Announcing: 5th Anniversary Trail to a Cure Ride/Walk/Run Event – now with a Half-Marathon!

Registration (and fundraising) are now open for Trail to a Cure’s 5th Annual Ride/Walk/Run event!

This annual event is held (rain or shine) on the Katy Trail along the Missouri River–a relatively level course though a the scenic Missouri River valley.

The event features activities for the sedentary to the athletic among us–and this year, a half-marathon has been added, with timing provided by Ready, Set, Results!

This event offers several distances to choose from, and all routes are round trip, so you end up where you started, at the Rocheport Trailhead of the Katy Trail.

The big event is planned to end at 2:00 pm so that all participants can join their family, friends, and supporters at Les Bourgeois’ A-Frame winery atop the bluffs in Rocheport. The post-event celebration features food for participants, a silent raffle, live music, and lots of fun and libations.

All of the relevant details are included in the TTAC_Event_Participant_Packet_2012 (PDF).

To register and begin fundraising for the cause, visit our fast and convenient online registration page. Funds raised by Trail to a Cure are passed along to our beneficiaries: amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research; Bond Life Science’s Center HIV/AIDS research projects at MU; and Rain of Central Missouri.

Whether you are a super-fit athlete or someone who enjoys potato chips for breakfast, you are welcome on the trail. And given the Cinco de Mayo date and the fact that this is our fifth anniversary, there are sure to be lots of surprises!

Have questions? Comment below, ask them on our Facebook page, or email us at info@AIDStrailtoacure.org — and we’ll see you on the trail!

Feast FIGHT AIDS @ Jazz every Weds. in April and TTAC 5.0 Event Registration Discount

Every Wednesday in April at Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen-home of lots of great grub, including the Oyster Po’Boy. Here’s the flyer you’ll need to take with you in order for 15% of your tab to be donated to Trail to a Cure.

Note that Jazz has moved from Chapel Hill to The Shoppes at Stadium (see the address on the flyer).

All funds raised through Trail to a Cure’s Feast 2 FIGHT AIDS fundraisers help to ensure that 100% of the funds raised by participants in the annual Trail to a Cure Ride/Walk/Run event the first Saturday in May go to the cause.

In the first four years of the annual event, we have raised $52,000 to help provide funds for research into a cure for HIV/AIDS and to provide services for those living with HIV/AIDS in central Missouri.

You can sign up and begin raising funds TODAY. Advance registration is discounted–and the discount deadline is approaching, so register now.

Feast 2 FIGHT AIDS is Wed. March 7 at ADDISON’S (and event registration is now open!)

Please mark your calendars for these the next Feast 2 FIGHT AIDS events and the big event (the Ride/Walk/Run) on Cinco de Mayo (5/5/12):

• The first Wednesday in March (3/7) is F2FA at Addison’s - an American grill with lots of menu options including a favorite: Nachos Bianco. Here’s the Feast_2_Fight_AIDS_Flyer flyer (PDF) you’ll need to take with you in order for 15% of your tab to be donated to Trail to a Cure.
  

All funds raised through Trail to a Cure’s Feast 2 FIGHT AIDS fundraisers help to ensure that 100% of the funds raised by participants in the annual Trail to a Cure Ride/Walk/Run event the first Saturday in May go to the cause.

In the first four years of the annual event, we have raised $52,000 to help provide funds for research into a cure for HIV/AIDS and to provide services for those living with HIV/AIDS in central Missouri.

This year, we have also added a timed half-marathon to the event.

You can sign up and begin raising funds TODAY.

Sponsorships and Memorials for TTAC Event

Would you like your business name to be featured on the Trail to a Cure 2012 event t-shirt, website, and banners? Sponsorships are available for our 5th anniversary Ride/Walk/Run event which will have the biggest audience reach yet!

Would you like to memorialize someone who was lost to HIV/AIDS?

Contact us via email at info@AIDSTrailToACure.org to find out how.

Feast 2 FIGHT AIDS is Wednesday, February 1 at BROADWAY BREWERY. Join us!

Eat/drink at Broadway Brewery on the first Wednesday in February–that’s the 1st, the way we count–don’t let it sneak up on you!

Enjoy tempting menu items from the lunch or dinner menus–items like the P.B.L.T., pork chop, pulled pork, pizza (things that start with “P” are all good!), one of their awesome appetizers, or their vegetarian-friendly polenta plate–that’s creamy polenta cakes covered with a summer vegetable ragout and fresh chevre. It starts with “P”–just saying.

Great beers brewed on-site and great food–what more could you want? Okay: dessert!

Take a F2FA Flyer with you, and give it to the friendly staff there.

Then they will donate 15% of what you spend to Trail to a Cure–this helps ensure that 100% of the participant-raised funds at the annual Trail to a Cure Ride/Walk/Run goes to our beneficiaries to support their work fighting HIV/AIDS.

