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updated: 5/21/10 Capital One Credit Card Program gives back to the Pink Ribbon Riders. Signing up donates $50.00 at your first purchase and then 1% to 2.5% of your percent back to PRR. Help us help others while you shop! ____________________________________________________________________________ Did you know? The Pink Ribbon Riders receives on a daily average since December of 2009, two (2) patients per day applying for the Pink Ribbon Riders financial assistance program. That means if everyone that applys follows through and we gave out to each person we would give out $365,000 dollars this year! Only one problem, Pink Ribbon Riders was so proud last year to raised $300,000, but that would not be enough for this year.. so we need your help to spread the word about what the Pink Ribbon Riders does and hopefully more people will thank about making a donation to the cause! __________________________________________________________________________ Current News: May 2010: A MOTHER’S DAY GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING Slednecks Global Headquarters – April 29, 2010 – In one way or another we have all been or are currently affected by breast cancer. - See more info here.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Febraury 2010: The limited eddition Pink Ribbon Riders Arctic Cat Snowmobile can be yours! Win this sled in an online auction. An online auction for P.J’s historic pink DRIFT gear. Anyone can bid on this size-medium pink DRIFT gear. P.J. Wanderscheid Pink Autographed DRIFT Jacket and Pants - Bid Now!
_______________________________________________________________________ January 2010: 2010 4th Annual Michigan Snow Run event changes location of Saturday Welcome Party to the Alpine Lodge. Sunday's main event will still be held at the Eagles Lodge. For mroe information please see the Michigan Snow Run page. ________________________________________________________________________ January 2010: Pink Ribbon Riders represented at ESPN Winter X-Games again this year! Watch the weekend of January 27th though the 30th to see the riders represent the mission of the Pink Ribbon Riders! ________________________________________________________________________ January 2010: Hentges Racing team raises close to $2,000 at a benefit at the Turtles Bar. ________________________________________________________________________ December 2009: "PINKED OUT" sled winner.... Congratulations to Jaime Shimon and thank you to our judge Chris Burandt! See Chris' note to Jaime and the contestants.
Jaime's winnining note and sled photos:
________________________________________________________________________ November 2009: - Watertown, New York Football Team surprises the Pink Ribbon Riders with a gift... Read more..
____________________________________________________________________________ October 2009: - KLIM USA announces a custom sled graphics wrap with 100 % of proceeds to benefit the Pink Ribbon Riders! For more information visit: KLIM USA. Klim has also teamed with the ladies winter jacket to donate a portion of proceeds to the Pink Ribbon Riders! Your shopping helps the cause! Thank you Klim USA!
__________________________________________________________________________ September 2009: Snow Season is officially here as Hay Days passes by. What an amazing past weekend as we attended the Hay Days event presented by the Minnesota Snow Barons Snowmobile Club. The entie snowmobile industry presented new products and offered great buys to everyone that attended. It is said that Hay Days is the official start of winter for the snowmobile industry and we are excited to have been able to attend and want to thank our sponsors HMK USA and Snow Barrons for making this such a great weekend for our mission in helping others. At the Pink Ribbon Riders booth we daybued the 4th eddition Pink Ribbon Riders Arctic Cat snowmobile that will be auctioned off this winter to riase funds for those in need.
