NASCAR WCUP: 'Race fans for a Cure' unveils new website
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
April 11, 2001
DEARBORN, Mich. - Race Fans for a Cure* - a joint initiative involving Ford Credit, Dale and Kelley Jarrett, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - now can be reached online. Race Fans for a Cure* unveiled its website, www.racefansforacure.com, today.
Fans can log on to www.racefansforacure.com to learn more about Race Fans for a Cure*, the Komen Foundation, Ford Credit and their efforts to help raise awareness of breast cancer and the importance of early detection. Fans can share their thoughts or ask questions about future Race Fans for a Cure* events. The website also highlights Dale Jarrett's contributions to the cause. And, in the near future, the site will be capable of receiving online donations by credit card. For a $20 donation, contributors can select from a Race Fans for a Cure* T-shirt, baseball hat or collector's tin. Ford Credit will match all proceeds from online donations.
Ford Credit, associate sponsor of the No. 88 NASCAR Winston Cup Taurus driven by Dale Jarrett, sponsors a Race Fans for a Cure* booth at various NASCAR Winston Cup events and Ford Racing Fan Appreciation Days during the season. Race Fans for a Cure* is an initiative designed to increase awareness of breast cancer and the importance of early detection. The booth offers information about the Komen Foundation and its mission, the three steps to early breast cancer detection and is equipped to take donations from fans.
For a $1 donation at the booths, fans personalize a pink paper ribbon for inclusion on a banner to be displayed at Ford Credit's end-of-year check presentation to the Komen Foundation. Fans also receive a keepsake enamel pink ribbon to show their support. This year, Race Fans for a Cure* offers an exclusive, collectable tin to generate funds for the fight against breast cancer. This tin, containing two Dale Jarrett No. 88 die-cast cars are offered free as a gift for those making a $20 donation, with all proceeds going directly to the Komen Foundation. The next Race Fans for a Cure* booths will be at the 600 Festival in Charlotte, N.C., on May 24th, 25th and 26th, and at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., on May 26th and 27th. Last year, race fans donated $33,000 at Race Fans for a Cure* booths.
Since 1998, Ford Credit has donated money to the Komen Foundation for every top-three finish and pole position (fastest qualifying time) that Dale Jarrett collects during the season. Over the past three-plus seasons, Ford Credit has donated $540,000 to the Komen Foundation based on Jarrett's on-track performance and end-of-season bonuses - including $47,500 so far in 2001. Ford Credit gives the Komen Foundation $10,000 for each of Dale's victories, $7,500 for each second-place finish, $5,000 for each third-place finish, and $5,000 for each pole won over the course of the season.
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at age 36. Today, the Foundation is an international organization with a network of volunteers working through local Affiliates and Komen Race for the Cure* events to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment. The Foundations runs one of the most innovative, responsive grant programs in breast cancer today. In addition to funding research, the Foundation and its Affiliates fund community-based breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment projects for the medically underserved.
Ford Credit is a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and the world's largest provider of automotive finance. It serves more than 10 million customers in 40 countries.
Text provided by Jim Brumfield
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