Red Cross Go For Blood! Event
The American Red Cross of Union County will hold their 7th Annual Go For Blood! event on Saturday, August 4. The day kicks off at scenic Cane Creek Park in Waxhaw with cycling/running/equestrian routes leading you through the rolling pathways of North and South Carolina, and ends with a cook-out and raffle by the lake. There will be fun and sun for every fitness level and age, including children along for the ride in jog strollers.
Cyclists are invited to participate in the 60 and 35-Mile Cycling Tours, beginning at 7:30am. Equestrians will enjoy the scenic Hunter Pace as it winds under a canopy of trees, from 8:00am to 11:00am. Runners begin at 9:00am where they can attempt personal bests in the 5K, and the cook-out and raffle run from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Go For Blood! will also host a blood drive from 8:00am to 12:30 pm. You must be at least 17 years old, 110 pounds, and in good health to donate blood.
The event begins at 6:30am with on-site registration for $25, but you may also pre-register for $25 at www.unioncountyredcross.org or at Bolt Brothers Cycles in Waxhaw. Registration includes one or any combination of events, lunch by the lake, a t-shirt, raffle, silent auction musical entertainment provided by Jimmy Huntley of Bass FX, and much more. Items in the silent auction include a week’s stay at a beach house located on Pamlico Sound on the Outer Banks, an autographed Jimmie Johnson jacket, $500 worth of electrical services from Donovan Electric, and other wonderful items. Participants can also raise money to buy raffle tickets for loads of amazing goodies.
The American Red Cross would like to thank their sponsors, Greiner Bio-One, Cane Creek Park, Donovan Electric, Dale Jarrett Ford, Mineral Springs Fertilizer, Bob Gibson’s BBQ, Jimmy Huntley – Bass FX, Goulston Technologies Inc., State Utilities Contractors, Wal-Mart, Broome Lawn and Landscaping, Clearly Carolina, RCS, Inc., Copy 1, Bolt Brothers, Signs Now, Amber Grains, Panera Bread, LD Davis, and many more community partners.
All proceeds go to benefit the American Red Cross of Union County, now serving Union and Anson Counties, allowing them to continue bringing life saving services to the community. Services such as CPR and First Aid training; food, clothing, and shelter to people who lost their homes in a fire; getting urgent messages to military personnel from their families back home; and life saving blood drives.
For more information on the American Red Cross of Union County, or Go For Blood!, please contact the chapter at 704-283-7402 for Union County or 704-694-3514 for Anson County, or log-on to www.unioncountyredcross.org.