You can feel good about doing something we all have to do: eat!

And hey–why not follow them on Facebook? And us?

Thank you for supporting Trail to a Cure!

P.S.:  Need a reminder? Try RSVP’ing via our Facebook event!

TTAC & Partners Announce Columbia World AIDS Day Observance Events

Columbia/Boone County Department of Health & Human Services, Missouri RAIN, MU’s SHAPE  (Sexual Health Advocate Peer Education) and Trail to a Cure are collaborating to bring you the following events in observance of World AIDS Day 2011 in Columbia, Missouri. All events are at the Firestone Baar Chapel on the campus of Stephens College unless otherwise noted.

AIDS Quilt panels will be on display at Firestone Baar Chapel of Stephens College Monday, November 28 through Thursday, December 1. The chapel will be open to the public from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Jannis Evans, African American HIV/AIDS emergency response coordinator and member of the Missouri Office of Minority Health’s Minority Health Advisory Committee,  will present “HIV 101″ on Monday, November 28 at 5 p.m.

“Reflections,” a public viewing of the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be held  Tuesday, November 29 3 to 8 p.m.

“A Personal Story: Reflections about living life with HIV” will be presented Wednesday, November 30, at a time to be announced.

On Thursday, December 1, at 5 p.m., Columbia will observe World AIDS Day with a candlelight vigil at the intersection of College Ave. and Broadway. The vigil will be followed by a Service of Remembrance at 6 p.m.

Trail to a Cure invites the public to participate in a Feast 2 FIGHT AIDS fundraising event at La Siesta Mexican Restaurant at 9th and Walnut Streets after the service or anytime on Thursday, December 1. Participants must bring a flyer to the restaurant and fifteen percent of what is spent will be contributed to Trail to a Cure.

Questions regarding the World AIDS Day observance events may be directed to Dustin Hampton at dthampto@gocolumbiamo.com or (573) 874-7285.

Get a jump on the holiday leftover drudgery! Dine out with fabulous people!

The holiday season is upon us, and the chef in your family is cooking nonstop. Mark your calendars for several opportunities to lighten the load of said chef (and give everyone a break from the leftover parade) by eating out at one of CoMo’s locally owned and operated restaurants.

It’s a great time to take a friend out to eat for the holidays, grab some carry out/catering for your event, or pick up a gift/gift card from the restaurants.

Feast 2 Fight AIDS events are dining-out fundraisers. All you do is show up at the venue at the time of your choosing during normal business hours (with 10 of your closest friends in tow, we hope!), bring the F2FA Flyer for that month’s F2FA, and present it to the server/cashier when you pay. Then the nice restaurant owner sends Trail to a Cure a check for 15% of what you and your friends spend on food, libations, gift certificates! Easy peasy! And it’s for a nonprofit that has raised $52,000 towards the fight against HIV/AIDS in the last four years!

November’s F2FA is at Smokin’ Chick’s BBQ every Wednesday (there are 5 of them, so there are 3 more opportunities)! Here’s the flyer! Try the pulled pork, pictured above. Good eats are calling your name! And they have spice rubs and more for sale (stocking stuffer?). And it’s not everyplace that the folks whose name is on the marquee actually wait on customers. Chick and Lissa take good care of their patrons.

December’s is on a THURSDAY–it’s on December 1 (not Dec. 7, which would be our typical 1st Wednesday F2FA), which you know, of course, is World AIDS Day. F2FA is conveniently scheduled for La Siesta Mexican Restaurant downtown, so it makes a great complement to the WAD activities  going on in the downtown/Stephens area. Here’s the flyer! We’re looking forward to chiles en nogada, but there is a lot of great food (and Dos Equis on tap and MARGARITAS!) on the menu. “Los hermanos Guillen” and Paco and their crew will take care of you. Watch the city/county health department Facebook page for details about the Columbia World AIDS Day observance.

January’s is at Shakespeare’s (one of our favorite venues)! It’s on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012. Both locations (or all 3 if the new south location is open by then). Here’s the flyer! The masterpiece, pictured above, is tasty, but let us recommend whole wheat crust, artichoke hearts, and pepper cheese (plus any additions you might prefer). Kurt’s crew will make sure you enjoy a slice of great pie–or more!

Please do TTAC (and these locally owned/operated establishments) a favor and print a few extra flyers for each event and pass them out to friends or colleagues.

And you HAVE marked your calendar for TTAC’s 5th anniversary Ride/Walk/Run event? We have added a half-marathon option!

It’s on Cinco de Mayo–Saturday 5/5/2012! Really. Mark your calendars. You don’t want to miss it! Maybe we’ll even have a unicycle rider wearing a sombrero! Registration and fundraising are opening soon!

Do you think Paco would lend this sombrero to Dean, our expert unicyclist?

And if you’re not following us on Facebook, Google+, or Twitter what are you waiting for?

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