Watch for photos of the entire weekend including the famous Joe Parsons, Winter ESPN X-games Gold Medalist taking a turn in the Snow Goer Dunk Tank that riased funds for the Pink Ribbon Riders! _____________________________________________________________________________ August 2009- 2nd Annual Allstate Road Run and Celebration raises $10,000! Riders and non riders took part in the event despite mother natures joke of rain this past weekend! The event was a day and half of fun planned for all those that attended with guest appearances from VForce Customs Vinnie and Cody. For more info and photos, click here.. Bikes on the ride and decorated bras! Jody, Cody, Deb (Survivor) and Vinnie presenting a $500.00 Assistance Gift at the 2nd Annual Allstate Road Run. ______________________________________________________________________________ 7/7/09- Winter 2010 Snow Run information coming under the Snow Run web pages coming in August! New location to be announced! ___________________________________________________________________ 7/7/09- Summers here and we have fun planned with the NY DIRT FEST! Atv's, side by sides and all being filmed for Outdoor Channel's tv show with Host Brian Fisher! The Show will air this September. And if that's not enough, in August, Vinnie and Cody ride with Pink Ribbon Riders in honor and in memory of those we love at the Ole Barn in Inlet NY. For more info go to SUMMMER Events. ___________________________________________________________________________ 5/28/09- Celebrity guests announced to attend Pink Ribbon Riders summer events. VFORCE Customs, Vinnie and Cody formerly from the Discovery Channel will appear at the ALLSTATE Pink Ribbon Riders Road Ride and celebration on Aug. 28 & 29 in Inlet NY. A second announcement of Fisher's ATV World TV show host Brian Fisher will attend at the 2009 NY DIRT FEST in Monticello, NY. Both events are pre-registration and have deadline dates. For more info, visit summer events. _____________________________________________________________________________ May 2009/ 2008 X-Games Medallist, Sam Rogers featured giving a Pink Ribbon Riders Assistance Gift card of $500.00 to Josh Koreski accepting for his Aunt Judy Koreski at the Jackson Hole Hillclimb this past March.
Left,Jody McKay, PRR Middle, X-Games Medallist, Sam Rogers Right, Josh Koreski ________________________________________________________ 5/13/09- Beauty, strength and love. Something the disease of breast cancer can not take from anyone. ! Dear Pink Ribbon Riders, I would like to thank you for helping me in my time of need. You have no idea the perfect timing it was to receive my surprise gift in the mail on Tuesday. My car is in the garage and I was worried about paying for the repairs. You have lightened a burden of worry and stress that I did not need. I love you and I know you will be blessed 10 times over for the wonderful things you do. Words are not even enough to express my gratitude. In the future, when my life returns to normal I will always try to support your organization. Thank you from the bottom of my hear. - Emma Ecklund, PA To read more notes from survivors, click here. ____________________________________________________________________________ 4/7/09- Allstate Insurance teams with Pink Ribbon Riders for 2009 New York Motorcycle Run. Pink Ribbon Riders will return to Inlet, Ny for the 2nd Annual Motorcycle and Road Run with food great music and exhibitors are planned. If you would like to help with the event please contact us today. More Information coming soon! _____________________________________________________________________________ 3/29/09- Pink Ribbon Riders Assistance Program collaborated with the Jackson Hole area to help father and daughter that are both diagnosed with breast cancer this past weekend This past weekend at the Jackson Hole Hill climb in Jackson, Wyoming the Pink Ribbon Riders gave assistance to father and daughter that are both battling breast cancer. Locals Dick and Leith Barker were awarded with a $500.00 gift card each during the Saturday Hill Climb event. Mr. Barker shared that his mom had also been diagnosed with breast cancer years prior to her passing. A moving public speech from Mr. Barker told the crowd of thousands at the event how true and scary as a male that they too can get breast cancer. The same evening the Pink Ribbon Riders awarded assistance to Judy Koreski from Washington who is a second time recipient of the assistance from Pink Ribbon Riders. Her nephew who competed in the Hill climb event was there to accept for her at the Freestyle show and the gift was presented by Sam Rogers, Freestyle Rider and PRR representative. While in Jackson Hole the Pink Ribbon Riders made a donation to the St. John's Hospital and Foundation for $3,000 to start a phone card and gas card fund for breast cancer patients that are treated at the hospital. Pink Ribbon Riders recognizes the need of patients that live in rural areas of Wyoming that struggle with the financial need for gas money and the struggle of living to far away to be able to attend support groups. We hope that working with the hospital that we can make it just a little bit easier for the breast cancer patients there to keep fighting their battle. While in Wyoming for the 2nd Annual Wyoming Snow Run and the Jackson Hole Hill Climb event the Pink Ribbon Riders donated more than $5,000 back to the community and surrounding states through the Pink Ribbon Riders Assistance Program. We want to thank all of the volunteers and those that helped while we were out west to make the past two weeks and incredible time of people helping people. To read the Jackson Hole newspaper article, please click here. