Fifth Annual ThinkCure! Weekend At Dodger Stadium Sept. 2nd And 3rd

Telethon and fundraising events expected to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for cancer research

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ThinkCure!

Aug 30, 2012, 05:12 ET

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ThinkCure!, the official charity of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will hold a massive fundraising effort at Dodger Stadium this Sunday and Monday, designed to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help fund cancer research at City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles. ThinkCure! Weekend's fundraising events will take place during the Dodgers' Labor Day weekend home games against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, September 2nd and against the San Diego Padres on Monday, September 3rd.

Since 2009, ThinkCure has provided $1.84 million in research grants to City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

The fundraising events and in-stadium activities include the following:

  • Fans can donate to ThinkCure! by visiting www.thinkcure.org, texting the word "CURE" to 50555 for a $10 donation, or by calling into the telethon at (855) 424-4056 beginning 8 a.m. on Sunday, September 2nd and ending after the game on September 3rd;
  • An auction of Dodger memorabilia by the Dodger Dream Foundation will benefit ThinkCure!;
  • A first pitch by leading cancer physicians, researchers and top fundraisers;
  • Check presentations already totaling more than $200,000 will be made by key donors, including YAS Fitness Centers founder Kimberly Fowler on behalf of her annual YAS-A-THON spinning fundraiser, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Aaron Harang, and the Los Angeles Dodgers organization;
  • A special "Kids Take the Field" event before each game will feature children from City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles running on field to get the autographs from their favorite players;
  • City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles guests will announce that world famous line, "It's Time for Dodger Baseball!";
  • The ThinkCure! logo will be painted on the field, and each game will feature two honorary bat kids from City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles:
  • The City of Hope bloodmobile will be taking blood donations at Viva Los Dodgers in Lot 6 on Sunday, September 2nd, two hours before game time.

Leading cancer research doctors from City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles as well as cancer patients will be available for interviews leading up to and during ThinkCure! Weekend. Biographies of some of these patients are attached.

When:

Sunday, September 2, 2012


Pregame activities – 11 a.m.; Game begins – 1:10 p.m.

Monday, September 3, 2012


Pregame activities – 3 p.m.; Game begins–5:10 p.m.

Where:

Dodger Stadium

About ThinkCure!

ThinkCure! is an innovative, community-based nonprofit organization that raises funds to accelerate collaborative research to cure cancer.  The organization aims to find the cure for cancers by funding innovative research projects at City of Hope and Children's Hospital Los Angeles.  We do this by convening an objective, peer-based panel of expert doctors; awarding two-year grant applications once every year; and giving to the most promising collaborative and cutting edge cancer research projects that can involve other top cancer research hospitals.  For more information, please visit www.thinkcure.org.

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