Team AAM, Thank you for your support in the Shamrock Shuffle, it was great fun. Good job runners! Thank you Amy Freeze for sharing our common goal with Fox News, check out the video at:
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/20100322-shamrock-shuffle-dawn-dubsky. Also, thanks to the staff at Kasey’s in Printers Row for a great celebration. If you were unable to meet up with us either pre or post-race, let us know so we can provide you the t-shirt.
Chicago Marathon Registration is closing shortly, if you would like to register and run with Team AAM, Team AAM is listed in the drop-down menu on the online registration form on the Bank of America website, which asks the registrant if they are running for a charity. The marathon registration link is at:
http://www.active.com/register/index.cfm?event_id=1829550&group_id=26575
4/19/10 Brad Esposito is running the Boston Marathon again, Good Luck!
10/23/10 Next Fundraising event is a Candlelight Bowl on Saturday October 23rd 9:30 pm at Orland Bowl 8601 W. 159th St., Orland Park, IL 60462. Cost: $30 per person, which includes food and bowling. There will be 6 people per lane. You may either send check to America Against Malaria, PO Box 4, Frankfort, IL 60423 or pay on our website using PayPal www.americaagainstmalaria.org. In your PayPal message simply type bowling fundraiser. If you are organizing a team, please e-mail your team names to info@americaagainstmalaria.org.
Thanks again for great times and good memories.
Dawn Dubsky
AAM Blog Updated 2/6/10
Hi everyone,
New updates to AAM:
Shuffle registration typically closes around mid-February, so sign up soon if you plan on running in the Shamrock Shuffle race & joining Team AAM. By the way, you can join Team AAM and not run in the Shamrock race. We plan on having post-race parties at Stoney Point in Mokena and Kasey’s in Chicago, more details to follow. We will meet pre-race to handout t-shirts.
Date: March 21, 2010
Cost: $45.00
Location: Chicago, IL
Registration openJ
Joining Team AAM:
Step 1: Either mail $35 check to AAM, PO BOX 4, Frankfort, IL 60423, specify shirt size and race name OR go to www.americaagainstmalaria.org to pay $35 with debit/check/credit card, specify shirt size and race name in PayPal message, S M L or XL.
Step 2: Print the Runner Sponsor Form from our website under the Team AAM link, and raise malaria awareness and collect donations to help the African children.
Step 3: Race-day or prior either mail or give donations to Carrie or Dawn.
Corporate sponsors:
Thanks again to our corporate sponsors, Huron Consulting Group, Sabre Security Equipment Corporation, The Stelter Company, Murphy & Miller, Cardinal Fitness, and Stars and Stripes.
We are still seeking sponsors for the upcoming shuffle, see website for details, under Team AAM, Corporate Sponsorship.
Upcoming events:
May 1st, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Bowling Fundraiser for AAM at Orland Bowl, details to follow.
Chicago ½ Marathon
June 13, 2010
Registration openJ, cost varies upon date of registration
Napa-to-Sonoma ½ Marathon
Dawn is going with a group of girlfriends and they will definitely raise malaria awareness! Jibe ho!!!!
July 18, 2010
Registration closed
Summer Beer Olympics, just an idea, race for the Gold in sports such as beer pong, flippy cup, volleyball, and corn-hole/bags.
Chicago marathon
October 10, 2010
Cost: $135
Registration openJ
Good luck with training runners, and thanks again.
We greatly appreciate your support.
Dawn Dubsky and Carrie Beltz
www.AmericaAgainstMalaria.org
PO BOX 4, Frankfort, IL 60423
773-640-1347 or 815-693-1657
Hi everyone, announcing new updates for America Against Malaria.
First, we are starting a running team, ‘Team AAM’, our first race March 21st, 2010 , Chicago’s very own Shamrock Shuffle. Our goals include raising funds for AAM and generating malaria awareness. We are seeking individuals to join our Team, and corporate sponsors to support our cause.
Individuals running or walking in the Shamrock Shuffle first must register for the race at www.shamrockshuffle.com. Runners and walkers interested in joining ‘Team AAM’ must sign up through our website www.americaagainstmalaria.org or via mail. The cost is $35, which includes long-sleeve t-shirt. Individuals may register and pay on our website, via PayPal with credit/debit/check card. In the PayPal message area simply type race name you are participating in and t-shirt size, S M L or XL, and $35 as the amount of donation. By mail, include on a sheet of paper, your name, race, shirt size and address, and send check to America Against Malaria c/o Team AAM, PO Box 4, Frankfort IL 60423. We will meet with ‘Team AAM’ Runners pre race to distribute long-sleeve shirts, details to follow.
