The 4th Annual Boxcar Derby – March 26th, 2012
It’s time to build cars and race again! The University of Michigan chapter of Phi Delta Theta and Ann Arbor Active Against ALS (A2A3) are looking forward to the Third Annual Boxcar Derby and Picnic to raise money for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) research. Pre-built cars will be available for teams to use if they choose not to build their own cars – but creative new cars are strongly encouraged!
Watch this space for more details and registration (coming soon.)
• Saturday, March 26th from 10am to 1pm
• South University between Oxford and Washtenaw (near the Phi Delta Theta house)
• Entrance fee for the race is $30 a team – each team is guaranteed at least THREE runs, so THREE drivers (or fewer) per team is suggested to allow everyone a chance to drive
• Picnic immediately following on the lawn of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house at the corner of South University Avenue and Washtenaw
• Food and drinks available during the event
• T-shirts will be available for purchase one at the event
April 1st – Come Run the 2nd Annual Twinkie Run!
This 5K run will always be held on April 1st, whatever day of the week that turns out to be. This year’s 5K run will be held in Gallup Park with the start near the canoe livery. With Twinkies at the start and again after mile 1.5, we had a lot of fun!
COME GET YOUR TWINKIES WHILE YOU CAN! LONG LIVE HOSTESS!
• Friday, April 1st, 2012
• Gallup Park
• 2:00 pm Race Start
• Early registration (by midnight, March 27th) : $15.00 for adults; $10 for youth (12 years old and under)
• Late registration after March 27th and race day (T-shirt availability not guaranteed): $20 adults; $20 youth
• Youth Relay Option: $15 for 2-person team early registration; $30 late registration
• Optional T-shirts: $15.00 for adults,$12 for kids; (T-Shirt design is currently TBD.)
• Order shirts by March 27th, 9:00am to be guaranteed a shirt. Limited quantities may be available race day.
• Awards: Custom age group awards for adults and youth (individual and relay teams)
Please join us immediately following the run for post-race goodies, a homemade Twinkie contest, and awards!
Find and order photos, and check out last year’s Twinkie Run results here: TWINKIE RUN RESULTS
Check out this article about last year’s event from the Ann Arbor Chronicle: Monthly Milestone: Internet Twinkies
AnnArbor.com also published some photos: Images from the Twinkie Run held Friday evening at Gallup Park
Questions about the run or about A2A3?Visit www.a2a3.org or contact A2A3 at twinkierun@a2a3.org.
Coming in 2012 – Channel for ALS: Six Women Swimming for ALS
In July 2012, six women from Ann Arbor, Michigan are swimming the English Channel to increase awareness of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and raise money to find a cure. They are attempting a two-way crossing and their goal is to break the current world record of 18 hours 59 minutes. All funds raised for this event will go directly to A2A3. Please join the quest and swim, run or walk the Channel (virtually) or simply make a donation in support of their endeavor.
Visit the ChannelforALS event page or www.CHANNELFORALS.org to learn more, to follow along and even share the experience, and to support the cause!
Read an excellent Detroit Free Press article bout the swim by Michael Rosenberg here: Six Michigan women plan to swim English Channel to raise $120,000 for ALS
Success! 2nd Annual A2A3 Swimming Holiday Masters Relays
We had great fun at the 2nd Annual A2A3 Swimming Holiday Relays! All proceeds will again go to finding a cure for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Swimmers swam typical relays in addition to some non-traditional/fun relays (T-shirt, kickboard and the all-new “Butler” relays.) Thanks to Skyline High School for use of the wonderful facility.
Results can be found here: 2011 Holiday Relays Results
Photos from this year:
We expect another fun event next year!
Exciting ALS Research!
Check out our “Donation Recipients” tab above to read more about the first human clinical trial of a stem-cell treatment for ALS being led by Dr. Eva Feldman. Read about ALS TDI, which has been given the highest rating of all ALS organizations by Charity Navigator, with 86% of all funds raised going directly into the lab. Recent breakthroughs in understanding the primary disease mechanism and genetic markers for ALS promise to drive new research closer to a treatment. Read more here.
