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Your Help Is Needed!
How You Can Help: Ask all your friends, neighbors, co-workers, and relatives to sponsor your workout on Wednesday, September 29th via a monetary donation . The club will be open free to the public all day long, and all class fees will be waived for the day so jump into your favorite class, zoom along on a treadmill, or strengthen your shape with our circuit & free weight equipment. Whatever you do, you'll be doing it for the children. All sponsor donations will benefit St. Jude Children's Hospital, recently named the No. 1 children's cancer hospital in the U.S. Registration: You may sign up to participate at the front desk at any of Fitworks 8 Cincinnati/Dayton area locations beginning on September 1st. There is no registration fee. All we ask is that you collect donations to sponsor your workout. Complete details & sponsor donation materials will be provided at time of registration. Place: All 8 Fitworks Cincinnati/Dayton locations. Who Can Participate: Anyone 18 yrs. or older! You don't have to be a Fitworks member to participate. We encourage members and non-members alike to rally your friends to join you in this fundraiser. Every dollar raised will go to St. Jude's Children's Hospital. Workouts will be avialable at no-charge for the day to all non-members who participate in the fundraiser. And class fees will be waived for the day for both members and non-members alike! Questions: For questions about Fitworks' fundraiser, please to contact Cyndie Lawrence at clawrence@fitworks.comawrence@fitworks.com |
Prize List:
--Raise & collect $35 or more & get a St. Jude T-shirt!
--Raise & collect $75 or more & get a St. Jude Workout Bag!
--Raise & collect $150 or more & get a St. Jude Blanket!
Compelling Facts About St. Jude:
• St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children and serves as an international resource to physicians and researchers. • St. Jude is internationally recognized for its pioneering research and treatment of children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. • The daily operating costs for St. Jude are $1.5 million, which are primarily covered by thousands of individual donors, organizations and corporations without which the hospital's work would not be possible. • On average, 5,700 active patients visit the hospital each year. It's the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states, and from around the world. • St. Jude's research protocols have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancer from less than 20% when the hospital opened to almost 80% today. • Founded in 1962 by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. For more information about the work of St. Jude, visit www.stjude.org |
