SpinOdyssey & TennisOdyssey 2008 raises $455,489 and counting!
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| Flanking the top fundraisers are SpinOdyssey co-founders Amelie Babkie (l) of Westport and Delia Thompson(r) (formerly of Westport). Top Fundraiser was Steve Teixeira(l) with $23,650 followed by Iain Bruce(r) $17,375----both Westporters have been perennial top fundraisers over the past 7 years! Read More... |
Over 430 Spinners rode for breast cancer research, raising $455,489 at the 9th annual SpinOdyssey hosted by the Fitness & Tennis Club in Norwalk, CT. Tennis players ages 9-18 participating in the first annual TennisOdyssey swung for the cure for six hours on three tennis courts and contributed $20,000 to the total raised, while the indoor cyclists pedaled on the other two courts under the instruction of local and master Spin Instructors as well as the band DNR!
Top Fundraiser was Steve Teixeira with $23,650 followed by Iain Bruce $17,375----both perennial top fundraisers over the past 7 years! Elysse Hamlin, 11 years old, was the top TennisOdyssey fundraiser with $5,037.
Team Equinox of Darien defended it crown of "Team Generosity", raising the most money with $97,103, followed by the Westport Weston Family Y with $79,809 and the Southport Racquet Club's Cure Riders with $39,764
As more donations come in, as of March 25, we are at $482,150!
Of the total raised, close to $19,000 from the silent auction, SpinOdyssey store, CD Swap, water bottle, t-shirt, & jersey sales, and wine tasting event has been delivered to Whittingham Cancer Center at Norwalk Hospital.
Also as part of the total raised, close to $20,000 was from the TennisOdyssey players ages 9-18, who hit over 30,000 balls during the 6 hours of SpinOdyssey!
Great job to all of you!!
We also will have money from from registration fees, after paying the event expenses such as insurance, police, staging, sound system, $9,300(apx) in shipping & assembly fees for the 150 StarTrac bikes from the manufacturer, to give to Whittingham Cancer Center for the national breast cancer clinical trials!
Please note that no one on the SpinOdyssey Committee is paid, this is a 100% volunteer event!
Online donation pages always stay open, so more contributions are coming in every day! If you have more checks, make them payable to the American Cancer Society, with "SpinOdyssey 2008" marked in the memo section of the check, and mail them to:
Gayle Alswanger/Susan Quaranta
American Cancer Society
372 Danbury Road
Wilton, CT 06897-2523
800-889-3340
If you want to help fund the breast cancer clinical trials at Whittingham Cancer Center, mail those checks to:
Mary Ellen Loncto
Whittingham Cancer Center
Norwalk Hospital
Maple Street
Norwalk,CT 06856
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The Junior Tennis Program at the Fitness & Tennis Club are going to participate in the first annual TennisOdyssey on Sunday, March 2, the same day as SpinOdyssey 2008! Players have signed up to for this tennis marathon called the TennisOdyssey from 9AM-3PM.
Their goal is to hit 30,000 tennis balls from 9AM-3PM while the SpinOdyssey takes place, and the kids are fundraising, too! The players will be on Courts 1, 2, 3 while 300 riders are pedalling away on Spin bikes on two other courts!
Read more and print off registration forms for TennisOdyssey. Also, check out the pledge forms.
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STEAZ ENERGY is honored to be associated with Spin Odyssey and its effort to drive the awareness of breast cancer throughout our local community |
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| Cheryl Curthoys, owner of the Robeks Juice at 883 Boston Post Road, together with organizers from SpinOdyssey, Sharon Simon and Patty Kondub and fellow Robeks store participants Bonnie Adler (Westport) and Teah Maunula (Stamford). Robeks is sponsoring the fund raising event supporting breast cancer research, which will take place this Sunday at the Fitness & Tennis Club in Norwalk. |
Robeks Juice is committed to helping customers lead healthy lives and is a strong supporter of Breast Cancer charities and events in Fairfield County. Darien store owner Cheryl Curthoys organized the support effort behind this year’s Spin Odyssey event to be held this Sunday at Fitness & Tennis Club in Norwalk, enlisting fellow Robeks store owners from Stamford and Westport. Robeks will be providing fresh squeezed orange juice and fruit smoothies to more than 500 cyclists and spectators throughout the 6 hour event.
Following a strong opening in October, the Darien Robeks, located at 883 Post Road, has solidified itself as a destination for health-conscious adults and teens. Open weekdays at 7am, a Robeks smoothie with a free nutritional supplement is a great way to start the day.
Read more: Robeks Juices Up SpinOdyssey Riders (pdf) |
Whole Foods Market Fuels SpinOdyssey 2008! |
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| Stephen McKenna of Whole Foods Market, center back row, met with SpinOdyssey volunteers (L) to (R) Judy Samuels, Megan Smith, Rachel Zappalorti and Clair Mason, who is also the Co-Owner of the Fitness and Tennis Club, Host of SpinOdyssey 2008 on Sunday, March 2. Front row, (L) to (R) are Molly McAuley and Marlon Ewart of Whole Foods. Read more... |
The mission of SpinOdyssey is to organize and host health
& fitness-oriented fund raising events for breast cancer
research, with the objective of keeping costs low in order to
also donate a high percentage of registration fees to breast
cancer research or to breast cancer patient and family
services. We are committed to giving 100% of the pledge
donations to a breast cancer research cause, providing riders
with a memorable experience, and raising awareness of breast
cancer in our communities.
SpinOdyssey is 100% volunteer-run by people who are breast
cancer survivors, indoor cycling instructors and students, and
their families & friends. SpinOdyssey is an event of
Charity Treks Inc. http://www.charitytreks.org/, a 501(c) (3)
non-profit organization. Find
out more about us.
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