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3/15/09- FXR Racing donates $10,000 through the clothing that cares program. The program is in it's second year of fundraising for breast cancer patient assistance. FXR Company choose the Pink Ribbon Riders as one of three charities to receive funding from this program. Pink Ribbon Riders is the only USA based non profit organization to receive the donation. The Pink Ribbon Riders are very great full to FXR for their dedication to our mission through the program and are very grateful for their kindness. Through companies like FXR, HMK USA, Choko Clothing and C & A Pro skis we are able to raise donations together when consumers purchase the product and then a donation is made back to us. Thank you to all the consumer support, together we will all make a difference. All together the companies will have donated over $20,000 through their programs in 2008. _____________________________________________________________________________ 2/2/09- HMK USA supports the Pink Ribbon Riders with the "PINK PRoducts" donation of $7,500! HMK USA has been teamed with the Pink Ribbon Rides since the begging and Kirk and Sherry Zack never stop giving as Presenting Sponsors and the 1st company to create a giving program that donates a portion of proceeds from a product to the Pink Ribbon Riders cause. The HMK USA program donates a portion of the proceeds from every pink product the HMK USA sells. For more information on this program or others like FXR, Choko Clothing and C & A Skis, visit our Sponsor Products page. Thank you to HMK USA for three years of their program that has supported the Pink Ribbon Riders and close to $20,000 donated! _____________________________________________________________________________ 1/28/09- Winter X-Games shows huge support for the Pink Ribbon Riders as snowmobile athletes proudly rode Pink Ribbon Riders stickers on their sleds this past weekend! Thank you to all the athletes that showed support by running the Pink Ribbon Riders stickers on their sleds this past weekend. "PINK" was seen all over the USA while people watched their tvs from Friday night to Sunday. Competitions included the Freestyle & Speed competition with Sam Rogers riding a pink polaris snowmobile with stickers everywhere! Yes everywhere, on top and on bottom of his sled... he does go upside down, ya know! The stickers were even on the podium of the Freestyle competition on Sunday night! Heath Frisby silver medallist and Gold medal winner Joe Parsons both displayed the PRR stickers on their snowmobiles! And not to forget the young superstar, Semi Pro rider Dan Ebert with an amazing race weekend winning the Silver medal for Arctic Cat Racing. Dan's PRR sticker is shown in the picture below, FRONT and CENTER! Thank you Dan and what a race! Thank You to all the riders that support the Pink Ribbon Riders: Paul Thacker, Garth Kauffman, Zach Pattyn, Jeff Mullen, Jim Wazny, Carl shubitzke, Levi Lavelle, Brett Bender, Jimmy Blaze and all the race families!
______________________________________________________________________________ 1/21/09- Sam Rogers represents the Pink Ribbon Riders in the 2009 ESPN Winter X- Games! Thursday night 9:00pm eastern Sam Rogers will ride his decked out "pink" Polaris snowmobile with Pink Ribbon Riders logos! Sam will do high flying tricks in the Speed & Style competition. Sam has announced to the Pink Ribbon Riders that if he podiums, he will donate a portion of his winnings to our cause! _____________________________________________________________________________ 1/19/09- Cross Country racer, Tom Clement rides the I-500 Race to benefit the Pink Ribbon Riders. Tom is well known in the snowmobile industry as one the writes for the popular American Snowmobiler magazine. Read Tom's press release about his success this past weekend. Tom's goal is to raise $2,000 this winter for the Pink Ribbon Riders! _____________________________________________________________________________ 1/10/09- 3rd Annual Minnesota Snow Run raises $25,000! 