The Race For Hope is a A 5k race in Washington D.C. It is a fun way to come together in the fight against brain tumors. Proceeds from the 2009 Race for Hope will benefit the National Brain Tumor Society and Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure. The funds will help find a cure for brain tumors and provide support to brain tumor patients and their families.

David Cook will be making an appearance at this event.

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Please consider making your own team if you live in the area or can make it to the event. You can also make a donation to existing teams as well by clicking here.

Find more information about the 2 organizations this event supports here:

The National Brain Tumor Society

Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure

If you live in
San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Phoenix, AZ; Orange County, CA; Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX -There will be Brain tumor Walks starting in May going through November. Click here for details

Ride for Reasearch Sunday, May 31, 2009 in Waltham, MA
Race For Hope, Sunday, November 2, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accelerating Brain Cancer Cure: http://www.abc2.org/ or here to make donations:http://www.abc2.org/donateNow.shtml

I will be donating to this event. There is no date set up for Phoenix, AZ yet. I will continue checking back as I most definitely will participate.

Thank you for the information.

I am glad you found it helpful Kathy. I will try to check out the sites weekly to see if any new locations/dates have been added. If there isn't an event in your area, please consider participating in a Relay for Life event. This is now an International event- Relay Around the World. These are the largest fundraising/cancer awareness events in the world. We have an entire subforum here if you want more info.

I don't know if you guys are aware of it but DCO actually has an official team set up now and they are encouraging everyone to unite as one to show support for David. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Race for Hope on DCO

Hope to see everyone in DC. I know I'll do my best to participate.

Thanks for sharing that info. I knew they were talking about it, didn't know it was up yet, since I don't visit DCO very often. I think good idea to present united front.
I do want to clarify that if you want to participate in one of the other events (non D.C.) you would have to start your own team. However you could use the same name as them, and post info in that thread to recruit fellow fans in your area. You can be a virtual runner in the D.C. event, but some may want to participate in an actual event closer to their home. Doesn't matter what you chose to do, it is just nice if you can participate in some way. I am sure there are plenty of volunteer needs as well. Check out the links to see what info is available for volunteering.

I have joined the team for the Washington, DC event, and I hope to see other "dashers" out there.

It is official that David himself has a team for the D.C. Race for Hope. Please consider joining his team and starting your own fundraising efforts or making a donation to his team. David has set a goal of $10,000- his team has already raised over $8,000. Do y'all remember what all the members here accomplished last year during the AI tour? We raised over $10,000 in a month and then over $26,000 by the second Kansas City concert. I know we all love David and supporting a great cause. This is David's first official charitable fundraising effort, lets all pull together and help him exceed his goal. I bet we can pull together with all of David's fans and at possible double David's goal of $10,000 by race day.

Here is the link to his team page:
http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR...p;team_id=23010

EDIT- Holy Crap Y'all David's team is less than $1000 from reaching his $10,000 goal. David has the best fans in the world!!

My donation has been made. I will wait for the event to come here to Arizona so my family and friends can participate locally. This is awesome and I am so excited that David is "officially" supporting this.

Made my donation to this wonderful cause that is so close to David's heart and I know so many others.
Lets all help make the $10,000 goal a reality.

David now has the 6th top fundraising team for this race and goal is exceeded already. I bet will be at least doubled by race day! David has inspired everyone to Give Back!

I've been watching the numbers go up and up and up. What a phenomenal show of support for David and this great cause!

David's team is now #5, well on the way to doubling David's original goal. I think David forgot how active his fans are in fundraising.



Now team # 4 at over $14,000 and counting. This is amazing!

Now it's over $15,500!! You guys are awesome!

I'll definitely contribute, but am thinking seriously of participating.... who from here is going? I may be driving up from Richmond by myself...

Wow, this is SO fantastic.
A very young friend of mine was just diagnosed with a brain tumor, so this is even closer to my heart right now.
David, Mr. Honorary Chairman, please bring a 5K to the Boston area so I can participate!

I'm looking at my schedule to see if I can go. I'd becoming from Yorktown, laeddie. I can't run, but I can walk. This cause is dear to my heart because when I was working as a nurse I worked on a neurosurgery unit. This disease has also touched friends of mine, more like slammed. I will be contributing one way or another.

my daughter was so mad when she saw this becuz her school is going to Washington DC the week after this event and she really wanted to meet him.

Let me know - I really want to go, but I'm almost embarassed to mention it to my family... they already think I'm completely off my rocker! At least if I go with a couple more people - anybody else?? - they won't worry about my safety!

Oh man. I really want to start running 5Ks and what a way to start. I wonder if any of my fellow nurses and oncologists would join me. 5/3 doesn't seem like a possibility for me though. I'll be waiting for this year's Philly date perhaps.

Wondering what I could do to make 5/3 work . . .

There is a bike race in Waltham, MA- you can find more info in the link I posted in the first post in the thread.