Posts Tagged ‘The American Foundation for the Blind’

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/.

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.

Road Scholar Transport IRSF Trailer

Road Scholar Transport IRSF Trailer