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PANCAN, Clayton’s Hope, and Marley’s Mission Trucks Get Ready for a Weekend Full of Awareness Events

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Road Scholar’s awareness program is at it again.  This time, making appearances at not one, not two, but three awareness events this weekend!

PANCAN

This month is pancreatic cancer awareness month and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN)’s Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Affiliate is striving to spread awareness and raise funds with their second annual Cheers to Hope fundraiser occurring this Saturday, November 5th.

The event takes place at the Clarion Hotel in Scranton, PA from 6 pm to 10 pm and features the live music of Crimson Tears, Phil Hinton, John Quinn Duo and East Coast Trio, a silent auction, food, soft drinks, cash bar, and appearance of Road Scholar’s PANCAN awareness truck, with proceeds benefitting the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

Tickets cost $25 (with pancreatic cancer survivors having free admission) and can be purchased at https://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Register/ECReg.asp?ievent=489371 or at the door.

Those requiring additional information can do so by contacting Paul Savage at psavage@pancanvolunteer.org.

Clayton's Hope

But this won’t be the only event Road Scholar will be at on Saturday.  Road Scholar Transport’s Clayton’s Hope truck will be headed to Sewell, NJ for the 5th annual Steps for Seizure event.

This 2-mile walk begins at 10 am (regardless of weather) at the Washington Lake Park amphitheatre with check in at 9 am.  Those wanting to participate can do so online at http://www.claytonshope.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=44 or in person the day of the event.  Registration is $15 per person or $40 for a family up to 5.

In conjunction with the walk there will be refreshments, snacks, face painting, an appearance by Road Scholar’s Clayton’s Hope truck, and live concert which will go on at the end of the walk.

Marley's Mission

Road Scholar will end its weekend of events by driving its Marley’s Mission truck to Lake Ariel, PA on Sunday, November 6th.  Track the Marley’s Mission awareness truck at http://showme.roadscholar.com/MarleysMission/ShowMe.asp to see the number of miles and view the recent cities Road Scholar has been spreading awareness in.

View all of Road Scholar’s awareness trucks at www.roadscholarawareness.org and help keep the freight moving by requesting a rate today at www.roadscholar.com.

Which of Road Scholar’s awareness trucks are you most excited to see?  List your pick(s) below.

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Popular Epilepsy Drug Recalled Due to Wooden Pallet Problems

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Johnson & Johnson has issued another recall, this time for the popular epilepsy drug Topamax, used to prevent seizures.

Topamax

Nearly 57,000 bottles of 100-milligram tablets sold between October and January 2010 with lot numbers OKG110 and OLG222 are being recalled, with less than 6,000 still claimed to be on shelves, according to ABC News.

The company issued the recall after receiving four concerns about an “uncharacteristic odor,” which could result in short-term gastrointestinal problems, The Wall Street Journal explains.

Johnson & Johnson believes that the smell being reported is TBA, “a byproduct of a chemical preservative sometimes used to treat wooden pallets,” (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983104576262873794364328.html?mod=googlenews_wsj)

The company has already taken measures back in January of last year to ensure that this did not happen, including a verification process with suppliers to make sure they did not use pallets that were chemically treated, the site notes.

Johnson & Johnson is now investigating the mislabeling of these pallets as well as other products that could have been affected.

It is very important that pharmaceuticals are transported properly or else it could result in contamination of the product and health affects for the consumer.  That’s why Road Scholar Transport provides temperature protect services for those products that must be stored at certain temperatures as well as trucks that are highly equipped with the newest security features.

Clayton's Hope

Road Scholar Transport will even transport your epilepsy medications with our Clayton’s Hope awareness trailer!

Clayton’s Hope, an organization benefitting epilepsy research, is just one of several foundations Road Scholar has awareness trailers dedicated to.

Check out Road Scholar’s continuously growing awareness fleet at www.roadscholarawareness.org.

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Guess the Road Scholar Awareness Truck…

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

1.  This was the first awareness truck to kick off Road Scholar’s 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign.

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2.  This was the next trailer to join the fight for a cure after one of Road Scholar’s driver’s, Greg Kearsh, was diagnosed with the disease.

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3.  This trailer was created in collaboration with past NBS president Bob Wright, whose grandson had the condition.

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4.  This awareness truck was created after working together with Liz Scott, who founded the foundation when her 8-year-old daughter passed away from the disease after trying to raise money in her front yard for a cure.

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5.  This trailer contains the picture of Road Scholar president Jim Barrett’s grandson who has the condition.

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6.  Bill Squires, consultant for the NY Giants, inquired about this truck for his son who had the condition.  Barrett, however, was already discussing the concept with a friend of his whose son was diagnosed.

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Do You Know Your Charities?

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Are you an advocate for a good cause?  Think you know your charities?  Then take the Road Scholar Charity test!  Each question below pertains to a specific well-known charity.  Can you name them all?  Go on, test your knowledge!  Here’s a hint:  Each answer pertains to a foundation that Road Scholar Transport has an awareness trailer for.

1.  This foundation takes pride in being “the leading philanthropic organization funding and accelerating research globally.”

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2.  This is “a national nonprofit that expands possibilities for the more than 25 million people with vision loss in the U.S.”

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3.  This foundation branched off of a larger one that started in 1984 by Greg Anderson, in an effort to start an international cancer recovery movement.

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4.  Sometimes symbolized by a lavender ribbon, this foundation funds research for treatments to “a unique developmental disorder that is first recognized in infancy and seen almost always in girls.”

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5.  This foundation was set up to help raise funds in building a memorial for those passengers who lost their lives on Flight 93.

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6.  This foundation started in 1997 in support of the disease affecting 1 in 8 women.

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7.  Established in 1955, this foundation concentrates on researching development for “an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States.”

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9.  This foundation is geared towards finding a cure for NF.

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10.  This foundation was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright, whose grandchild had the disease.

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Check out the rest of the charities Road Scholar sponsors by visiting our charity page at http://www.roadscholarawareness.org/our-charities/.

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Francesca Scarano Spreads Hope Nationwide With the Help of Road Scholar Transport

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Francesco Scarano

Francesca Scarano (Charlotte Bartizek/ For The Dallas Post)

See this girl?  Her name is Francesca Scarano and she has RETT Syndrome.

Francesca recently partook in Misericordia University’s seventh annual Cougar Cheer Dance Challenge on November 14th.  Her, and several other special needs children, make up the Guided Starz cheering team.

See this girl again?  She is traveling the nation spreading awareness to millions of people about RETT Syndrome without

Francesca Scarano

Francesca Scarano

even leaving her house.

This is made possible with Road Scholar Transport’s 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign.

Let me explain.

Francesca was diagnosed at one year old with RETT Syndrome.

RETT Syndrome is a developmental disorder affecting mostly girls, “caused by mutations on the X chromosome” and causing “problems in brain function” (www.rettsyndrome.org).

To support the cause, Road Scholar Transport decided to create not one, not two, but three awareness trailers dedicated to RETT Syndrome awareness, incorporating Francesca’s picture on each trailer.

The RETT Syndrome Foundation is joined with Alex’s Lemonade, Autism Speaks, The American Breast Cancer Foundation, The Children’s Tumor Foundation, Prostate Cancer Awareness, St. Joseph’s Center, The American Foundation for the Blind, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, The Flight 93 National Memorial, The American Red Cross, Clayton’s Hope, Children’s Craniofacial Foundation, Make a Wish Foundation, and Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation, in the Fight for a Cure.

Help sponsor a drug in honor of Francesco by visiting http://www.rsrt.org/news/Sponsor-a-Drug.html.

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Road Scholar Transport IRSF Trailer

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