After you register for ‘Team AAM’ via mail/website, simply print the Runner Sponsor Form from our website www.americaagainstmalaria.org under the Team AAM link and begin collecting donations from friends, family and colleagues prior to race. The sponsors can then sign the form and donate to runner by check/cash, check made payable to America Against Malaria. Prior to race day, March 21st 2010, please mail checks/cash to America Against Malaria c/o Team AAM, PO Box 4, Frankfort IL 60423. If sponsors prefer to donate directly to AAM via credit/check/debit card, they may also do so on our website, www.americaagainstmalaria.org , via PayPal, in message under PayPal sponsor can include runner name.
We are also seeking individuals to find corporations to sponsor AAM, the minimum donation is $250. If you would like to present this idea to a corporation, please go to the website, www.americaagainstmalaria.org, under Team AAM link go to Corporate Sponsorship Form, and either print form to present or download to send via e-mail to corporate leader. The corporation will be represented on ‘Team AAM’ t-shirts and on our website.
If you have further questions/concerns you may contact us via phone 815-693-1657, or e-mail teamaam@americaagainstmalaria.org.
We raised$340.00 from our Jewel Shop n Share in December. Thank you for your participation and raising funds for AAM. We intend on engaging in this again in 2010, we will keep you posted on the next shopping dates.
Our next fundraising event will be the evening of May 1st, 2010, a bowling
fundraiser in Orland Park, IL at Orland Bowl. It will include food, bowling and
prizes. Information will be posted on
our website.
Dawn is starting at Children’s Memorial Hospital on January 25th as a case manager, and submitted her application to earn a Master of Science in Nursing, as an Advanced Community Health Nurse Specialist, to the University of IL at Chicago. Dawn intends on collaborating her studies with her efforts in the combat against malaria.
Have a Safe, Healthy and Happy 2010.
Sincerely,
Dawn
Hi everyone,
Thank you for the love and support you've offered my family and I since I lost my limbs after complications due to malaria, it is hard to believe it will be two years in
February. My recovery is challenging, yet I am fortunate to be surrounded with awesome friends and family who believe in me and encourage me to "Never Never Never Give Up."
So along this new path I've encountered amazing individuals who have gone above and beyond to offer their time and help with the transformation of the idea of a non-profit organization to help combat malaria to an actual 501c3 organization titled America Against Malaria. I became extremely interested in malaria of course after contracting malaria in Feb 08, and with my nursing background I felt compelled to help the children in Africa whom die because of malaria.
America Against Malaria is planning in the future to structure an educational facility devoted to malaria in an endemic region in Africa. In the meantime we will be applying donated funds toward the purchase of supplies to assist with the education, prevention and treatment of malaria in Africa. Please check out our website at www.americaagainstmalaria.org to view our mission for further details and to donate to our organization.
We are doing a fundraiser at Jewel grocery stores called "Shop and Share" for America Against Malaria during the first three weeks of December each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the dates are Nov 30 - Dec 2, Dec 7 - 9, and Dec 14 -16. Shop at Jewel on the dates listed and five percent of your total bill is donated to our organization. We will send out an e-mail after Thanksgiving that will contain an attachment you can print out to present at the time of purchase at Jewel.
We will post upcoming fundraising events on our website in the Events section and in Dawn's Blog section, on facebook and via e-mail. I'm awaiting to hear on the publishing date from The Chicago Tribune for a story about myself, limb loss, malaria and the non-profit, so I will keep you posted when that occurs.
Please check out our website, contact us with any questions, and share this information with your friends and family. Donations are tax exempt and will be accepted on-line by credit/debit cards via Pay-Pal and/or by check, mail to America Against Malaria, PO Box 4, Frankfort, IL 60423.
Next week I'm interviewing to return back to work as a Case Manager at Children's Memorial Hospital, and I'm applying to the University of Illinois for the Fall 2010 semester to earn a Master of Science in Nursing. I'm walking slowly with prosthetics and may have to undergo surgery in 2010 to increase the range of motion in my right leg to improve my gait.
Have a safe, healthy and happy Holiday Season! Thanks again for your support. :)
Thank you,
Dawn Dubsky
President and Founder
America Against Malaria
www.americaagainstmalaria.org
info@americaagainstmalaria.org
Welcome to Dawn's Blog...
Hi, thank you for taking the time to check out our new website. Soon I will be publishing an article in The Chicago Tribune featuring my story, info on malaria and our organization. Will let you know of publishing date as soon as I find out.
Take care. Thanks, Dawn :)