FIGHT AGAINST PEDIATRIC CANCER
THE GREAT AMAZING RACE SERIES partners with the Max Cure Foundation, a national 501(c)(3) childhood cancer foundation that funds childhood cancer research, provides financial support to families in need while their child is in treatment, and advocates for legislative and regulatory change seeking to benefit children with cancer.
We invite you to join the fight and make a difference in the lives of children battling cancer by donating 2 pairs of used sneakers or running shoes at the race. In return, you will receive a 2 minute time-eraser token for the race. You see, one good deed deserves another.
What If Your Used Sneakers Could Change a Life?
There are 200 million pairs of sneakers that get thrown away each year in this country. Most of those old sneakers still have life left in them, yet they are buried alive. They end up in landfills, never seeing the light of day again. Hundreds of millions of people around the world don’t own footwear, and walk barefoot in the streets.
What if those sneakers could make a difference in the lives of children battling cancer in this country? What if they were made available as affordable footwear to those in developing nations in need of sneakers or tennis shoes? Would you donate your sneakers today and make it count for a lifetime?
"Dunk Your Kicks" is a unique fundraising initiative where we are asking you to reach into your closets, not your pockets. We invite you to dig out those old or gently used sneakers and running shoes that you don’t wear, the ones that sit in closets or on shelves in the garage, and collect dust. Dunk Your Kicks for pediatric cancer gives purpose to the kicks you don’t wear!
We are collecting sneakers at all GREAT AMAZING RACE events. Our mission is to eradicate cancer as a life-threatening disease in children!
You can also mail your sneakers to: The Max Cure Foundation, Inc.
560 Sylvan Avenue Suite 1225 Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
(p) 201-569-5595 (e) info@maxcure.org
30 MINUTES-A-DAY ACADEMIC INITIATIVE
THE GREAT AMAZING RACE SERIES supports the 30 MINUTES-A-DAY Academic Initiative, a national Do-It-Together campaign that encourages families to engage in one of three home activities for 30 minutes each day (together) that can improve a students academic performance and family quality of life.
1. Reading Books or Doing Math ... Together
2. Eating Healthy Lunch or Dinner ... Together
3. Playing or Exercising ... Together
