'Charity Chopper' Highlights Downtown Fund-Raising Event
--PPG Industries
When: Tuesday, July 19 - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Who: Dave Perewitz of Perewitz Cycle Fab and PPG Industries'
automotive refinish business, to benefit The Leukemia &
Lymphoma Society.
What: See the Charity Chopper - a one-of-a-kind V-twin chopper
built by Perewitz Cycle Fab and featuring paint from the
Vibrance Collection of custom finishes from PPG - as
well as other Perewitz custom-built choppers and the PPG
show truck.
Where: PPG Plaza
Downtown
Description: This event will feature the Charity Chopper - brainchild
of Perewitz, Ray Evernham, owner of Evernham
Motorsports, and PPG. The motorcycle showcases colors
from the PPG automotive refinish business' Vibrance
Collection of custom finishes and is part of a yearlong
fund-raising effort with Evernham's Racing for a Reason
foundation to raise awareness and funds for The
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. It will go up for online
auction on eBay Sept. 30.
Also featured will be the Vibrance Collection of custom
finishes show truck, with a unique paint design created
by Larry Wood, chief designer for Hot Wheels, a Mattel,
Inc., brand.
Fund raising at the event will include poster and
T-shirt sales and a raffle with prizes such as a Hines
Ward autographed Pittsburgh Steelers football, a Rob
Mackowiak autographed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball and
four tickets to any Pittsburgh Pirates game Sunday
through Thursday in 2005 along with a $50 gift
certificate for Poli Restaurant. All proceeds benefit
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The Pittsburgh event is part of a national tour of
custom car and motorcycle shows and NASCAR events as
well as an ongoing fund-raising effort with monthly
eBay auctions. More information on the Charity Chopper
program is available at www.ppgrefinish.com or
www.ebay.com/charitychopper.
About The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society:
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is headquartered in White Plains,
N.Y., with 63 chapters in the United States and additional branches in
Canada. The Society's mission: to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's
disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and
their families. Since its founding in 1949, the society has invested
more than $360 million in research specifically targeting leukemia,
lymphoma and myeloma. For more information about blood cancer, visit
www.LLS.org or call the society's Information Resource Center at (800)
955-4572.
Vibrance Collection is a trademark of PPG Industries.
Hot Wheels is a trademark of Mattel, Inc.