INDIANAPOLIS — The Heroes Foundation’s sixth annual Spin4Heroes event on March 13 raised over $64,000 to support its programs serving the Central Indiana cancer community. Cancer fighters of all ages made up the 69 relay teams that gathered to pedal for four hours inside the Community Healthplex Sports Club. (See more photos.)
“We could not be more pleased with the turnout. We topped last year’s Spin4Heroes by over $10,000. This event just keeps getting bigger not only because people care about the work of the Heroes Foundation, but also because it’s just fun,” says cancer survivor Vince Todd, Jr., co-founder and chairman of the Heroes Foundation.
Spin4Heroes is an indoor relay-style team cycling/spinning event. This year’s event included six spin instructors and a DJ to keep the energy level high, with tunes ranging from “Devil Went Down to Georgia” to various college fight songs. Each team raised funds ($400 minimum) for the Heroes Foundation and took turns on the bike. Eighteen volunteers on site kept participating cancer survivors, families, kids and others pedaling for the cancer community.
Prizes were awarded for top fundraising teams. Teams that tracked the most miles over the four-hour event also received prizes. The 2016 winning teams are:
- 1st Place Fundraising Team: Founders
- 2nd Place Fundraising Team: Brakin’ the Law-Bose McKinney Evans
- Mileage Competition, Female: Kickin’ Asphalt (FirstIB Ladies Team 2)
- Mileage Competition, Male: Triple digits
- Mileage Competition, Co-ed: Brakin’ the Law-Bose McKinney Evans
We are very grateful for our Spin4Heroes sponsors:
TOUR LEVEL SPONSORS
- Accessa
- Lilly Oncology
- Scopelitis Garvin Light Hanson & Feary
STAGE LEVEL SPONSORS
- OurHealth
- The Brookfield Group
- Moser Consulting
- The caregivers and researchers of the IU Simon Cancer Center
- 24 Hours of Booty
- Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent
PROLOGUE LEVEL SPONSORS
- Ultrasonic Services
- Vesalius Health & Sport
- Bose McKinney & Evans
- Healthcare Products Delivery
- The Helmreich Family
- Chick-fil-A of Noblesville
- First Merchants Bank
- Daystar Directional Drilling
- Interface/Opthalmic Plastic Surgery
- Worldwide Express
- McGowan Insurance
- Core BTG
IN-KIND SPONSORS
- Motion Cycling & Fitness
- Marsh Supermarkets
- Harding Poorman
- Indianapolis Fruit
- Gatorade
- Harry & Izzy’s – Northside
- Markey’s Rental & Staging
- Big Apple Bagel
- Zipp/SRAM
- Colavita
See photos from this year’s event here. Thank you, Beth Richter!
PHOTO ABOVE: Teams packed the floor of the Community Healthplex Sports Club in preparation for the 2016 Spin4Heroes. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.