The Race to Recover America's Missing Kids Rallys to Cedar Rapids!
The Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, in partnership with the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and Priority One, today announced Cedar Rapids as the sixth destination stop in the Fireball Run’s Race to Recover America’s Missing Children, a national awareness campaign for Child Rescue Network. Teams will “finish line” September 30, 2010, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM CST.
The public is welcome to watch as the Cedar Rapids Mayor and other community leaders welcome teams en route from California. The public is welcome to join the Cedar Rapids Mayor waving the green flag the next morning, October 1, at 9:00 AM CST as teams will “Start” on their way to Illinois.
Fireball Run teams are on a mission; Recover America’s Missing Children. Each team is assigned a missing child. The child’s image and stats are affixed to the vehicle, creating a “rolling milk carton”. Everywhere teams stop, they ask, “Have you seen this child?” and leave a poster behind. The Race to Recover America’s Missing Children is the longest active recovery effort for missing or abducted children in history. Thus far the event has aided in reuniting an unprecedented 32 children with their families.
Fireball Run is one of the largest annual coast to coast motoring events in the country, named in honor of late NASCAR legend, Glenn “Fireball” Roberts. NOT A RACE, Fireball Run teams are playing an interactive transcontinental adventure game, networking, and meeting with community leaders.
“The Fireball Run is a proud expression of automotive enthusiasm, rich in ethnic, cultural, and lifestyle diversity through both enterprise and community celebration,” said “JJ” Sanchez, 2010 Fireball Run LLC president.
“Cedar Rapids is excited to host the Fireball Run and its Race to Recover America’s Missing Children,” said Cedar Rapids Mayor Kay Halloran. “As we recover and rebuild from the Flood of 2008, we want America to know Cedar Rapids is open for business and coming back better than ever. The 2010 theme, America’s Heroes, is a great fit for our community as we have all witnessed heroic friends, neighbors and colleagues at their best in the last year.”
About The Fireball Run
The Fireball Run Transcontinental Rally is a 75 vehicle interactive game & road rally which journeys nearly 250 business leaders, 3500 miles through America. Each teams raises awareness for a missing child from their state or country of origin. The 2010 event starts September 23th in California finishing 9 days later on Illinois. Cedar Rapids is its sixth stop. The invitational has attracted teams from around the world. Notable entries include an all-woman Lamborghini Team, the Time-car from Back to the Future, K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider, a Hummer Limousine, and several rare and exotic vehicles. For more about Fireball Run visit www.FireballRun.com or email media@fireballrun.com
