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Sweating For Dollars.
- Source :
- BusinessWeek; 9/19/2005, Issue 3951, p88-90, 2p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Chart
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Focuses on the raising funds for charities through athletic events. Development of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life; Estimated number of Americans that will run in relays to raise approximately $300 million; Prevalence of walkathons and bikeathons in the United States as a method to raising funds and promote awareness for a variety of causes; Amount raised through such events yearly; Impact of the awareness raised by such events on the funding for the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health; Impact of corporate involvement in such events, which is believed to have started with the Project Bread Walk for Hunger in Boston, Massachusetts; Extent of corporate involvement in events.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00077135
- Issue :
- 3951
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- BusinessWeek
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 18190935