130 participants attended the Hill City, Minnesota ride to ride in honor and in memory of those we love. For pictures and information. _____________________________________________________________________________ 11/3/08- SleddersVision.org donates $750.00 to Pink Ribbon Riders from past winter snowmobile ride in Michigan! A group of amazing snowmobilers got together and rode for a good cause this winter and picked the Pink Ribbon Riders to be the beneficiary. Sledders Vision.org will be named as a Pink Ribbon Survivor sponsor at the 3rd Annual Michigan Snow Run on February 14, 2009. The donation will help a survivor to receive a $500.00 Pink Ribbon Riders Assistance Fund card and also an evening a fun to be provided for him or her and their significant other. The Sledders vision.org group formerly associated to snowmobileworld.com have chosen the Pink Ribbon Riders mission to support 2 years in row because of the direct support that we give to the breast cancer patients and their families. Also as fellow snowmobilers and motor sports enthusiasts they share the same passion of Pink Ribbon Rider of taking their hobby and doing good for others with it. Thank you Sleddersvision.org for your commitment to our cause if helping others and to the wonderful group that you all are! We thank you from the bottom of our hearts! _____________________________________________________________________________ 10/20/08- Snow Run event registration: If you are a past participant of the Snow Run event please check the SNow Run page of the State you wish to attend as PAST PARTICIPANT forms are available. We are reserving spaces for past participants until Nov. 1st. Open registration will begin on Nov. 1st and we can not guarantee space after Nov. 1st. Pink Ribbon Riders will offer a filled party of fun for non-snowmobilers that wish to support the cause on the day prior to the Snow Run ride. We are limited to space availability and will be registering only those that are riders for the main event. For more info click here: Then click on the state you wish to attend. _____________________________________________________________________________ 10/19/08- Pink Ribbon Riders assists over 100 + breast cancer patients! We are still counting, but we have assisted over 100 patients and have assisted many community programs such as book assistance for a volunteer support group and more! We want to thank everyone who volunteers and supports the Pink Ribbon Riders as you are helping to make a difference! 2008 Fall Pink Ribbon Riders fall Newsletter - Click here _____________________________________________________________________________ 10/2/08- - Pink Ribbon Riders announces new format for breast cancer patients to apply for assistance program. Pink Ribbon Riders a volunteer based organization has launched a new format for patients diagnosed with breast cancer to apply for assistance. The new format will ask patients to fill out an on line form with their contact information and will then prompt them to download a form that will be mailed to Pink Ribbon Riders. The new process allows Pink Ribbon Riders and the patient immediate contact with each other. The Assistance Program will work on an "open enrollment" calendar. The Pink Ribbon Riders web site will announce the open dates for applications to be received and will announce when the program is closed. This "open enrollment" format will allow time for the volunteers at Pink Ribbon Riders to process applications and notify patients. To keep funding directed as much to the patients and the mission of helping others an "open enrollment" format is planned to better assist those in need. Patients will have the opportunity to receive up to $500.00 per year from the organization's assistance fund. The funds maybe distributed to them directly or to their bills in order to help pay medical bills, utility bills, gas money or even food. The funds are for them to use however it may make their day and fight against breast cancer just a little bit easier. The Assistance Program will make determination to patients in the states in which Pink Ribbon Riders hosts fundraising events first and then if funds allow, it will assist patients outside of the fund raising states. The current first determination states are: New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Wyoming. The program has currently helped more than 100 patients and still counting. The Pink Ribbon Riders has also assisted grass roots programs such as the Jefferson - Lewis County Wellness Connection in New York, The Hat Rack program in Michigan, the One Day at a Time, volunteer support group in Michigan and many other grass roots programs that do not have large resources for funding for their own programs. Based on fund availability, Pink Ribbon Riders hopes to continue also supporting these and many more grass roots programs in the future. Pink Ribbon Riders also funds the awareness of breast cancer that both men and women can be diagnosed by providing free materials of information at all appearances to the public. And as many requests as possible when we are informed of a new patient diagnosis. Thank you to the continued support of the Pink Ribbon Riders organization presenting sponsors: Arctic Cat Corporation, HMK USA, Ingles Performance, Triton Trailers. Through their dedication to our mission we thank them tremendously for all that they do to make our mission real. Snow
Goer Magazine’s First-Ever Dunk Tank Raises Money For
