Roll Over Cancer Cross-Country Bicycle Team returns to Roanoke!
10/07/2011
Roll Over Cancer – Fundraising for Stand Up 2 Cancer
www.rollovercancer.org
540-915-0180
MEDIA ALERT
SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
Roll Over Cancer Cross-Country Bicycle Team returns to Roanoke!
Team including a two-time cancer survivor and his oncologist ride more than 3,000 miles
The Cross Country Ride will come to a triumphant finish on October 15 with a celebration at Blue Ridge Cancer Care (BRCC) in Roanoke, Virginia. The team invites cyclists to join them at any one of the stops along the final day’s route.
The Cyclists who will be completing the entire cross country ride on October 15 are Dr.Lowell Inhorn, oncologist; Rob Leonard, two-time cancer survivor & patient of Dr. Inhorn; and cancer cause supporters Maynard Keller and Zac Cates.
Come Celebrate with the Roll Over Cancer team at 3:00 p.m. at Blue Ridge Cancer Care, located at 2013 Jefferson Street, Roanoke, Virginia.
The day will startin Pulaski, Virginia, tour through Blacksburg (with a lunch stop at Cabo Fish Taco at 11:30 a.m.), continue with a celebratory ride along the Roanoke River Greenway and conclude with a pizza party at BRCC.
For more informationabout donating to the cause, the final day’s ride, and how you can help or participate, please visit: www.rollovercancer.org
Donation link: https://secure.standup2cancer.org/custom/?c=team&a=donate&id=4798
Thank you for your support by communicating this important fundraising event. Click here to read a press release about the team and its cause.
Join the final day along the route:
Stop at (approx. 9:30 am): David Bisset Park in Radford (54 miles to go)
Stop at (approx. 11:15 am): Cabo Fish Taco, Blacksburg, VA (36 miles to go)
Stop at (approx. 12:30 pm): 5151 Northfork Road, Elliston, VA (truckstop) (22 miles to go)
Stop at (approx. 1:30 pm): 2608 Harborwood Road, Salem, VA (12 miles to go)
Stop at (approx. 2:15 pm): Lewis Gale Medical Center, Salem, VA (7 miles to go)
Stop at (approx. 2: 45 pm): Where Memorial Avenue meets the Greenway (Vic Thomas Park, Roanoke, VA (2 miles to go)
End at (approx. 3:00 pm): Blue Ridge Cancer Care, Roanoke, VA
About Blue Ridge Cancer Care
Blue Ridge Cancer Care (BRCC) is an independent private practice of 18 physicians specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and blood disorders. BRCC’s nine convenient locations throughout the southwest region of Virginia provide comprehensive and cutting-edge cancer care closer to where patients live. BRCC provides a number of services and treatments including medical oncology, radiation oncology, hematology, diagnostics, genetic risk assessment and clinical research. BRCC physicians have trained at prestigious medical schools and have developed a model for care that maximizes patient and family convenience. BRCC’s team provides the optimal physician and emotional support for cancer patients and their caregivers, realizing that each cancer diagnosis is different and each treatment plan should be too.
Blue Ridge Cancer Care is united in healing with The US Oncology Network, one of the nation’s largest community-based cancer treatment and research networks focused on advancing cancer care in America. As an affiliate of The US Oncology Network, BRCC is united with more than 1,000 physicians and 10,000 cancer professionals nationwide. Blue Ridge Cancer Care participates in clinical trials through US Oncology Research, which has helped to develop 43 FDA approved cancer therapies. For more information, visit www.usoncology.com.
Media Contacts:
Claire Crye, The US Oncology Network
(281) 863-6783
Claire.Crye@McKesson.com
Michelle Mire, The US Oncology Network
(281) 863-4961
Michelle.Mire@usoncology.com
Jennifer McDonald, Blue Ridge Cancer Care
(540) 982-0237
Jennifer.McDonald@usoncology.com