Athletes for a Cure
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Athletes for a Cure is a fundraising and awareness program of the Prostate Cancer Foundation
. The organization assists athletes in their quest to raise money for better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer
. Athletes for a Cure was founded by Scott and Greta Rose Zagarino in Hood River, OR in 2006.
and the research projects funded by the PCF.
The Athletes for a Cure website provides athletes and organizers with the opportunity to create personalized homepages and be a part of the prostate cancer fundraising community. Registered participants can choose to upload their own photos, add personal stories to the website and even add race information to their own page. The website also allows users to define and set donation goals, send emails to their friends and family, and provides various tools to track and monitor their donations.
to "create a sustainable event fundraising model in a completely new paradigm," according to founder Scott Zagarino.
In January 2009, Athletes for a Cure won the Shorty Award
for Best Producer of Nonprofit Twitter Content.
Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation , formerly known as CaP CURE, is the world’s largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research. PCF was founded in 1993 in order to discover better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer...
. The organization assists athletes in their quest to raise money for better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...
. Athletes for a Cure was founded by Scott and Greta Rose Zagarino in Hood River, OR in 2006.
Mission
Athletes for a Cure was founded to create a community of people wishing to join together to fight prostate cancer. All monies raised from the program go directly to the Prostate Cancer FoundationProstate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation , formerly known as CaP CURE, is the world’s largest philanthropic source of support for prostate cancer research. PCF was founded in 1993 in order to discover better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer...
and the research projects funded by the PCF.
The Athletes for a Cure website provides athletes and organizers with the opportunity to create personalized homepages and be a part of the prostate cancer fundraising community. Registered participants can choose to upload their own photos, add personal stories to the website and even add race information to their own page. The website also allows users to define and set donation goals, send emails to their friends and family, and provides various tools to track and monitor their donations.
Events
While Athletes for a Cure prides itself on a model of events "Any Time, Any Place, Any Where," there are many opportunities and special events that have joined forces with Athletes for a Cure in order to increase support. These special events include the New York City Triathlon and the St. Anthony's Triathlon.Media Campaigns
Athletes for a Cure makes extensive use of social networkingSocial network service
A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people, who, for example, share interests and/or activities. A social network service consists of a representation of each user , his/her social...
to "create a sustainable event fundraising model in a completely new paradigm," according to founder Scott Zagarino.
In January 2009, Athletes for a Cure won the Shorty Award
Shorty Awards
The Shorty Awards, also known as the Shorties, are an awards event that honors top short-form content creators on the micro-blogging website Twitter. The awards have primarily been sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and are organized by the co-founders of the Brooklyn-based...
for Best Producer of Nonprofit Twitter Content.
Supporters
Athletes for a Cure is supported by a number of notable professional athletes, including- Craig AlexanderCraig Alexander (triathlete)Craig Alexander is an Australian triathlete who is the 2008, 2009 & 2011 Ironman Triathlon World Champion. He is only the fourth man to win the Ironman World Championship two years in a row; the others were Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and Tim DeBoom. He is also only the fourth man to win the Ironman...
, Australian Ironman champion - Steve FisherSteve Fisher (snowboarder)Steve Fisher also known as "The Fish" is an American professional snowboarder and the 2004 and 2007 Winter X Games Champion. He is currently ranked the #1 halfpipe rider in the United States by the USSA ranking system.-Childhood and early snowboarding career:Steve grew up in Saint Louis Park, a...
, international snowboarder - Eric JacksonEric Jackson (kayaker)Eric "EJ" Jackson is a world-champion freestyle kayaker, kayak designer, and founder of Jackson Kayak.-Career:As of October 2009, Jackson is currently freestyle kayak world championship runner-up. He has been world champion four times...
, freestyle kayaker and founder of Jackson kayak - Dean KarnazesDean KarnazesDean Karnazes , is an American ultramarathon runner, and author of Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All Night Runner, which details ultra endurance running for the general public...
, ultramarathon runner - Simon LessingSimon LessingSimon Christopher Lessing, MBE, is a British triathlete who won five Olympic-distance world titles . He also won races at 70.3, ITU long distance and Ironman-distance events. He set an Olympic-distance world record in 1996, and is noted for his 2004 Ironman Lake Placid win, where he set a course...
, four time Olympic gold medallist - Brian LopesBrian LopesBrian Thomas Lopes is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old....
, mountain bike racer - Karen SmyersKaren SmyersKaren Smyers is a triathlete from the United States. She was inducted into the Triathlon Hall of Fame in January 2009.-External links:*...
, triathlete