How to Help Now

 

team 4 gone logo Help Team 4 Gone go the distance.
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Team 4 Gone is a non-profit, co-ed cycling team participating in the Insight Race Across America (RAAM) in June 2008, the longest running ultra-distance bicycle endurance race in the world. The team is made up of 4 cyclists, and 19 support personnel; most are either Active duty, Retired or former military personnel.

This year, they’re riding for Snowball Express to raise awareness and funds.

The televised race begins in Oceanside, California on June 11th and ends 3008 miles later in Annapolis, Maryland. Their goal is to beat their 2006 RAAM finishing time of 7 days, 16 hours and 50 minutes.

Help Team 4 Gone help Snowball Express by volunteering your time or making a donation. You can also track their progress across the U.S., at www.raceacrossamerica.org, or better yet, catch up with them at one of the time stations along the route and meet some of the remarkable families of the Snowball Express. For details, visit www.team4gone.org.

Team 4 Gone is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, so donations are tax deductible; all proceeds will benefit Snowball Express. Donations can may be made online or by check/money order payable Team 4 Gone, 117 River Meadow, Castroville, TX 78009

 

 

Take a trip.

  
luggage Snowball Express is pleased to introduce our new Internet-based vacation and travel booking portal. Use it for great rates on airfare, hotels, cars, cruises, vacation packages, golf packages, European tours, transatlantic cruises and more. Every time you use this service, Snowball Express gets a donation. Special thanks to Jim and Jackie Slater at The Place To Go Travel, for all their help and support! Click here and start packing your bags.

 

 

Buy a song for Snowball - Jeff Senour and the CTS Band

jeff senour Jeff Senour is the singer/songwriter for the Phoenix-based rock band, CTS, and is also a captain for Southwest Airlines. His song, "Can't Get Off This Train" hit the top 100 National Radio Charts in June of 2007 and reached #42. Jeff wrote "You Won't Be Forgotten" and "Since You've Been Gone" as a tribute to our military who have served in both the past and present. "You Won't Be Forgotten" received national acclaim on the "Run For The Wall" DVD video in 2006 and won Video of the Year from the Military Writer's Society. A copy was sent by a radio staion, Internet Voices Radio in Michigan, to President Bush for which Jeff received a personal thank you from President Bush for writing the song.

Both songs are now offered on iTunes for downloading and Jeff is donating 50% of the proceeds to Snowball Express.

Buy "You Won't Be Forgotten"

Buy "Since You've Been Gone"

or

You can log on to the iTunes Store and search under artists:
Jeff Senour or CTS.

 

 

Buy a Toy from Just Mom, Inc.

 
comfort toy bunny
comfort toy dog

 

Just Mom, Inc.is a group of moms who combined their dreams and business sense to make a difference to a child’s well-being and health by providing a way for others to send comfort to children in hospitals suffering from a childhood or terminal illness.

Recently, one of their members, Gina Gippner-Woods was introduced to Snowball Express and working together, they created “Operation: Children to Children”, with Mom, Inc. donating 200 comfort toys to Snowball Express, and the children of Snowball Express, in turn, donating the toys to Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. It was a way that the children of the fallen could give back to children who have fallen ill.

Will you please join us and help spread the word? We want to let everyone
know that they can purchase Just Mom toys year-round and have them donated to children who need to be comforted… daily!

Though Christmas comes but once a year, it doesn’t have to. We
can give gifts daily to those who might not get another Christmas.
To learn more about Just Mom, Inc., contact Gina Gippner-Woods at
(805) 497-0534 or E-mail: justmominc@yahoo.com.

 

 

Oakley gives us the jacket off their backs.

500 Snowball Express supporters can own one.
Oakley, a Snowball Express founding sponsor and believably generous Snowball Express supporter from Day One, is donating the proceeds from their new M65™ Jacket to us. Only 500 of this very cool, very Oakley limited edition design will be released. We are honored to have Oakley's commitment to help us help the special Snowball families. Click here for more. http://oakley.com/pd/5551

 

 

Buy a Wristband

Phil Randazzo and his non-profit organization, defendingfreedom.net, will donate camouflage wristbands to groups and organizations who wants to use them to raise funds for Snowball Express. It's simple: he ships the wristbands, you sell them for $3 each, and Snowball Express keeps all the proceeds. Click here for more information.

 

 

Celebrate your birthday the Snowball Express way.

cupcake Whether you're one of those lucky people who have everything, impossible to buy for, or just want to help, instead of a present, ask for a donation to help bring a Snowball Express family to our event this year. It's the gift that makes a difference...and keeps on giving.