Team Transplant After Party
Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 in Events, Past Events, Photos, Team Transplant
On June 9th, Team Transplant’s members gathered at TriBella with their families and friends for the team after party to celebrate the success of Team Transplant 2011. We drew the winners of Team Transplant’s 35 raffle prizes, recognized the “Team Transplant Champions” (team members who raised $1,000 or more), and awarded the top three fundraisers with valuable prizes at this event.
Special thanks to this year’s top three fundraisers:
- Brian Cerise, living kidney donor – $3,908 raised*
- Stanton Dodge – $2,650 raised*
- Eric Lang, living kidney donor – $2,400 raised*
*Total raised by June 5, 2011
Thank you to team sponsors TriBella and Noodles and Company for hosting the party and providing delicious food.
Team Transplant Rides the 2011 Subaru Elephant Rock
Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 in Events, Past Events, Photos, Team Transplant
We had a fantastic time on Sunday, June 5th as 101 Team Transplant members rode in the 24th Annual Subaru Elephant Rock to raise awareness for organ and tissue and to celebrate the lives saved through transplantation. Eight transplant recipients and six living organ donors participated to prove it’s possible to lead a healthy, active lifestyle after transplant! Watch the video.
Among the recipients, six-year-old liver recipient Vienna Danna raced in the Shimano Youth Series and WON. Vienna was also one of the team’s top fundraisers, raising more than $1,700 for the American Transplant Foundation. The Lieutenant Governor of Colorado and Team Transplant member Joe Garcia spoke to the crowd about the importance of organ and tissue donation and presented Vienna with a Team Transplant Champion jersey for her accomplishment.
Team Transplant had riders participating in all the five courses, riding between seven and 100 miles. A sub team, the “Organ Grinders,” also represented Team Transplant in the 24 Hours of ERock mountain bike race June 3-4th. Thanks to sponsors and participants, this event raised more than $60,000 to support the American Transplant Foundation.
Team Transplant gear is available for purchase in our Shop.
For even more photos, please visit our album on Facebook. (You do not need a Facebook account to view the photos.)
Photos by Joshua Duplechian/Rich Clarkson and Associates.
It’s time for packet pick up
Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 in Team Transplant
Don’t forget, Team Transplant! Packet pick up started this week. It’s time to pick up your bike tag, goodie bag, and any Team Transplant gear you have earned through fundraising! Gear will also be for sale if you want to complete your kit.
Details and directions are posted on the Team Event Calendar. See you soon!
Packet Pick Up Times:
- Tues, May 31 – Schlessman Family YMCA*
- Thurs, June 2 – TriBella*
- Sat, June 4 – Douglas County Events Center
- Sun, June 5 – Douglas County Events Center
*Early packet pick up times (5/31 and 6/2) are only available for team members who registered before May 17th due to the time it takes to print bike tags.
Prizes announced for the first four people to reach $2,000 in fundraising!
Posted on 24. May, 2011 in Announcements, Contests, Team Transplant
We are pleased to announce that the first four Team Transplant members to reach $2,000 in fundraising will receive a Pro Bike Fit for your road or mountain bike at Bike Source, valued at $250!
This advanced fit for road or mountain bikers includes: (more…)
And the winner is…
Posted on 17. May, 2011 in Announcements, Team Transplant
Last week on the blog we mentioned that one lucky Team Transplant member (who registered before May 12th) would win a special gift certificate to The Capital Grille here in downtown Denver. We did the drawing today, and we are very pleased to announce that the winner is Mr. Cameron Berry! Congratulations, Cameron. Here’s a preview of some of the menu items you will get to enjoy soon.
If you didn’t win the gift certificate, don’t despair! Team Transplant has many other raffle prizes for all team members. We also have some pretty cool/valuable raffle prizes for riders who raise $500 or more, like concert tickets complete with limo package.
If you haven’t yet registered for this great event raising money and awareness for organ and tissue donation, register now!
Register for Team Transplant May 12th for your chance to win a great prize!
