CHANHASSEN, Minn., Feb. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of ongoing
efforts by St. Jude and Life Time to help kids get healthy, more
than 100 Life Time destinations across the country will host the
third annual Ride for a Reason event on Saturday, March 3. The four-hour cycling relay
will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® and
the Life Time Foundation.
This year more than 7,000 participants and 1,200 teams are
expected to participate with a fundraising goal of $1 million. Events like Ride for a Reason help
ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment,
travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about
is helping their child live.
No one better understands how a diagnosis can alter one's life
than Jamie, mother of a St. Jude patient. Within one year, Jamie
went from being a Life Time cycle instructor, leading one of the
top fundraising clubs in the nation, to experiencing the St. Jude
mission firsthand when her six-year-old daughter Bridget, was
diagnosed with osteosarcoma.
Now that Bridget is a St. Jude patient, Jamie is even more
determined to continue raising funds for St. Jude. So far, her Ride
for a Reason team has raised more than $24,000. "The money we're raising is helping so
many children, including now my own daughter," says Jamie.
Since the first Ride for a Reason in 2016, nearly 10,000
riders have raised $1.2
million. The treatments for pediatric cancer can last up
to three years or more and cost on average $425,000 including housing, travel and food. That
is why every donation counts and why participants are encouraged to
raise $250 or more.
How It Works:
- Register – Registration is open now through
March 3, 2018. Participants can sign
up solo or with a team of up to four people at
www.stjude.org/rideforareason.
- Raise – Participants will get their own personal
fundraising website and tools to give family and friends the
opportunity to donate to their team. Participants can opt to make a
direct donation versus fundraise by selecting the "Make a Gift"
option at an event of their choice at
www.lifetimeride.stjude.org.
- Ride –Contact your local Life Time or visit
www.stjude.org/rideforareason for more information on a Ride for a
Reason happening near you.
Reasons to Ride for Two Lifesaving Causes:
- St. Jude freely shares its groundbreaking discoveries, and
every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists can use
that knowledge to save thousands more children around the
world.
- The Life Time Foundation is committed to improving children's
nutrition through education and the elimination of highly processed
and unnatural ingredients from school menus. In 2017 alone, the
Life Time Foundation served some 27 million meals to more than
277,000 students across the nation.
- St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and around the
world. The Life Time Foundation is currently working with more than
300 schools nationwide.
About St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital®
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats
childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Everything we
do is centered on our mission: Finding cures. Saving children. And
families never receive a bill from St. Jude. We pay for treatment,
travel, housing and food – because all a family should worry about
is helping their child live. By sharing our knowledge freely and
exchanging ideas openly, we're inspiring more collaboration between
doctors and researchers worldwide, and, as a result, more
lifesaving treatments for children everywhere. Treatments invented
at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival
rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since it opened more than 50
years ago, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
Because most of our funding comes from individual supporters, we
have the freedom to focus on what matters most – saving kids
regardless of their financial situation. At St. Jude, we won't give
up. We do everything possible to end childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting
www.stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/stjude) and following us on Twitter
(@stjude).
About the Life Time® Foundation
As a public
charity created by Life Time®—Healthy Way of Life, the Life Time
Foundation's mission is to help schools eliminate seven harmful
ingredients from the food they serve so every child can receive the
healthy food they deserve. The Life Time Foundation is focused on
improving children's nutrition through education and the
elimination of highly processed and artificial ingredients from
school menus, ensuring every child has a healthy start in life.
Unlike many other charitable organizations in which a portion of
donations is consumed by administrative costs, 100 percent of every
dollar donated to the Life Time Foundation directly supports its
mission because all administrative costs are contributed by Life
Time. For more information, visit www.ltffoundation.org.
About Life Time®—Healthy Way of Life
Life Time
champions a healthy and happy life for its members across 131
destinations in 37 major markets in the U.S. and Canada. As the nation's only Healthy Way of
Life brand, Life Time delivers an unmatched athletic resort
experience and provides a comprehensive healthy living, healthy
aging and healthy entertainment experience that goes well beyond
fitness to encompasses the entire spectrum of daily life for
individuals, couples and families of all ages. For more information
visit www.lifetime.life.
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