Breakaway from Cancer® and the Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation - Join Us in Our Fight Against Cancer!!
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Ride with Us ... Walk with Us ... Join Us for a Gala Evening

and Celebration of Life


 

 

The Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation (DPCCF) is pleased to announce Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer® initiative as the new presenting sponsor for the 5th Annual Dana Point Grand Prix.

 

Through Breakaway from Cancer, Amgen works with four non-profit partners - the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Cancer Support Community, Patient Advocate Foundation and National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship – to raise awareness of the important resources available to cancer patients, every step of the way.

 

This year’s Breakaway from Cancer Dana Point Grand Prix has chosen the Pacific Meso Center at the Pacific Heart Lung Blood Institute in Los Angeles as a recipient of this year’s proceeds.

 

 

 

Here is the schedule of events!

   

 

 

Saturday

April 30, 2011

6:00 - 8:00 pm.

Breakaway From Cancer Night at the The Dana Point Yacht Club

 

Prior to the Sunday May 1st main racing event, on Saturday April 30,  the Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation hosts a charity fundraiser to benefit local and national charities, the Pacific Meso Center being one of the primary beneficiaries.  The evening will consist of great food, drinks and a silent auction at a local restaurant from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

 

For information on how you can join in the fun, and receive FREE tickets, please click here.


Sunday

May 1, 2011

Racing begins 7:00 am

5th Annual Dana Point Grand Prix of  Cycling

  The Dana Point Grand Prix Cycling event on Sunday, May 1 of cycling is pleased to announce the presenting sponsorship of Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer® for this year’s USA Cycling NRC sanctioned event on May 1st, with proceeds to benefit the Pacific Meso Center and local charities. Click here for more.

Sunday

May 1, 2011

3:45 pm

Breakaway Walk

 

We want to honor all of those who have suffered from cancer. We ask that all cancer survivors celebrate their life and join the Breakaway Walk on Sunday, May 1st at 3:45 p.m. There will be something for everyone! Food and drinks, banner signing, T-shirts, and lots of fun for the whole family!

 

All are invited, including doctors, cancer survivors, family members, and caregivers to join the Breakaway Walk on Sunday, May 1st and meet at 3:00 p.m. at the Cancer Survivor Tent in a Celebration of Their Life. We will walk at 3:45 p.m. in solidarity down the home stretch of the race course on Del Prado in Dana Point and cross the finish line with smiles, hugs, hope and gratitude. This is a moment you won’t forget. Bring your camera!

   

Cancer Survivors come out to join us in the Breakaway Walk

   

74 Year-old Retired Banking Executive on the Fast Track for Meso Treatment

Laguna Hills, CA (4/12/11)

 

Walter “Wally” Nielsen and his lovely wife, Arleen, sit surrounded by comfort and beauty – testaments to their hard work and creativity. A well-tended garden is a riot of spring color, but the leaden sky and cool drizzle portend another side of the Nielsens' seemingly idyllic life. Click here for more.


   

The Force in Bob Vitale Remains Strong

Rolling Hills Estates, CA (3/25/11)

 

What’s in a name?  For Bob Vitale (Vitale: Italian form of Latin Vitalis, meaning "of life; vital”), his name is the very essence of his character.  At 50, a time when most folks are easing up, Bob picked up running.  Click here for more.


Terry Latham: A Life Spent Beating Bullies with Strength, Honor and Kindness.

Dana Point, CA (3/19/11)

 

As a teen in Oxfordshire, England, 70 year-old Terry Latham excelled in sports. “I was tall and tough,” he recalls with a grin.  “I played rugby. I was fast. I set all kinds of records. Looking back, sports saved me.”  Click here for more.


Judge Jacob Jager: Every Crisis Presents an Opportunity

San Clemente, CA (3/10/11)

 

It’s a beautiful day in San Clemente.  The kind of day that might usually be spent fishing with the grandkids off his boat in Dana Point Harbor, but for retired Judge Jacob Jager, those boating days are on hold as he finishes his post-operative radiation treatments. Click here for more.

   

 

 

 

Breakaway-UBS Elite Masters Racing

 

The Pacific Meso Center is pleased and proud to be involved with the 2011 Master’s Cycling initiative, which now includes a new found focus on charitable endeavors.  With the 2011 streamlined masters cycling initiative, beginning this month, we will be featuring on this site an updated link to their monthly newsletter, keeping our audience apprised of upcoming news and events throughout the year.