Posted on 11. May, 2011 in Announcements, Team Transplant
Everyone who registers for Team Transplant, the American Transplant Foundation’s charity cycling team riding in the 2011 Subaru Elephant Rock, by 11:59 PM on Thursday, May 12th will be entered into a special drawing to win a special dinner for two at The Capital Grille in downtown Denver’s Larimer Square!
The dinner menu includes fried calamari with hot chili peppers, filet mignon, sirloin steak, glazed salmon, mashed potatoes and your choice of chocolate espresso cake or cheese cake with fresh berries for dessert! (Note that we said “includes.” That means there’s even more!) The certificate is valued at $150.
Talk about a great incentive to register now.
Check out the other raffle prizes you can win, just for joining!
Team Transplant Group Rides
Posted on 09. May, 2011 in Team Transplant
Team Transplant will host several group rides in preparation for the big day at Subaru Elephant Rock. Come meet the people riding with Team Transplant on June 5th! Rides are scheduled for:
- Wednesday, May 11
- Sunday, May 15
- Wednesday, May 18
- Sunday, June 22
Check out Team Transplant’s Event Calendar for all the details!
6 Minutes
Posted on 03. May, 2011 in Team Transplant
The team's spiffy new site makes registering quick and easy!
There are many things that can be done in 6 minutes. You can write a thank you note. You can surf Facebook. You can read a news article. Some people can run a mile (not me, trust me!). You can take a walk. You can call a friend. You can save a life!
I’ll admit it– I’m a terrible procrastinator. Well, I can be. And I have been procrastinating on one thing that is very important to me: registering my team for Team Transplant! Here I am extolling the virtues to all of you about registering early, recruiting members, and I haven’t even done it myself. Yes, I’ve been terribly busy. I’ve been running a mile a minute for about a month now. But I sat down and decided to do it, and it took me… yes, you guessed it… six minutes. Less, in fact.
Take six minutes and register for Team Transplant. I’ve registered under Team Leadership Council (more…)
April is Donate Life Month
Posted on 27. Apr, 2011 in Team Transplant
Hello, my Team Transplant Friends!
Yes, I realize that it is April 27th, so perhaps I’m a little late in the game (okay, a LOT late in the game) to be waxing poetic about the month of April, but we’ve got 3 days left and it’s still Donate Life Month. What better time to reach out to your supporters, your friends, your family and colleagues, and remind them about why you ride each year on Team Transplant?
Donate Life Month is a great way to remind people about the power of transplant. As a marketing geek, I know that you usually have to put something in front of your average viewer seven times for it to sink in. Think Donate Life. Think Connecting People to Life. Think of the license plate. The billboards. The opportunities to register as a donor. Living donation, and living donors! Consider your email as one of those vehicles to help those around you to realize, remember, and decide to take action to support this great cause. (more…)
Welcome to 2011, Team Transplant!
Posted on 13. Apr, 2011 in Team Transplant
Hello Team Transplant Riders and Welcome to 2011!
It feels like it’s been a long and dreary winter, and as I sit here and listen to the rain fall outside, I find myself still hoping for spring. BUT… it’s great to be back and connecting with all of you, and looking forward to, once again, another great year for Team Transplant at Subaru Elephant Rock.
First and foremost… April is NATIONAL DONATE LIFE month. Now come on, what better time to sign up and start telling your friends and family about this great organization that you will be supporting this spring?
Now… the other thing on my mind in April is that ugly date looming at the end of this week… April 15th. I don’t think I’ve ever dreaded a Friday so much. Yes, I owe Uncle Sam a hefty little check, and I’m dreading the writing of it and sending it off for it’s postmark before midnight on Friday. But, as I think of our civic duty and the inevitability of taxes, another vision of Uncle Sam comes to mind that I hope may inspire you…
I WANT YOU TO JOIN TEAM TRANSPLANT!
Yes folks, I’m already starting in with my demanding ways and telling you what to do, on my very first blog post. But we have a lot of riders to gain between now and June 5th, and we won’t be able to do it without you! (more…)
