Nonprofit Alignments
As part of our focus for all USA Productions events, nonprofit alignments and giving back to great charities is one of our main priorities. Below are some of the great nonprofits we support as beneficiaries at our great events and hope you will do the same during registration:
Team in Training & The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
http://www.teamintraining.org/sj/
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.
Join The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (TNT) and receive hands-on coaching to walk or run a full or half marathon, cycle a 100-mile century ride, or complete a triathlon or hike adventure. Join as an individual or form a team of friends, family and coworkers and be part of a powerful force that has raised over $1 billion to fund research and treatment advances for cancer patients around the world.
National MS Society
www.wavestowine.org
The National MS Society helps people affected by MS by funding cutting edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, and providing vital programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. The National MS Society’s Bike MS Ride is the country’s largest organized charity bicycling event series. Bike MS: Waves to Wine is now in its 28th year and attracts over 2,000 riders and will rasie $2 million to help create a world free of MS.
For More information: www.wavestowine.org or call 1-800-344-4867.
Insulin Dependence
www.triabetes.org
Triabetes is a USAT certified triathlon club for people of all ages with all types of diabetes. Since 2007, Triabetes club members have trained together and competed in hundreds of triathlon events from coast to coast. From 18 years of age to 60, Team Triabetes has demonstrated that you're never too old or young to "Give it a Shot."
As the world's largest triathlon club for people with diabetes, Triabetes shatters preconceived notions of what people with diabetes can do, revolutionizing the way people approach diabetes through inspiration, education of the patient and medical communities about diabetes and exercise, and exploration of the physiological and social foundations of successful diabetes management.
Triabetes is a project of Insulindependence, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to creating fitness and adventure opportunities in the diabetes community.
