OncologyThe American Diabetes Association Kicks-Off Its Annual Tour De Cure Cycling Event
The American Diabetes
Association is challenging riders to take part in the annual Tour de
Cure, a cycling event to raise funds to help fight diabetes. More
than 40,000 cyclists will be participating in the Tour de Cure at
sites throughout the country. All funds raised at the Tour de Cure
events will go to support the Association"s mission -- to prevent and
cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by
diabetes.
Individuals and teams composed of co-workers, family and friends are
taking the ride of their life by helping raise funds for the nearly 24
million Americans with diabetes. Tour de Cure is designed for anyone
from the occasional to the experienced cyclist with routes from
10-mile family rides to 100-mile century rides. The route will
feature rest stops with food to fuel the journey and volunteers to
cheer riders on.
"Tour de Cure is a ride for any individual or team who wants to enjoy
a great day of cycling and change the future of diabetes," said Phil
Southerland, founder of Team Type 1. He has been participating in
the Tour de Cure since 2006 along with his team of professional
cyclists who plan to visit 40 Tour de Cure events this year. "It is
our goal to inspire others to use cycling as a way to stay healthy.
You don"t have to be a professional cyclist to get healthy and take
control of your diabetes. Together we can help find a cure for this
deadly disease which affects so many people and have fun doing it,"
he said.
For more information or to register for the American Diabetes
Association"s Tour de Cure, please call the 1-888-DIABETES (342-2383)
or visit http://www.diabetes.org/tour.
National sponsors for Tour de Cure include Gold"s Gym, Performance
Bicycles, Splenda and Sun Crystals. National Teams include AT&T,
Gold"s Gym, Johnson & Johnson, Valero, Dignity Memorial, and
Wal-Mart/Sam"s Club.
The American Diabetes Association