2009 Ace Tour de Kids – last chance to register

Posted May 4, 2009

Oak Brook, Ill. to Atlanta, Ga., October 2009

Are you interested in joining the 2009 Ace Tour de Kids Miracles in Motion Bike event? This is the sixth year the Ace Hardware Foundation will be holding this ride. If you are an Ace retailer, vendor partner or team member and want to join the avid group of bike riders, here is detailed information.

Participation Amount per Rider: $5,000

Deadline to raise $5,000 is Aug. 3, 2009. If you have not met that amount by the deadline you have the following options:

Do not participate in the ride. Any money you have raised up to that date will not be refunded as certain financial aspects of the event have been paid for.
Personally make up the difference.

All money you raise (excluding vendor sponsorship dollars) will go to your local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. To check out which hospital serves your community; go to the Children’s Miracle Network web site and click Hospitals, then enter your home zip code. Your local hospital will appear.

Deadlines

Registration deadline – Friday, May 15, 2009
Waiver forms due – Friday, May 15, 2009
Jersey order deadline – Monday, June 1, 2009
Participation money deadline – Monday, Aug. 3, 2009
Doctor’s release due – Monday, Aug. 3, 2009

Registration

This is your last chance to register. Please register for the 2009 Tour de Kids event. Clicking this link is the only way you can register. Also, once you are done with the registration process, we advise you to set up your “personal” web page. This will allow you to send mass email solicitations and track your online donations.

If you have questions pertaining to any of the information above, please contact the Ace Foundation. For more information about Tour de Kids go to the Tour de Kids web site.

Submitted by Jody Phillips, Ace Foundation