Charity 9/27/08-Pocono Golf outing raises $5,000! It started out as a rainy day and the fog took a while to lift, but the spirit and comerodory of those that were there to support the cause was not effected. 22 teams came together despite the weather and a great day was had for all. For more info, click here ______________________________________________________________________________ 9/20/08- 1st Annual Fall Road Run and celebration raises $4,000 to benefit the Pink Ribbon Riders. The Pink Ribbon Riders and the Ole Barn host the first motorcycle ride! It was an amazing day filled with great weather. lots of food and wonderful new friends were made while riding in honor and in memory of those we love. _____________________________________________________________________________ 9/2/08-
News blast for the week of Sept. 1st: With all the new excitement we are getting ready with big news of the 5th anniversary of the "Snow Run event! The "Snow Run" event started in 2005 with just 35 people and now all together in 5 states there are more than 700 people riding in honor and in memory of those we love! For more information on the Snow Run events, and for past participation and new participant registration please click here. 8/18/08- 1st
Annual Michigan Dirt Run raises close to $4,000 and still counting! 7/31/08- BEARS are back! The cute and soft breast cancer bears are back. These bears are a great way to help with fundraising for your next Pink Ribbon Riders event. There are many bears to choose from! Email us today for a an order form. pinkribbonriders@yahoo.com subject: BEARS 7/8/08- $5,000 putting contest added to the 1st Annual Pink Ribbon Michigan Golf Classic! One lucky person will have the chance to make a putt for $5,000! The event date is scheduled on October 11, 2008. 7/7/08- Summer Events added to the schedule include the 2nd Annual New York ATV event and the 1st Annual Michigan Dirt Run. The New York ATV event on August 2nd, 2008, three registration locations will be Timberview Lodge, Pine Tree Inn and Tuggers. The event is a poker run style even with prize money awarded. The Michigan Dirt Run is open to atv's, enduro bikes and is sponsored by Lewiston Motor sports. The event includes lunch, dinner and contests to be played. An awareness themed decorating contest will take place before riders leave. Pre registration is required for this event. 7/5/08- Two breast cancer patients were chosen for public assistance this past week, Stacy Livingston of Battle Creek, Michigan is a two time diagnosis. Kathy Zito of New York was also chosen to receive the public assistance at the Hayloft Pub event over the holiday weekend. The Pink Ribbon Riders on top of the assistance program that is made available to the public to apply, searches out patients in the area in which fundraising events are held in efforts to give back to the community that welcomes the organization. For more accomplishments of the Pink Ribbon Riders and the assistance program please view the Accomplishments page. 6/18/08 6/18/08 6/18/08
5/20/08 Through your support we are able to help men and women diagnosed with breast cancer by providing an Assistance Program that enables them to apply for financial assistance. The financial assistance is commonly used for gas to treatment centers or to help pay for the enormous medical bills that occur due to battling the disease of breast cancer. Pink Ribbon Riders also supports local support groups for patients and their families by providing educational books and other resources that maybe needed in order for patients to talk to each other if they are to far to travel to a center for a support meeting. We could not accomplish our mission of helping others if it was not for the amazing people that are involved with Rock Maple Racing. Thank you to all of you for your continued support and we wish you a safe and healthy summer! 5/16/08 SAVE THE DATE More information to follow. 4/29/08 4/22/08 4/18/08 4/2/08 3/10/08 3/4/08 We are proud to announce that this first year event in Wisconsin raise $21,000 and still counting! A total of 93 participants attended and rode up to 137 miles that day! Watch for more photos and details on the Wisconsin Snow Run page. Even a video clip from Channel 12 News will be available to watch! And we are not done, this weekend, March 1st, we head to New York for the 4th Annual New York Snow Run and are expecting 300 Participants! If that’s not enough this volunteer organization wraps up the “Riding in honor and in memory of those we love” snowmobile “Snow Run” events in Wyoming on April 5th! Each event has proved to be not only emotional as we are able to help patients battling breast cancer with the Pink Ribbon Riders Breast Cancer Fund. The organization invites a local patient to receive their fund assistance the night of the event and he or she shares their story. The assistance is received in