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- December 1 - 24, 2008 - 102.9 DRC-FM, Wal-Mart, and Sam's
Club's "Angels for Connecticut Children's Medical Center" toy
drive - This holiday season, 102.9 DRC-FM is once again
teaming up with Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club to collect toys for
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. The event will run from
December 1st to December 24th and DRC-FM will visit a different
Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club from Noon to 2:00 each of those days.
Please visit their website for more information:
www.drcfm.com
- February 21 and 22, 2009 - The 2009 UConn HuskyTHON -
HuskyTHON is an 18 hour Dance Marathon event, where the students
of the University of Connecticut stand and dance to raise money
for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. It is the University
of Connecticut’s ONLY student run philanthropy event.
HuskyTHON is not just a dance marathon, entertainment at the
event includes inflatables, bands, dancers, singing groups, DJs,
and other fun and games.
For more information and to learn how you can help, please visit
their website:
http://www.huskython.uconn.edu
- April 4, 2009 - New Frontiers for the Children -
A dinner and celebration The Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center strives to provide state-of-the-art care and treatment aimed at improving the lives of the over 500 children in the region with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
New Frontiers for the Children is a very special formal evening which will raise funds and awareness for the vital mission of the Center for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Connecticut Children’s. Guests will enjoy the elegance and historic beauty of The Hartford Club as well as a cocktail reception, silent auction, dinner, and live entertainment. All proceeds will benefit the endowment that supports state-of-the-art clinical services and cutting-edge, bio-medical research devoted to improving the lives of children with IBD.
To join the event committee or for more information about this special evening, please contact Chris Pates at 860-610-5720
cpates@ccmckids.org or Caitlin Gadecki at 860-610-5731
cgadecki@ccmckids.org.
- April 26th, 2009 - The 2009 Connecticut Miracle Ride -
"The Ride is back"
Join thousands of motorcyclists from all over the region as they
come together on April 26th to support Connecticut Children's
Medical Center. Riders will gather to starting points all over
Connecticut. They will then ride to Newington and form a massive
parade that will ride past Connecticut Children's on it's way to
High Meadow in North Granby.
For more information please visit their website at:
www.miracleride.com
- May 9, 2009 - vie for the Kids - The Cancer Clinical
Trials Program at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center helps to
ensure that new cancer treatments are available for children in
our region and that Connecticut Children’s continues to make a
significant contribution toward the development of new
treatments for children with cancer across the country and
throughout the world.
vie, a company that helps other companies compete more
effectively by turning more of its salespeople into top
performers conducts a very special event to benefit cancer
clinical trials at Connecticut Children’s, appropriately called
"vie for the Kids". The event is being hosted this year by The
Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, CT. It will feature a 5k
morning run/walk through Walker Woods followed by an evening
reception with wine tasting and silent and live auctions held in
the beautiful Beaver Brook Academic Building.
For more information about this extraordinary benefit, please
contact Paul Shapiro at 860-217-1603 or
paulvietocompete.com
or Chris Pates at 860-610-5720 or
cpates@ccmckids.org.
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