|
|
Date: June 30, 2012 Start Location: Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy Event Manager: Melissa Sutton Email: msutton@diabetes.org For more information, call 216-328-9989 x6765 or Contact Us.
|
| GOAL: $213,500.00 |
ACHIEVED: $54,133.78 |
DAYS TO EVENT: 36 |
|
| |
| |
REGISTER TODAY!
Take the challenge and get ready to Take the Ride of Your Life! The sense of accomplishment that you'll feel as you cross the finish line can only be matched by the difference you'll be making in the lives of the 25 million Americans living with diabetes.
Be one of more than 50,000 riders nationwide committed to helping us Stop Diabetes!
This is an event like no other. No matter which distance you choose you'll be fully supported with route marshals, SAG vehicles, mechanical support, and rest stops stocked with hydration and a variety of snacks to keep you fueled. At the finish, you will be welcomed with cheering volunteers, great food and much more.
|
| |
|
EVENT DETAILS
NEW Location: Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
Address: 4687 Wyoga Lake Road, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44224
NEW Date: 6/30/12 (Last Saturday in June)
Fundraising Goal: $150 minimum fundraising goal per adult*
*Children 17 and younger $75 minimum fundraising goal
Tour Manager: Melissa Sutton
msutton@diabetes.org
216-328-9989 x 6765
Map: Google Map
NEW Routes Offered:
Please Note: All
rides subject to change. Printed maps will be distributed the day of the
ride. Route lengths are not exact due to mapping discrepancies, construction
and safety issues.
New for 2012 is a "virtual" ride option...Psycle is donating four spinning machines for our event. So if you don’t have a bike or prefer to stay on the event grounds, you can watch a DVD of cycling rides while you pedal. Ride for 30 to 60 minutes. Time slots are limited so register early for this option.
Contact Melissa Sutton (msutton@diabetes.org) when you register to sign up for this option.
|
|
|
| |
|
RESOURCES & LINKS
Tour de Cure resources are at your finger tips! Log in to your Tour Participant Center and click on the "Fundraising Tools" tab to access all of your resource guides:
Fundraising Guidebook
Online Fundraising Guidebook
Team Captain Guide
If you have questions about how to start a team contact
Jeff Hildreth at 216.444.0408 or hildrej@ccf.org
Does your organization want to be an event sponsor? Contact
Melissa Sutton at msutton@diabetes.org or Jeff Hildreth at
hildrej@ccf.org
If you are a first time rider and need fundraising tips contact Julie Pinney at juliepinney330@yahoo.com
 
|
|
|
|
YOU HAVE DIABETES?
A Red Rider lives with diabetes every day, type 1 or type 2. You are why we ride and we want to celebrate you at the Tour de Cure.
With hundreds of riders who may share a similar story, and hundreds
more to support you, being a Red Rider can help with your first step or
your millionth in your fight to live a healthier life!
Click here to read about Rusty Edwards our Youth Ambassador
TEAM RED
Want to Stop Diabetes?
 Did you lose a loved one to diabetes?
Do you have diabetes?
Join Team Red!
Team Red is a place for riders that want to connect with others that are passionate about the cause!
|
|
|
| |
|
CHAMPIONS TO STOP DIABETES
When
you ride in Tour de Cure, you take part in something unique. You join the ranks
of some of the most passionate  people in the country people who care about
cycling, health and, above all, finding a cure for diabetes.
In
order to thank our most outstanding fundraisers, we have created the Champions
to Stop Diabetes Top Fundraisers Club.
If you raise $1,000 or more for the Northeast Ohio Tour de Cure by June 15,
2012 you will automatically become a Champion to Stop Diabetes!
As a CHAMPION you will get:
- An invitation to our Champions to Stop
Diabetes celebration and will receive special recognition on the weekend of the
event and all year long!
- Special Champions Bib
numbers
- VIP parking on the day of event
- Recognition on the Northeast Ohio
Tour de Cure website
- Chance to win a bike courtesy of Blimp City Bike and Hike!
Start fundraising today to become a champion to help us
Stop Diabetes! |
|
|
| |
2012 Tour de Cure Jerseys & Team Captain Incentive
  
The
2012
Jersey! The
Champions Jersey! Attention
Team Captains!
Raise $500+ and choose this amazing Raise
$2600+ and choose the Team
Captains that recruit 5
jersey as your thank you
gift! Champions
jersey! members and raise
$1,500 (as a team)
will receive an exclusive pair of
TdC cycling
gloves!
|
| |
Local News & Information
Team Type 2 Athletes to Attend Tour de Cure
Ed Tepper and John Anderson will be leading out the Tour de
Cure 25 mile route this year with all Red Riders!
Team Type 2 athletes have faced the struggles of type 2 diabetes
and have overcome, setting a positive example to those affected by diabetes worldwide. To learn more about Team Type 1 and Team Type 2, a global
sports organization changing the lives of people with diabetes around the world
through racing, community outreach and philanthropic initiatives in developing
countries, please visit www.TeamType1.org.
This is Team Type 1: Video Link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlhewmxB2DE
Learn more about Tour
Join us at the Valley Cafe on June 2nd from 7:30 am - 12 noon to learn more about the Northeast
Ohio Tour de Cure. Hosted by one of our Tour committee members and Blimp City Bike and Hike, it will
be a great time to find out more information about Northeast Ohio Tour
de Cure, get a reduced registration rate and meet some other riders! Valley Café
conveniently located next to the towpath in the Merriman Valley. (1212 Weathervane Ln. Akron, OH 44313)
Offline donations (checks) should be mailed to the local office:
American Diabetes Association
ATTN:Tour De Cure
4500 Rockside Rd. Suite 440
Independence, OH 44131
|
|
|
|
Current Promotions
Any rider that reaches $200 in fundraising by
the end of the month (5/31/12) will be entered to win XBox Kinect 360!
|
Social Networking
 
|
|
