Make Your bid to support cancer research!
Now is your chance to get incredible items and unique gifts while supporting cancer research!
Auction Ends: Dec 15, 2011 11:59 PM EST
Our Auction is Closed! Thanks so much to all of our participants!
The auction "Curing Cancer...One Schott at a Time" is now open and will run through December 15, 2011 (certain items close 12/13). Auction items range from sports and entertainment memorabilia to vacation getaways and unique experiences. NEW ITEMS ADDED 12/15!
All proceeds go to cancer research at the Comprehensive Cancer Center and James Cancer Hospital / Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) at The Ohio State University. The auction is hosted by the Schottenstein Center which is part of Business Advancement, University Advancement and Team Buckeye. Pelotonia is an inspired community of people, a cancer research center, hundreds of volunteers, thousands of riders, countless stories of inspiration, and one disease that absolutely must be fought each and every day until it is stopped. So, tell your friends, family and community. Let the bidding begin!
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Government funding for cancer has been flat in recent years, despite the fact that one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with this disease in their lifetime. As Director of the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center and distinguished research physician, Mike Caligiuri recognized the need to expand current research funding. Inspired by the broad success of grass roots initiatives supporting other nationally based cancer programs, Mike Caligiuri and cancer survivor Tom Lennox rode 163 miles in the summer of 2008 across Cape Cod in support of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Later that fall, Lennox resigned from Abercrombie & Fitch and founded Columbus based Pelotonia.
The business model of Pelotonia remains simple: corporate partners cover the expenses for the annual bike ride, so that every dollar raised by Pelotonia riders goes directly to fund cancer research. Riders commit to raise a minimum of $1,200 to $2,200 each, depending on the route they select. The Schottenstein Center created this auction to support our riders, expand our participation in Pelotonia and encourage others to get involved!