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NEWS RELEASES
DJ Trained for Entire Year to Run Strides Across Texas,
Benefiting Texas Children's Cancer Center
HOUSTON (Dec. 11, 2009) – Kevin Kline,
local morning radio host on The New 93Q in Houston, will run a
nearly 500-mile solo ultramarathon across the state of Texas in 13
days to raise funds for Texas Children’s Cancer Center.
Beginning in Dallas on December 20, Kline will spend his holiday
running up to 10 hours daily, braving the wind, rain, cold and hills
through Austin and San Antonio, ending his journey in Houston on the
steps of Texas Children’s Hospital on January 1, 2010. Kline’s
ambitious undertaking is the first of its kind in the state of
Texas, and all proceeds raised will benefit research and patient
services at Texas Children’s Cancer Center. Donations can be made at
www.stridesacrosstexas.org.
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DJ Kevin Kline trains
for his solo 500-mile, 13-day ultra-marathon across
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Kline will start his 13-day odyssey
across the Texas landscape from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, where he
will be cheered on by Texas Children’s Cancer Center patients,
families and hospital supporters. Through his run, Kline hopes to
create more awareness about pediatric cancer throughout Texas, and
to remind communities that each one of us can make a difference and
create hope for a child with cancer.
“More children are surviving today than ever before – the survival
rate of childhood cancer has increased to more than 75 percent,”
said Kline. “I’m running so that with each stride, breakthrough
organizations like Texas Children’s Cancer Center can continue to
save lives and bring the survival rate to 100 percent.”
Well known on the local radio scene, Kevin Kline is the president
and founder of Snowdrop Foundation, which raises money for Texas
Children’s Cancer Center. Foundation funding supports the center’s
cutting edge work in pediatric cancer research, provides twice
annual weekend excursions for patients, and awards college
scholarships to pediatric cancer patients and childhood cancer
survivors.
“Kevin’s tireless passion and commitment to Texas Children’s Cancer
Center is so apparent in every venture he takes on and every effort
he makes to create awareness about pediatric cancer. We feel so
fortunate to have someone as tremendously devoted as Kevin as our
friend and supporter,” said Dr. David Poplack, medical director of
Texas Children’s Cancer Center.
All donations made to Strides Across Texas benefit Texas Children’s
Cancer Center, the largest pediatric cancer and hematology research
and treatment center in the country. Texas Children’s Cancer Center
ranks 4th in thenation by U.S. News & World Report, making the
Center number 1 outside the northeast United States and in Texas.
Children come to the Cancer Center from across the nation and around
the world for state-of-the art treatments, many of which are
unavailable elsewhere. To learn more , visit
Texas Children’s Cancer Center
online.
You can follow Kevin Kline as he runs across Texas on
Facebook and on Twitter. To
donate visit
www.stridesacrosstexas.org.
About Texas Children's Cancer Center
As an international leader in pediatric cancer research and
treatment, Texas Children's Cancer Center is dedicated to providing
novel therapies and family-centered care to children from infancy
through young adulthood with cancer and blood disorders – from the
most common to rare. Ranked in the top three pediatric cancer
centers nationwide by U.S. News &World Report, Texas Children’s
Cancer Center treats 1,900 new patients and conducts 33,000
outpatient visits annually, with patients coming from 35 states and
26 countries around the world. Learn more at
www.cancer.texaschildrens.org.
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