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2013-11-07 17:10:31
Oklahoma Baptist Hannah Helker nd Adam Godwin are Sooner Athletic Conference W
omen and Men Cross Country Runners of the Week for Sept. 2329.
Helker, a junior from Edmond North High School, cruised to victory by more than a minute in the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree Saturday. She covered the five kilometers in 17:41 to lead OBU to a team victory.
Godwin, a senior from Edmond North High School as well, won the men eightkilometer race at OSU in 25:38, also leading the men to a team win.
UCO footballers fall to No. 18 Washburn
A pair of quickstrike touchdowns thwarted Central Oklahoma upset bid and kept the Bronchos winless Saturday afternoon as No. 18ranked Washburn pulled out a 2819 MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association victory.
37 million for the Jimmy Fund
The 2012 PanMassachusetts Challenge (PMC) raised $37 million for cancer research and patient care at DanaFarber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. The 2012 fundraising total is $2 million more than the PMC gave in 2011 and brings its 33year Jimmy Fund contribution to $375 million.
The PMC, which was held Aug. 4 and 5, 2012, is the most successful single athletic fundraising event in the United States; it raises and contributes more money to charity than any other such event.
PMC Founder and Executive Director Billy Starr presented a ceremonial check to DanaFarber President Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD at a brunch celebration held at Legal Harborside in South Boston, which was attended by PMC cyclists, volunteers and family members.
PMC 2012 exceeded its 2011 gift by $2 million, a 5.7 % increase. are committed to our event and to raising money for cancer research, said Starr. efforts fund DanaFarber research and treatment that help millions around the globe. contribution represents 100 percent of every riderraised dollar, a charity passthrough rate that is nearly unparalleled within the athletic fundraising event industry. Approximately 3,300 volunteers and 200 companies supplying almost $5 million in products and services provided riders with food, mechanical and medical assistance, luggage transport and support of all kinds.
Last August, 5,234 cyclists from nine countries and 36 US states rode one of 11 routes that ranged from 25 to 190 miles. Riders included Massachusetts Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, 300 cancer survivors, current cancer patients and avid cyclists and weekend warriors alike. Many rode in support of loved ones being treated for cancer or in memory of those who have been lost to the disease.
money is seed money that enables our scientists to conduct the earliest forms of research, often before it is eligible for government funds, Benz said. money they raise is critical to our work. in 1980 when 36 cyclists rode across Massachusetts and raised $10,200 for the Jimmy Fund, the PMC is known today as the gold standard of athletic fundraising events due to the unprecedented sums it raises and its consistently efficient charity passthrough rate. One of the very first athletic fundraising events for charity in the nation, the PMC was a pioneer in its focus on fundraising and efficiency.
The 2012 PanMassachusetts Challenge (PMC) raised $37 million for cancer research and patient care at DanaFarber Cancer Institute through the Jimmy Fund. The 2012 fundraising total is $2 million more than the PMC gave in 2011 and brings its 33year Jimmy Fund contribution to $375 million.
The PMC, which was held Aug. 4 and 5, 2012, is the most successful single athletic fundraising event in the United States; it raises and contributes more money to charity than any other such event.
PMC Founder and Executive Director Billy Starr presented a ceremonial check to DanaFarber President Edward J. Benz, Jr., MD at a brunch celebration held at Legal Harborside in South Boston, which was attended by PMC cyclists, volunteers and family members.
PMC 2012 exceeded its 2011 gift by $2 million, a 5.7 % increase. are committed to our event and to raising money for cancer research, said Starr. efforts fund DanaFarber research and treatment that help millions around the globe. contribution represents 100 percent of every riderraised dollar, a charity passthrough rate that is nearly unparalleled within the athletic fundraising event industry. Approximately 3,300 volunteers and 200 companies supplying almost $5 million in products and services provided riders with food, mechanical and medical assistance, luggage transport and support of all kinds.
Last August, 5,234 cyclists from nine countries and 36 US states rode one of 11 routes that ranged from 25 to 190 miles. Riders included Massachusetts Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, 300 cancer survivors, current cancer patients and avid cyclists and weekend warriors alike. Many rode in support of loved ones being treated for cancer or in memory of those who have been lost to the disease.
