(Update 9/9/2009) Van Purchased for Family!!!!!
Dear Friends
Racers Rick Huisken and Ed Falbe from the West Mich area along with a host of good help took it upon themselves to try and put their resources in racing together to help out people with ALS(Lou Gerigs Disease). They both have ties to families greatly affected by this horrible disease. With the help of Winston Speedway they were given the season ending show to raise money and awareness for ALS. The show will be held Sept 18th +19th, 2009. Along with this event Arena Racing has put together a raffle for a full ride for this season in an Arena car with the proceeds going to West Mich Chapter for ALS.
They are going to promote exposure to the companies or people who help us with this, to the best of their abilities. Tom Sprague has agreed to donate $2 of every ticket sold as well as additional dollars raised. They are trying to get companies to sponsor the prize money for particular races and in turn that money will go towards helping ALS. The race will be named on behalf of companies name. The sponsors will be listed on the West Michigan Racing website as well as other means of exposure. Any form of sponsorship will help. Adanced Tooling has agreed to sponsor for $1000There is a plan to have a silent auction for hats and various autographed articles given to us by Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon plus the raffle for a season ride in the Arena Car Racing Series.
Please make this benefit a success and be generous in these trying times. There is one family living in Comstock Park they will be helping. (Photo above)Josh spent his senior year in high school caring for his mother who has ALS. Father has been out of the picture since he was 2 years old. He would wake up in the morning and get her breakfast and place her in her wheel chair, go to school and come home for lunch for more care. Through this Josh still managed to be class president. This is who inspired them. Josh was a given a job at Advanced Tooling Systems to help with the famlies finacial needs and go make sure he carries through with the bright future he deserves. (They are trying to get their old Ford Van with a lift replaced with a newer one. They have about 180,000 miles on the current one and it is junk.)
For information or Tickets Contact:
Rick Huisken
Advanced Tooling Systems
616-784-7513
Bean Falbe
231-578-2381
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