a $500 gift card to help with medical bills or daily needs, but it also provides a great days of co-survivors coming together to be able to talk about their emotions and struggles. Currently Pink Ribbon Riders has helped over 30 people from states all over the USA. We can not share names with the public of who we have assisted as they are protected by HIPPA Rules. This program was established in late fall of 2007 and has been available to anyone in the USA, simply by printing off an application form on the left side of our home page and completing the need information. Pink Ribbon Rider volunteers also seek patients to assist with the fund in the specific states that we host “Snow Run” events in. Additionally, many grass roots projects such as survivor groups are assisted by the Pink Ribbon Riders. We actively search for programs that are assisting patients directly. 2/22/08 Mary we will ride in honor and in memory of you this weekend at the Wisconsin Snow Run. You will not be forgotten as you have touched so many of us. 2-19-08 Our next stop this coming weekend is the 1st Annual Wisconsin Snow Run on February 22nd and 23rd. Pink Ribbon Riders will be traveling for the next few weeks on tour for the Snow Run events through out the USA, if you have any questions regarding the event you are attending, please look over that states event page, as all the answers will be there. 2-5-08 PRE REGISTRATION is required. Click Here for the WYOMING SNOW RUN event page for more details! 01/10/2008 1-3-08 Thank you to everyone who supported or participated in the 2nd Annual Minnesota Snow Run. Special thank you to our presenting sponsors at Arctic Cat, HMK Snowmobiling, Ingles Performance and Triton Trailers. Click here to read the full Press Release. 11-30-07
11-26-07 This
year's line-up of Pros are incredibly talented racers and
earning one of the top honors this weekend is our Pro - Mike
Schultz. Mike captured a Pro Super Stock podium, was in the
top five of the Pro Open National and qualified for the Winter
X-Games. A great start within a group of fierce competitors!
He says, "It feels great to be back on the track and I
plan to spend A LOT of time in the winner's circle!" Our
own Kylie Abrahamson (breast cancer awareness spokesperson)
dominated the Pro Women's division finishing 1st in both rounds
and earned a 1st place finish in the final which was one of
the most exciting races of the weekend. She had a tough holeshot
and was in last place in the first corner, but she turned on
the heat and with her usual style and grace drove her way to
the checkered. more... 10-31-07
10-15-07
Woody’s® Pink Support Plates are available in the 5/16” Round Digger® series in a package quantity of 48 and 5/16” Double Digger® series in package quantities of 12 and 48. They may be purchased online at www.woodystraction.com. For the full press release click here. 8-17-07 8-14-07 In the fall of 2006, Arctic Cat and Pink Ribbon Riders met together to create the first “official Pink Snowmobile”. The snowmobile created lots of stir in the motor sports industry in a positive way by letting those know that this disease does not just affect women, but men also. Knowing that the impact needed to be strong and the message to be heard very Loud, Representative of Arctic Cat, Kale Wainer and Jody McKay, of Pink Ribbon Riders new that teaming together was the right thing to do. Keep your eyes peeled for the appearance of the second edition of this one of a kind, “Pink Sled for a Pink cause” to be seen at the upcoming Snow Shows this fall. The Pink Awareness Sled is donated to the Pink Ribbon Riders to use as a raffle to generate funds for their mission. Tickets will be available for purchase and a limited amount of 1,000 tickets will be printed. The 2007 winner of the first pink Sled was Linda Scott of PA. The Pink Ribbon Riders will continue their mission of spreading awareness of breast cancer to both men and women in the motor sports industry by attending many power sports trade shows and snowmobile races this fall and winter. The Snow Run events are planned in New York, Michigan, Minnesota and adding two new locations of Wyoming and Wisconsin. 8-2-2007
Starting this season, $10 from the sale of all FXR women’s jackets will be donated to various programs throughout Canada and the United States supporting women living with cancer. FXR’s goal is to help women and their families, as they live with cancer. A few of the programs that will benefit from this great program are: The Kelly Shires Foundation - whose fundraising efforts go directly to financially assisting affected women and their families. Pink Ribbon Riders - which hosts events across the USA to assist men and women that have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the daily financial struggles while creating awareness of breast cancer to both men and women. For more information on the program, contact Judy Friesen- judy@fxrracing.com For archived news articles, click here.
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