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United Way of Tompkins County Affiliate Member Organization
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wheel-a-Thon 2003Get Rolling to benefit Foodnet Meals on WheelsAugust 6, 2003 -- What:
Wheel-a-thon to benefit Foodnet Where:
Cass Park Pavilion When:
September 20, 2003
Registration starts at 10 a.m. How: Cars,
Motorcycles, Scooters, Skates, Wagons, Wheelchairs Who? YOU Call:
Foodnet 266-9553 Foodnet wants you to get
rolling by joining the Meals on Wheels Foundation Wheelathon.
Foodnet is the Meals On Wheels affiliate agency in Tompkins County, and
will be the beneficiary of all funds raised.
Join us on September 20 for the second Foodnet Wheel-a-thon to benefit
the local Meals on Wheels home delivered meal program.
The Wheel-a-thon, an effort sponsored by the Meals On Wheels Foundation,
encourages participants to use almost any form of motorized or non motorized
transportation as long as it includes a wheel.
In Tompkins county this year, in addition to the motorcycle ride of last
year’s Wheel-a-thon, there will also be an antique car rally, and a “self
powered” trip around the Cayuga Waterfront trail in Cass Park.
Participants in the motorized events will pay a $25 registration fee. Self powered participants will be collecting pledges.
There will be a picnic lunch and t-shirt for all, and prize drawings for
everyone who raises more than $25. You can help by
participating with your vehicle in the poker run, gathering pledges and wheeling
yourself around the waterfront trail, or by organizing a group to participate
with you. The Wheel-a thon will be
on Saturday, September 20th. Registration starts at 10 a.m. at Cass
Park Pavilion. Participants
in cars and on cycles will start there, for routes around the county.
Registration for the car and motorcycle route is $25.
Self propelled participants will continue around the Cayuga Waterfront
loop trail. Participants are asked
to get donation pledges for their participation.
All routes end at the Cass Park Pavilion, where participants can enjoy a
picnic and receive a tee shirt. For information about the Wheel-a-thon, and
registration forms please call Foodnet at 266-9553. Foodnet has been serving
meals at sites throughout Tompkins County for over 16 years.
Some of these meals are served to groups of older people in Lansing,
Ithaca, Groton and Trumansburg. Other
meals are served to individuals in their homes, delivered daily at lunchtime.
Foodnet serves 2 meals daily, a hot meal and a cold sandwich meal for
later in the day. Last year Foodnet
served approximately 650 meals a day. Foodnet took over the operation of Meals
on Wheels in 2000. Since that time,
the fastest growing program area has been Foodnet Select, the Meals On Wheels
program available to people of any age. For information about the
Wheel a Thon, Foodnet services, or volunteer opportunities, please call the
Foodnet office, 266-9553, or visit the website, www.foodnet.org.
For More Information Contact: Christine Decker 273-1022
Foodnet: Nutrition for the Elderly in Tompkins County, Inc.
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