The Vineman Cancer Charities Fund was established in the year 2001. Barb’s Race, an all women’s half-ironman distance triathlon, was established in that year as the major source of funding for Vineman Cancer Charities.
Barb's Race was started in honor of Barbara Recchia, a long-time Vineman volunteer and race committee member who has twice been faced with the daunting task of fighting cancer. She has taken this challenge head-on and is currently living a full and healthy life. If you need a little inspiration to prepare for finishing a half Ironman, all you have to do is look Barb's way. If Barb can beat cancer, then what's the big deal about finishing a half Ironman?! Click here to read Barb's story.
Since the first Barb's Race in 2001 we have raised $265,000 for the Vineman Cancer Charities Fund. Most of the money raised is a result of entry fees for Barb's Race – 50% is donated to this fund - as well as athlete fundraising. Additional funding comes from donations from friends and family members of this event as well as from all of the other Vineman events.
Over the last eight years, the Vineman Cancer Charities Fund has contributed to cancer research, to fight breast cancer and for cancer support services. Some of the organizations we have donated to are the Sutter Northbay Women's Health Center's Integrative Health & Healing Services and the Cancer Library and Health Resource Center here in Sonoma County, as well as to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Commonweal and to UCSF for research into women's cancers. Click here for more information on past recipients of Vineman Cancer Charities funds.
You can help us do more this year. We invite and encourage all Vineman and Barb’s Race participants to raise funds for Vineman Cancer Charities or to make a donation. Athlete’s who raise $1000 or more qualify for a pair of AVIA shoes.
If you would like to help, here's what you do:
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Ask everyone you know (and don't!) for donations. (Here's a
Sample Letter you can use)
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Have your donors make checks payable to "Vineman Cancer Charities."
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Record the name, contact info and amount of each donation on the pledge form.
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Collect all of your donations prior to registration for Barb's Race and the Full Vineman and complete the form including the total of your donations.
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Bring your donations and completed pledge form to the registration/packet pick up room the day prior to race day.
Donations
The Vineman Cancer Charities is committed to supporting cancer organizations in our community. Money is raised through entry fees to Barb's Race, contributions made by athletes participating in our other Vineman events and through athlete fundraising. Friends, families and supporters can also make donations directly to the Vineman Cancer Charities. If you would like to make a donation, here's what you do:
Click here to make a donation online
or
Vineman
P.O. Box 6007
Santa Rosa, CA 95406
Thank you for supporting our Vineman Cancer Charities. Vineman, Inc. is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation.
Dr. Amy Shaw (left) of the Breast Care Center accepts donation from the TRI Try siSTARS Relay Team (3 center) and Barb (right).