2006 Team Sarcoma
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The Team Sarcoma 2006 Initiative
Scores of people worked to make the Team Sarcoma 2006 Initiative a truly
international event focused on raising public awareness of sarcoma and
raising funds for sarcoma research.
We
have now read all of the reports that the organizers of 25 local Team
Sarcomas have sent us and can report that there were more than 770 people
involved in a wide variety of events at different locations worldwide. Over
770 people! This is indeed well beyond our expectations. Four of the teams
had TV coverage, one had radio coverage, and several newspaper articles were
written about some of the individuals involved in the events. We expect more
post-event stories to be appear. Furthermore, although all of the pledges
are not in yet, it looks like the Team Sarcoma 2006 Initiative will raise
about $120,000.
We
have made a slide show of the teams and their accomplishments. We encourage
you to download it, view it, and pass it on to those you feel might enjoy
seeing it.
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Click here to view the slide
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Click on the links below to read information about the Team
Sarcoma 2006 event undertaken by a specific group
The original announcement for the Team Sarcoma 2006 Bike Tour follows.
It
has been left om this website for historical purposes. Please consider
participating in a future Team Sarcoma event.
Team Sarcoma 2006 Bike Tour
You can download a PDF of this
announcement by
clicking here.
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Liddy Shriver
Sarcoma Initiative |
Team Sarcoma 2006 Bike Tour
Denmark July 1-7, 2006 |
Fonden Fyntour |
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Team Sarcoma 2003 Biking the
Danish Islands |
Highlights
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Bike
from the Danish peninsula Jutland to Copenhagen, enjoying the
beautiful countryside and villages on the islands of Fyn,
Tåsinge,
Langeland, Møn, and Zealand along the way
● Visit Valdemar’s Castle, take an evening sail on an old wooden
Danish sailing ship, enjoy a guided tour of Faaborg, tour the
white cliffs of Møn, visit Legoland and Tivoli
● Accomodations for 7 nights, all breakfasts, all dinners and
six lunchs are included in the price as well as bike and helmet
rental
● Bus and ferry rides as required, daily luggage and bike
transport, sag wagons, and water stops are included in price |
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Bike Routes
Each day there are 2 routes, one for cyclists who like longer
distances and some hills each day and one for cyclists and
families who prefer a more leisurely pace with less distance and
fewer hills. The tour is very flexible; bike 10-30 miles/day or
bike less or more. Sag wagons will be by in case you have a bike
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Team Sarcoma
Sarcoma is a rare and
dangerous cancer. Between 15-20% of all children’s cancers are
sarcomas and about 1% of adult cancers are sarcomas. Team
Sarcoma 2006 is an internationally coordinated event designed to
raise public awareness about this disease and the impact it can
have on families, raise public awareness of the lack of young
adults in cancer-related clinical trials, and raise money for
sarcoma research. Cyclists from all over the world will be
biking on the same days that we are biking in Denmark. These
”Virtual” Team Sarcomas will aid us in achieving our goals. Team
Sarcoma 2006 is project of the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative.
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The Danish Cancer
Society is supportive of this initiative and encourages
participation in it. |
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Travel
Participants pay their
own costs in getting to and from Denmark. The bike tour begins
in Billund and ends in Copenhagen. Your can reach Denmark by
air, train, car or boat. Travel hints are on the Registration
and Information website. Fyntour in Denmark is coordinating
TS2006. |
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Registration and Information
Visit
www.fyntour.dk/TS2006 for detailed information and to
register. Register early as there is room for only 100
cyclists! Registration begins October 1, 2005.
CONTACT:
shriver@genesis2.com |
Accomodations
Choose from three
categories of hotels in different price ranges or enjoy the
camping option. If you choose camping, a rental tent is included
in the price. Your luggage will be taken from hotel to hotel for
you each day. |
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Itinerary
July 1: Arrival in Billund,
registration, bicycle pickup, opening dinner
July 2: Visit Legoland, Vejle,
Middlefart on Fyn
July 3: Middlefart, Assens, tour
of Faaborg
July 4: Faaborg, swimming,
Svendborg, evening sail on old wooden sailing ship
July 5:
Tåsinge,
tour
Valdemar’s Castle,
Ferry from Spodsberg,
Marielyst
July 6: Marielyst, swimming, tour
Møns Klint
July 7: Marielyst, Copenhagen,
closing dinner at Tivoli
July 8: Depart Copenhagen
Price
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Tour prices range from
$1,250/person to $1,750/person, double occupancy. Single
supplement applicable. The camping option is $950/person.
Children in the same room or tent (1-4 years) pay 25%; (5-12
years) pay 50%; and (13-18 years) pay 75%. Prices are reduced if
you bring your own bike or tent.
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Tour prices are fixed in Danish currency. The amount in your
home currency (e.g., US $) will vary depending on the currency
exchange rate at any given time. |
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The information shown in the
above announcement will not print out legibly using the print function
of your browser. You can download a PDF of it by
clicking here.
If you can join us in Denmark
as a member of Team Sarcoma 2006
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Send us
a note as soon as possible telling us that you'll be a member of
Team Sarcoma 2006.
Then, register for Team Sarcoma 2006
on
the Fyntour website. Registration will begin on November 4,
2005. You should register as soon as possible as there is room
for only 100 cyclists.
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You can download a detailed
"Team Sarcoma 2006 Bike Tour Brochure" (a large PDF file) by
clicking here.
You can download a copy of the Registration Form by
clicking here.
If you have any questions about filling in this form or
would like a copy of it in Microsoft Word format, please
contact us. |
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Tell your family and
friends what you're doing and why. By discussing sarcoma with them,
you are helping increase public awareness about sarcoma and the lack
of young adults in clinical trials. You can learn about sarcoma by
downloading our “Sarcoma Facts” information sheet. The facts sheet
is available in a variety of languages on the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma
Initiative website (click
here). More detailed information can be found on
the
sarcoma page on the
Initiative's website. Print out and give a copy of some of this
material to family and friends or e-mail them copies of these
pages. Some other useful sites are found on the Initiative's
Sarcoma Communities link page. |
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You are not required to raise funds to participate
on the bike tour. If you
would like to, we encourage you to ask
some of your friends, family, and your company to sponsor your
participation on Team Sarcoma 2006 to help raise money for
sarcoma-related research. Some sponsors will donate a particular
amount for each mile (kilometer) you bike; others will donate a
fixed amount no matter how much you bike. To view and download a copy of our
sponsor and donation form,
click here.
You can view some of the research that we have sponsored on the
Initiative's
Funded Research webpage. |
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Let your local newspaper
and TV news, documentary, and public service programs know that you are
going to participate in Team Sarcoma 2006—an international event to
raise public awareness of sarcoma, to raise public awareness of the
lack of young adults in cancer-related clinical trials, and to raise
money for sarcoma-related research to help find a cure for this
disease. Share your story with them and share our “Sarcoma Facts”
with them. If we can help you with this effort, please let us know. |
If you can't join us in Denmark
as a member of Team Sarcoma 2006
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