Phelp's Luck Swim-A-Thon

The kids of the Phelp's Luck Snappers Swim Club in Columbia Maryland raised $2190.25 in a swim-a-thon! The kids were sponsored by friends and family per lap of swimming. Many of them swam over 100 laps! and a few even swam more than 200 laps!! It is incredible to see so many young kids swimming for a cause :)

Thanks!

Cera Products Inc!

Cera Products has supported AFC by giving to our charity and providing great team discounts throughout the years!  We just wanted to say thanks!

AFC Team Members using CeraSport!

Check them out
Website: http://www.ceraproductsinc.com/productline/cerasport.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CeraProducts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CeraSport

Ellicott City 5k!!

Rip It Events hosted the Ellicott City 5k/10k today!  The race was to benefit AFC!  Thanks so much to all the volunteers and racers who came out for the day!!

Matt Cooper, Tom Schreck, and Patrick Blair at the registration table

Cleo Driscoll and U'tonna Sherrod under the AFC tent ready to do some course marshaling!

Medstar National Rehabilitation Network (a major sponsor of the race)

Ryan Blace (far left) doing race timing, Greg Rittler (far right) finishing the 10k!

Ray Lake and his son after finishing their 5ks... blazing fast times!

AACS Bike-A-Thon

Rob ready to ride!

Rob Irias and his boy's soccer team, along with the girl's soccer team and the track team of Annapolis Area Christian School up on a super awesome Bike-A-Thon to raise money for Kupenda For the Children today.  We are waiting for the total donation $$ to come in but we are currently guessing that they might have raised well over $8k!!!! WHATTT!!! Awesome right??

Starting off

See their AACS Bike-A-Thon Campaign Page for more details.

Rob and Cindy giving a short talk to the kids about Kupenda and what they are about to do

Big Big thanks to Dan Miranda, Steve Wilson, John Blair, and Nate Mudd who rode with the kids and made sure that everyone was safe and happy :)

AFC Riders

This is what AFC is all about!  Awesome!!

Rockburn Cross!!

AFC's Rockburn Cross opens for registration tomorrow (10/2) night at 8pm!  Don't miss out!

Register here: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=14395

2011 Cyclocross Campaign Begins!

Today marks the first race of Adam and Pat's 2011 Cyclocross Campaign with Charm City Cross!  Today and tomorrow's races are both UCI level events.  That means there will be some very heavy competition with more than a few professional cyclists and some of the best racers in the world, but it also means that the payout goes very deep.  If Adam and Pat can score inside the top 25 they will receive a cash prize!  That money will then be donated to AFC and go towards their campaign total for the season.

Lets do this!!!!  There is still time to sign up to be a supporter and help them raise money for AFC.  Supporters are not on the hook to make any 'recommended' donations based on this weekend's racing since these races are not part of the MABRA Super 8 Series.  The MABRA Super 8 Series begins next weekend with Tacchino  Cyclocross.

Phelps Luck Swim Team - Charity Fundraiser

Last night the Phelps Luck Swim Team held a fundraiser for AFC! The kids swam from wall to wall in the pool and had friend and family sponsor them per lap. We are still waiting for the final total for how much they raised but those kids were really doing some serious laps!

Chris Lewis - One Day One Cause - SUCCESS!

Yesterday AFC team member Chris Lewis completed his long distance bike ride in Patapsco State Park and raised $625, in his AFC Campaign, for Extreme Weekend For Children With Diabetes! Way to go Chris!!

Ellicott City 5k!

Another charity event for raising money for Extreme Weekend and Kupenda! Wow!

Two Huge AFC Fundraising Successes!

Recently AFC has raised $5,789.35 with the SugarHill Mountain Bike Race and $3,071.33 with the Leesburg Bakers Dozen Auction! All of that money will be split between Extreme Weekend For Children With Diabetes and Kupenda For the Children.

Thanks to everyone who helped make these events happen!

Making a difference :)

AFC SugarHill 2011 Race Video

Check out this totally awesome race video of the AFC SugarHill 2011 Mountain Bike Race that we just had on May 19th.

Another Successful Bike Repair Night!

AFC held another successful Bike Repair Night for the Route 1 Day Center at Mike West's house! A total of 6 bikes were built to be sent to the shelter.

Thanks everyone!

More Help For The Route 1 Day Center

AFC Team Member Dan Hunt organized a jacket drive for to collect cold weather jackets for the Route 1 Day Center in Columbia, MD. He was able to collect 40 items (that is 60lbs worth)!

AWESOME!

Make it a Kupenda Christmas!

Buy someone a gift that matters. Give a donation to Kupenda on behalf of a friend or loved one and send them a Kupenda Christmas card!!

