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Rare Disease Day is a annual initiative to unite people affected by rare diseases in effort to raise awareness on a global level and in communities across the country. Uplifting Athletes is offering several ways for you to get involved and help spread the word about the rare disease cause.

12/11/2009

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Uplifting Athletes is pleased to announce their participation in the 2010 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community presented by Highmark Blue Shield on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at City Island in Harrisburg, PA.  We are participating in the walk because it gives us the opportunity to raise funds to support our programs.

The Highmark 5k Walk/one-mile Fun Walk is an annual event where the community is encouraged to walk for Uplifting Athletes as one of the supported organizations.  Each donation to Uplifting Athletes goes directly to our organization to aid in our mission to align college football with the rare disease cause.  All costs are underwritten by Highmark, allowing 100% of donations to go directly to the participating organizations.

As an organization we have committed 100 walkers to be part of "Team UA" for this event. Mark Saturday, May 22, on your calendar. Start gathering friends, family members, neighbors and co-workers to join you/us to raise awareness and funds for rare disease.  Should the date and location not be good for you, consider being a "Virtual Walker" - collect pledges and walk with us in spirit.  There is no minimum donation required to participate.  Registration has begun - CLICK HERE NOW!

02/24/2010

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Uplifting Athletes is pleased to announce their participation in the 2010 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community presented by Highmark Blue Shield on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at City Island in Harrisburg, PA.  We are participating in the walk because it gives us the opportunity to raise funds to support our programs.

The Highmark 5k Walk/one-mile Fun Walk is an annual event where the community is encouraged to walk for Uplifting Athletes as one of the supported organizations.  Each donation to Uplifting Athletes goes directly to our organization to aid in our mission to align college football with the rare disease cause.  All costs are underwritten by Highmark, allowing 100% of donations to go directly to the participating organizations.

As an organization we have committed 100 walkers to be part of "Team UA" for this event. Mark Saturday, May 22, on your calendar. Start gathering friends, family members, neighbors and co-workers to join you/us to raise awareness and funds for rare disease.  Should the date and location not be good for you, consider being a "Virtual Walker" - collect pledges and walk with us in spirit.  There is no minimum donation required to participate.  Registration has begun - CLICK HERE NOW!

02/24/2010

Welcome to the "Team UA" page for the Coaches vs. Cancer 5k on April 17, 2010!

The newly formed "Team UA" allows fans to turn their next run, ride, triathlon or adventure race into an opportunity to support college football players helping rare disease patients.  Donations made through members of Team UA will enable Uplifting Athletes to benefit a rare disease community of nearly 30 million Americans. 

For more information on how to support Team UA in the Coaches vs. Cancer 5k, e-mail us at  TeamUA@UpliftingAthletes.org.

www.z2systems.com/np/clients/uplifting/campaign.jsp

11/16/2009

Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich has been selected for the Disney Spirit Award given annually by Disney Sports to college football's most inspirational figure. Herzlich will be presented with the award during The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards at Walt Disney World Resort on Thursday, Dec. 10.

11/19/2009

10/02/2009

Chestnut Hill, MA - During today's game between Boston College and Wake Forest, representatives from the FedEx Orange Bowl will make a special presentation.  Like Coach Swinney of the Clemson Tigers and Coach Beamer of the VT Hokies, the FedEx Orange Bowl will make a donation to Uplifting Athletes to support Ewing's sarcoma research in honor of BC Linebacker Mark Herzlich.  The Boston College chapter of Uplifting Athletes was started by wide receiver Ryan Lindsey when he learned of his teammate's bout with this rare disease.  Lindsey, along with teammates Damik Scafe, Wes Davis, Billy Flutie, Thomas Claiborne, James McCluskey, Mark Spinney and Marcellus Bowman organized the chapter's innagural "Lift For Life" event, which raised over $30,000 this summer.  Their efforts have generated nearly $50,000 so far to fund research for this rare disease.

Click on the links below to read more about these amazing gestures of support:

Wall Street Journal
USA Today
ESPN
Greenville Online

Another campaign currently underway to support the BC Chapter is the "March for Mark."  It's being organized be a former high school teammate Jonathan Hamer at Conestoga High School. 

Last week, during the Penn State vs. Temple game, the Penn State chapter of Uplifting Athletes presented a check for $88,360 to the Kidney Cancer Association for rare disease research.  Throughout the fall, player run chapters at Ohio State, Maryland and Colgate University will make presentations to the CMT Association (a rare neurological disorder), Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation (a rare soft tissue disorder) respectively for rare disease research.

About Uplifting Athletes:  Uplifting Athletes is a national nonprofit founded in 2003 by a group of college football players.  Our mission align college football with rare diseases and raise them as a national priority through outreach, research, education and advocacy.  A rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans and typically lacks financial incentive to make and market new treatments.  What makes Uplifting Athletes unique is that our university chapters are run by current football student-athletes, giving them the ability to actively engage their teammates while gaining practical management skills.  Each chapter adopts one of nearly 7,000 different rare diseases to make the cause relevant to their team.  Our chapter network currently includes Boston College, Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State and Colgate University.  The coordianted effort across college football is elevating the rare disease cause and benefitting nearly 30 million Americans. For more information, please visit www.upliftingathletes.org or contact Scott Shirley @ 717-525-8966.

09/26/2009

CAMP HILL, PA - Uplifting Athletes is partnering with businesses, organizations and community groups to organize college football themed “dress down” days that raise awareness and money to support rare disease advocacy, education, outreach and research.

07/20/2009