Beat The Train does THAW Radiothon please help

It's hard to believe, but the THAW Radiothon is only 2 weeks away. For the last 2 years www.BeatthetraininDetroit.com has proudly been an active sponsor in this great event and this year is no different. But this year is a little different by where we are asking riders to pay for their time on the bike by asking for donations from outside sources or even themselves. This is all explained below. So please ask friends or coworkers to help your goal of how long you want to peddle to be able to help less fortunate heat their homes this cold winter.

Pedal for Power is a special part of the 2009 WWJ Newsradio 950 Winter Survival Radiothon, taking place at MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit starting at 5 AM on Friday, February 6 and running until the close of the Radiothon at noon on Saturday, February 7, 2009. This year we have a goal to utilize the Pedal for Power program to its fullest potential, by generating donations through the program to support THAW and the radiothon. With contributions of $20/$30 dollars for each half hour during the 31 hours, and having each rider be responsible to raise their $20/$30 for their half-hour or $50 for one hour, the Pedal for Power program will definitely keep more families warm this winter. Below is the donation scale to be able to participate in this great event.


$20 per half hour – Midnight- 6am only

$40 per hour – Midnight- 6am only

$30 per half hour – All other times

$50 per hour – All other times

Donating a spinner or treadmill for use during the entire Radiothon can also count as the rider's contribution.

As long as each rider from your bike club has contributed the minimum donation, your club will receive a $100 Continental Bike Shop gift card. Then the two individual riders with the highest amount of donations will each receive their own $100 Continental Bike Shop gift card.

Pledging: I know that it's hard to come up with extra money these days, but that means THAW needs more help than ever too. The riders can pledge for their minimum donation, so I've attached a pledge sheet for that purpose. I don't want to discourage anyone from riding or not riding as long as they'd like. I still need the bike to be occupied for the entire 31 hours, so just let me know if there are some special cases where the rider can't come up with the funds.

Ways to Donate: You can collect the money from your riders and bring the lump sum to the Radiothon. The individual riders can bring their donation to the Radiothon. Riders can go to http://www.active.com/donate/pedalforpower09 and donate with a credit card online. The website will list all the contributors by name as long as they don't click the "Anonymous" box. I want to be able to see their names, so I can keep track of who has the most, to win the gift card.

Online Rider Sign-Up: I've created an online sign up for all of the riders. I've pasted a link below that will take you to the WWJ website, where the rider will have to fill out the registration form. Once you hit submit on the form it automatically takes you to a schedule on Doodle.com. I will be collecting the information from both sites and matching them up. Please let me know if you have any troubles with either website. http://www.wwj.com/pages/3651372


We know this has come together at such notice but we need riders signed up by 01/31/09

Currently I (Andy) have registered for the 6:30pm Friday time slot and the 10:30 am Saturday time slot. Please join me around those times and use the links provided to register. This is completely different then what has happened in the past years and a new location at the Motor City Casino Hotel. I did register as a team using BeatthetraininDetroit.com to allow us to raise money as a group. You will see my name and all others registered when you go to the respective sites provided. (Yadayada)I know nothing more then the info provided so please read carefully.

Thanks again for all your support in this project.

Andy Staub
BeatthetraininDetroit.com