Rockburn Cyclocross - Food & Clothing Drive

Thank you to everyone who donated to AFC's Food & Clothing Drive at the Rockburn Cyclocross race this past weekend. Here is a report from Bill Blandford who delivered the goods:
Food and clothing donations from AFC's Rockburn CycloCross registration effort were delivered to the Route 1 Day Center last night at 5:30 PM. The polka dotted collection box (4'X2'X2') was overflowing with clothing and canned goods on race day. It took me 10 minutes to unload the box and pack it into the back of the SUV. The donations filled the entire cargo area all the way up to the windows!
When I arrived at the Route 1 Day Center a nice gentleman saw me unloading and I asked if he worked there. "No, he replied. I'm one of the lost souls. You look like you need some volunteers." Two minutes later the car was unloaded as 8 men arrived on the scene to help. Thanks and happy holiday wishes were exchanged by all and I can only imagine the activity surrounding the donations that ensued after I left. Props to all who contributed especially Jen and Madi for the brilliant idea.

2011 Extreme Weekend - Spring Edition

The next installment of DESTINY's Extreme Weekend For Children With Diabetes will be held on May 13-15, 2011.

Sign up now for this session now for reduced cost! $150.00 till March 1, 2011 after this date cost will go up to 180.00. Visit their website at http://www.diabetesdestiny.org for more information

DESTINY will be having a new program in September 2011 a family style retreat open to all people with Diabetes. Check the website for updated information soon!

-Pat
LoveLife!

Rob Irias' Ultra Ride For Kupenda!!

This past weekend on Saturday November 13th AFC Team Member, Rob Irias, rode his bike for a total of 200.58miles to raise money for Kupenda For The Children. His ride was nothing short of inspirational. Recently Kupenda sent out an email alerting everyone of their urgent need for funds. Rob was motivated by that email to go out and do something about it. He is still waiting for all of his donations to come in but he has raised well over $500 already!

Good job Rob. You are inspirational!!!

Wrench Fest for the Route 1 Day Center

This past weekend on Saturday November 13th team AFC assembled as Mike West's house to fix up some older and slightly used bicycles so that they could be donate to the Route 1 Day Center for the homeless. The center will lend these bikes to the homeless that they help as a means of transportation to/from their jobs.

AFC Team Members: Craig D, Greg, Bill B, Alain, Jim K, Steve K, Kevin L, Eric M, Jay M, Ben W, Dave T, Madi W, and Dan H assembled/fixed/repaired a total of 10 bikes to be donated.



-Pat
Adventures For the Cure
LoveLife!

Extreme Weekend 10/15-10/17 2010

Lisa Hardy is a member of the AFC Team and volunteered as a camp counselor during the Extreme Weekend For Children With Diabetes camp that was held this past weekend. Here is her summary of what the camp is all about...

Sandy Hill Campground is any outdoorsy kid's dream. The 211 acres of fields and woods offer many activities. The dining hall with rows of tables and plastic buckets with color-coded labels for knives, forks, and spoons. The soccer fields are strewn with soccer balls and frisbees. The ropes course has pulleys and harnesses, bags of helmets and leather gloves in crates. The wooden buildings for summer bunks are scattered at the top of a bluff over-looking the Chesapeake Bay to the east. Just slightly farther north, the C&D canal connects the Chesapeake to Delaware Bay and out into the Atlantic.
Diabetes camp isn't unlike any other regular summer camp. There are new people to meet, names to remember, camp food to digest, safety lectures to pay attention to. There are feats of strength, fear of heights, homesickness, and disgust of spiders. There's dirt and leaves and scrapes and bruises. But at diabetes camp there are also alcohol swabs, lancets, testing strips and glucose meters. At meals, there are pens and pencils and small squares of paper for campers to add up the carbs they eat at each meal. There are glucose tablets and juice boxes.

Any overnight camp is a character-building experience. Camper/Athletes learn to work together to climb a tower, encourage each other to "super-size" their starting points on the giant swing. (That means start from the highest point, and the scariest) The camper/athletes learn to keep track of their belongings without mom and dad. They make friends, hear inspiring stories from diabetic role models, and learn how to identify plants and seeds in the forest.
But none of that is the real value derived from camp. You can't put a price on the support network that is formed. For people dealing with a serious and sometimes frustrating illness, the real treasure is having peers, doctors, nurses, and resources to turn to when the going gets tough. Maybe they'll learn a tip from fellow diabetic camper/athlete that helps them. Maybe they'll learn about a new technology. Maybe they'll make a commitment to good habits that will avoid a complication or maximize years of healthy living.

All camp kids learn to overcome the stomach butterflies that arrive when you look down from the top of the climbing tower. Just like their non-diabetic peers, DESTINY. Camper/Athletes can take comfort in the camaraderie of having done something difficult with others. Our weekend was great fun, there were no safety incidents, and everyone is looking forward to coming back in the spring!

New Sponsor - Clear Edge IT Solutions, LLC

AFC is extremely happy to welcome our newest sponsor: Clear Edge IT Solutions, LLC. With their generous donation to AFC's 2010 fundraising, they will be helping us to raise money for Kupenda For the Children and Extreme Weekend For Children With Diabetes.

Not only did they make a donation directly to AFC as a sponsor, but at their annual company party they will be having a pie-throwing fundraising event that will benefit our causes!

Patrick Blair, co-founder of AFC, works at this great company. If you would like to know more or are even interested in job opportunities, please contact him at pblair12@gmail.com.

Thank you Clear Edge!