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Cold Stone Creamery Features Flavor to Support 24-Hour Charity Cycling Event in July - Blakeney, University and Uptown locations
Monday, June 30, 2008
By: 24 Hours of Booty
Photo Courtesy of Anne Lynn
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Debbie Hemmingson, owner of three Cold Stone Creamery locations, and lung cancer survivor Anne Lynn kick off National Ice Cream Month in July with a featured flavor “Anne’s Booty Creation” to raise money for Anne’s Pool Crew team for the Seventh Annual 24 Hours of Booty (July 25-26) event in Myers Park.
CHARLOTTE - During National Ice Cream Month in July, 24 Hours of Booty, Inc. (www.24hoursofbooty.org), which runs the Official 24-Hour Cycling Event of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and the only 24-hour road cycling charity event in the country, will be included in an ice cream promotion with three area Cold Stone Creamery locations. All proceeds from the sale of “Anne’s Booty Creation” named in honor of Anne Lynn, who is a lung cancer survivor and team captain of Anne’s Pool Crew, one of the top fundraising teams for 24 Hours of Booty will be donated to Anne’s team for the Seventh Annual 24 Hours of Booty.
The featured flavor includes vanilla bean ice cream mixed with raspberries, graham cracker pie crust and whipped topping. Participating Cold Stone Creamery locations include: the Blakeney location at 9820 Rea Road (corner of Ardrey Kell and Rea), the University location at Cochran Commons at 2700 W. Mallard Creek Church Road (corner of Mallard Creek and Mallard Creek Church Road), and the Uptown location at the new Epicenter. Half of all the proceeds of the Cold Stone Creamery's Grand Opening Day of the Epicenter will go to the Anne’s Pool Crew team.
“We appreciate Cold Stone Creamery’s continued support of our mission to fight cancer and of lung cancer survivor Anne Lynn,” said Patti Weiss, executive director of 24 Hours of Booty, Inc. “It is such an honor to have a flavor named on behalf one of our most inspirational participants, and that also pays tribute to the 24 Hours of Booty name.”
“We want to continue making a difference through Anne’s journey with cancer, so we are excited to offer ‘Anne’s Booty Creation’ for the second year now,” said Debbie Hemmingsen, owner of the three Cold Stone Creamery locations participating in this cause, and a personal friend of Anne. “We have met so many wonderful people who are dedicated to doing their part to fighting this terrible disease and we are so fortunate to be able contribute through our business.”
About 24 Hours of Booty
The annual 24 Hours of Booty charity cycling event is scheduled to roll on the “Booty Loop” in Myers Park from 7 p.m. Friday, July 25 to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 26, 2008. The event is geared for teams and individuals of all ages and skill levels. General event registration is now closed after reaching its cap of 1,200 registrants. A minimum fundraising goal of $150 is required by July 11, 2008. Carolinas Medical Center’s Blumenthal Cancer Center is the presenting sponsor of this year’s event where participants gather at the Queens University athletic fields for camping, food and fun.
24 Hours of Booty, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charity located in Charlotte that provides an extraordinary cycling event that is safe, fun, and open to all levels of cycling ability. Its mission is to increase cancer awareness, support cancer research and programs and raise funds for The Lance Armstrong Foundation, The Keep Pounding Fund at Carolinas Medical Center and the Brain Tumor Fund for the Carolinas. For more information, call 704-365-4417 or toll-free at 877-365-4417, or visit www.24hoursofbooty.org.
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Contact:
Patti Weiss 24 Hours of Booty, Inc.
704-365-4417
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