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"Champions" are key to the success of the TRI-TO-WIN Sprint Triathlon. The fundraising campaign truly makes an incredible impact…on our collective efforts to TRI-TO-WIN...the fight against melanoma!
Creating your own fundraising page as an individual, or joining together with friends or co-workers to form a team, is very easy to do and incredibly rewarding. Simply go to the top of this page and click on "Become a Fundraiser," then select:
* "Fundraise as an Individual" or
* "Create a Fundraising Team."
Be creative and have fun to earn satisfaction and awards. All "Champions" receive a technical race shirt, and complimentary clinics conducted by a professional triathlon coaches, and with just a little promotional effort, successful "Champions" raising $500 or more will earn their choice of a portable family sun shade canopy or heart rate monitor.
Download the Active Fundraising Guide if you have questions or use the "Help Desk" at givingsupport@active.com or call, 877-228-4881. And remember, you are all "Champions" in both this campaign and the TRI-TO-WIN event! Good luck with your training and fundraising!
GOT SKIN? LEARN THESE FACTS:
* Melanoma is the most serious and lethal form of skin cancer.
* The lifetime risk of developing melanoma is
1 in 39.
* Melanoma is the only cancer for which incidence and mortality are rising unabated, yet only receives 2.5% of the funding provided to other cancer research.
* 1.2 million new cases of skin cancer occurred in the U.S. in 2006-more than all other new cases of breast, lung, colon and prostate combined.
* Melanoma is the most common cancer among young adults ages 20-30;
* Melanoma is the primary source of cancer death for woman ages 25-30; and 2nd most common cause of death for women ages 30-35.
* During the past 10 years, the number of cases of melanoma has increased more rapidly than that of any other cancer.
* 10,000 people in the U.S. died in 2006 from skin cancer of which 8,000 were melanoma..
* One person dies every hour in the U.S. from melanoma.
* The incidence rate in Maryland alone increased over 300% in the past two decades.
The “TRI-TO-WIN…the fight against melanoma” triathlon fundraising directly benefits the Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation. The Foundation, an all-volunteer, non-profit charity, is known throughout Maryland and nationally as "the voice for melanoma prevention, detection, care and cure." Triathletes, experienced and first-timers alike, join the community of patients, families, doctors, educators and concerned individuals to:
• support medical research that will ultimately lead to a cure for melanoma;
• seek opportunities to educate the general public on prevention and the seriousness of melanoma; and,
• provide resources for patients and the entire melanoma community.
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Total donations: $24,736
Goal: $50,000
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