. (WHH Fitness) is proud to present their 5K for Healthy Hearts on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8am at Experian in Costa Mesa, CA. All the money donated for this 5K will go directly to Adventures For the Cure's Extreme Weekend For Children With Diabetes.

To donate, please visit:
http://adventuresforthecure.com/campaigns/whhFitness5k.html
or
http://www.razoo.com/story/5-K-For-Healthy-Hearts-Presented-By-Whh-Fitness

About Women's Healthy H.E.A.R.T
Women's Healthy H.E.A.R.T. is an organization that strives to change thousands of women’s lives through special exercises, counseling, action, and connection with friends and women going through the same struggles with weight loss.
To learn more visit our website at http://www.womenshealthyheart.org/ or on Facebook.

About Adventures for the Cure
Adventures For The Cure (AFC), a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization and USA Cycling club which exists to raise awareness for diabetes, to show those diagnosed with diabetes and their families how leading a healthy and active lifestyle can move you beyond your perceived limits, and to raise funds for diabetes research. The organization also raises awareness and funds for other causes that the board of directors has selected. For more details, visit http://adventuresforthecure.com/ or on Facebook.

Labels: campaign, Extreme Weekend, running

AFC raises more than $3,500 for disabled children

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Washington, DC - Jan. 05, 2010 - This Christmas, Adventures for the Cure (AFC) once again joined forces with Kupenda for the Children.

As a part of our Christmas Campaign for Kupenda, AFC raised over $3,500 for children with disabilities in Kenya! During the holiday season, supporters of both organizations were encouraged to buy a gift (or a share of a gift) in a loved one's name for Kupenda. Gifts included physical therapy, emergency medical attention, classroom furniture, assistance equipment, corrective surgery, and student/teacher supplies. Due to your generosity and compassion in giving the most meaningful of gifts, the lives of children with disabilities will be dramatically changed in the new year! Thank you!

While this specific campaign is over, AFC continues to accept general donations for our numerous programs and donors may designate support children with disabilities via Kupenda.

About Kupenda for the Children
Kupenda for the Children is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt Christian-based organization that exists to meet the needs of children, with disabilities. Ultimately the goal is that these children will feel that they are loved and accepted.

Kupenda for the Children meets this mission through advocacy and sponsorship of school fees, child assistance and medical intervention, construction of special needs facilities, and the coordination of volunteer assistance. Kupenda serves children with disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, deafness, deformed or missing limbs, spina bifida, the effects of polio, visual impairment, Downs' syndrome, autism, epilepsy, and other physical and mental disabilities. To learn more, visit http://www.kupenda.org/.

About Adventures for the Cure
Adventures For The Cure (AFC), a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization and USA Cycling club which exists to raise awareness for diabetes, to show those diagnosed with diabetes and their families how leading a healthy and active lifestyle can move you beyond your perceived limits, and to raise funds for diabetes research. The organization also raises awareness and funds for other causes that the board of directors has selected. For more details, visit http://adventuresforthecure.com/.

Labels: Adventures For The Cure, campaign, children, disabilities, fundraising, kupenda, nonprofit

AFC Enters to Win the America's Giving Challenge

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Hi everyone, Our cause just entered in America's Giving Challenge, which gives us a chance to win $50,000!

To win, between now and November 7th we have to get the most donations to our cause (every person can donate once per day and have it count as a unique donation). We can also win daily awards of $1,000 and $500 if we can get the most people to donate in any 24-hour period.

As a special coordinated challenge to win a daily award, we encourage everyone to donate between 3:01pm Oct 8 through 3:00 pm Oct 9.

The great thing about this Challenge is that it doesn't matter how much you give, but instead how much you do to encourage friends and family to get involved in our cause. We all need to come together and start promoting the cause if we want to win.

Each of us may have tons of friends on Facebook who we can ask to donate to our cause. But let's think big too—can you put our cause in your email signature, can you throw a party and get people to donate through the cause when they enter, can you organize other people to go out and fundraise from all of their friends? As you reach out to your friends be sure to tell them why this cause matters to you. The possibilities are endless so let's talk about what we can do to win on the Wall of the cause or by replying to this bulletin. I think we can do it! But it's going to take all of us.

Check out the Giving Challenge (www.causes.com?m=e1e9d030), then visit our cause to see how we're doing so far and get involved.

Thanks,
Adventures for the Cure

Labels: campaign, Facebook

Adventures For The Cure Releases Over $10K In Donations

Sunday, July 19, 2009

07.19.2009 - Halethorpe, Md. - Adventures For The Cure, the Baltimore-area charitable organization, last week released over $10,000 in supporter's donations to two nonprofit organizations: Kupenda for the Children and Blood:Water Mission.

Kupenda for the Children Donation = $9,000 (initial 2009 campaign)

Kupenda for the Children is a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt Christian-based organization that exists to meet the needs of children, with disabilities. Ultimately the goal is that these children will feel that they are loved and accepted.

Kupenda for the Children received an initial $9,000 from donations from Adventures For The Cure and its donors in support of our winning efforts at the 2009 Race Across America (RAAM), where Adam Driscoll and Patrick Blair won the 2009 RAAM 2-man team division with the help of the crew, family, friends and supporters. Cynthia Bauer, Kupenda's founder and president, upon hearing the news said, "Thank you so much for all you have done for Kupenda. I always feel like I can never express my gratitude enough and don’t know where we’d be without you. Thank goodness we don’t have to know." Donations will go towards operating costs for the office/resouce center and staff, transport to the villages, and emergency medical care.

Since 2006, Adventures For The Cure has teamed with Kupenda for the Children to make a difference in the lives of children with disabilities as shown in this video (below).

To learn more about Kupenda for the Children, visit http://www.kupenda.org/ and become a fan of its new Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kupenda-for-the-children/103433398469.

Blood:Water Mission Donation = $1,245 (completed 2009 campaign)

The Swiming For Water campaign presented by Adventures For The Cure received $1,245 in donations through the Adventures For The Cure website. Greg Young participated in the 4.4-mile Great Cheseapeake Bay Swim as a fundraising campaign for Blood:Water Mission.

Blood:Water Mission is a nonprofit organization exists to promote clean blood and clean water efforts in Africa, tangibly reducing the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic while addressing the underlying issues of poverty, injustice and oppression. Blood:Water Mission is building clean water wells, supporting medical facilities, and focusing on community and worldview transformation, both here in America and in Africa.

To learn more about Blood:Water Mission, visit http://www.bloodwatermission.com/

About Adventures For The Cure
Adventures For The Cure (AFC), a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization and USA Cycling club which exists to raise awareness for diabetes, to show those diagnosed with diabetes and their families how leading a healthy and active lifestyle can move you beyond your perceived limits, and to raise funds for diabetes research. The organization also raises awareness and funds for other causes that the board of directors has selected. For more details, visit http://adventuresforthecure.com.

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Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/adventures4cure

Labels: 2009 raam, adventuresforthecure, bloodwatermission, campaign, kupenda, swimming