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Calling All Thrill-Seekers; Registration Now Open For ‘Over the Edge’ Rappelling Fundraiser

 

Proceeds will support education and healthcare services
for children in the Charlotte community

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 16, 2018) – Registration is now open for “Over the Edge,” a unique fundraising event which allows thrill-seekers to rappel ten stories down the Embassy Suites Charlotte Uptown on Sept. 25-26, motivated by benefitting education and healthcare services to children in the Charlotte area through Friends of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Foundation and The NASCAR Foundation. Continue reading

Founder of Team Jack Foundation Wins Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award Presented by Nationwide

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 27: Vice chairman of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Mike Helton, Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award winner Andy Hoffman and President and Chief Executive Officer of Jon Hall Automotive Group Glenn Ritchey attend First Annual NASCAR Foundation Honors Gala on September 27, 2016 in New York City. Photo by Mike Stobe/NASCAR via Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 27: Vice chairman of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Mike Helton, Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award winner Andy Hoffman and President and Chief Executive Officer of Jon Hall Automotive Group Glenn Ritchey attend First Annual NASCAR Foundation Honors Gala on September 27, 2016 in New York City. Photo by Mike Stobe/NASCAR via Getty Images

Andy Hoffman, founder of the Nebraska-based Team Jack Foundation dedicated to funding pediatric brain cancer research, was the recipient of The NASCAR Foundation’s sixth annual Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award presented by Nationwide on Tuesday night, during The Foundation’s inaugural Honors Gala at the Marriott Marquis.

This year’s award presentation is the highlight of the “10 Years of Giving” celebration for The NASCAR Foundation, which has donated approximately $25 million to impact the lives of children since its inception in 2006. The Honors Gala raised more than $1.6 million to benefit hospitalized children across the country through the recently established Speediatrics Children’s Fund. Continue reading