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The Katie Ride for Life Bike Tour
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Donor Awareness Cycling Event Set for
April 18, 2008
Jacksonville, Florida -- The Katie Caples Foundation will
host its fourth annual donor awareness bicycling event called the Katie Ride
for Life Bike Tour on Saturday, April 18, 2009, starting
and finishing in Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island, near Jacksonville, Florida. The
one-day ride features a 100 km route (62 miles) or 100-mile route for avid road
cyclists, and choices of a 60 km or 30 km routes for families and
recreational enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. A beautiful 10 km
family ride leads through tree-covered roads inside Fort Clinch State
Park. There will even be an
off-road course for those who want to enjoy unpaved trails through
beautiful wilderness areas. Food, entertainment, and drawings await the
participants at the end of their cycling journeys. A delicious post-ride
dinner is catered by Carrabba's Italian Grill. |
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The Katie Caples Foundation was
started in 1998, by the family of Katie Caples, a young high school
student from Jacksonville, who became an organ and tissue donor after not
surviving the trauma of an auto accident. |
| "We are hosting this event in memory of Katie and the wonderful
legacy she left behind," says David Caples, Katie's Father and
foundation chairman. "Katie was a star athlete, and it is fitting to
her memory to host a sporting event like this in her name. She was also a
generous child who gave many others a chance to live through her gifts of
organs and donor tissue." |
| The Katie Ride for Life will raise
funds to increase awareness of the importance of organ and tissue donation
and encourage Floridians to make a positive decision about donation. |
| "The decision to become an
organ and tissue donor is very important," says Kathleen Giery of
LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services, the local organ donor program for
Northern Florida. "We hope that through this event, we can not only
provide donor education to the community, but also raise funds for future
donor education campaigns." There are over 88,000 Americans currently
on the national organ transplant waiting list and roughly 3,000 people
listed at transplant centers in Florida.
For more information on how you can become involved in the Katie Ride
for Life, contact: Katie Caples Foundation -- David Caples at
904-261-1137 or djcaples@lodgingresources.com.
For information on how you can become an organ and tissue donor, call
LifeQuest at (800) 535-GIVE.
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Contacts:
Katie Caples Foundation – David Caples: (904)
261-1137
Performance Multisports – Jakson Badenhoop:
(904) 285-1552
or Director@PerformanceMultisports.com |
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Visit
the Katie Ride for Life site -- Click here. |
Return to Performance
Multisports Event Calendar |
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