Chance Encounters

Chance Encounters

A bi-weekly newsletter publication of Children's Chance

August 21, 2009

Helping families face pediatric cancer

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to our On-Line Newsletter!
Children's Chance has Gone Green!

Chance Encounters will be sent out via email every three weeks and is also available on our website.

www.childrenschance.org

In this Edition:

(just click below to view each topic)

Family Spotlight

Board Highlight - Meet a Member

Calendar of Events

Where's Zig the Pig?
CC Connect

Board Highlight!

Meet a Board Member

Lester Park

Lester Park is the Aflac Regional Sales Coordinator for Richland County and several surrounding counties. He has been with Aflac for over 15 years. Lester has been in South Carolina since 2003 but is originally from Illinois where he was born and raised on a farm. Before moving to South Carolina, Lester lived for two years in Atlanta, Georgia. Although Lester has only been in the South for nine years he has a sign in his office that reads, “I wasn’t born in the South but I got here as quickly as I could.”

Being relatively new to Columbia Lester has chosen to become involved with Children’s Chance as one of his first community commitments. Between Lester and his wife Pat they have been blessed with six healthy children and five healthy grand-children.

When asked why he wanted to become involved with Children’s Chance Lester shared these comments, “I feel that having received such a blessing as healthy children is a gift from God and that I should do my part to help those families that have to deal with the challenges and heartaches of having a child with some type of dread disease. In the many years of processing Cancer claims through Aflac I have seen the emotional, physical and financial devastation that Cancer can bring to a family and I just want to do my part to help.”

Thank you to all of the Children's Chance Board of Directors

for your continued support of families facing pediatric cancer!

Calendar of Events

Mark your Calendars!

Join Us!

Family Fun Night
Friday, September 11th, 2009
At the Pre-Ride Festivities of the Kickin Cancer Nite Owl Ride

Festivities will be held from 6-8 pm at 300 Senate near the Canal located off Gervais St.
including:

Free Face Painting & Balloon Animals by Joyful Heart

Enter to win a Wii by American Income Life

Free Magic Show for adults and children at 6:30 pm
presented by Magic by Ray Hardee

Music performed by Obraskai and Examining Emma

Free Chair Massages

Richland County Sheriff's Department "Kid Print"

$10 Food Plates for Adults, $5 for Children 10 & under
provided by Dupre Catering at 300 Senate

Special Appearances by COCKY, the mascot of USC &
Zig the Pig, the mascot for Children's Chance

For more information visit www.niteowlride.org and click on "vendors"
or call 803-254-5996

Presented by Dupre Catering & Events
www.niteowlride.org

Can you endure

12 hours of biking at night?

REGISTER NOW!

Only $40 if you register by the 28th ~ click above

Register by the 28th to receive an Official Event T-Shirt

The first ever Kickin Cancer Nite Owl Ride is a unique

12-hour cycling event over the historic Gervais Street Bridge

between Columbia and West Columbia to benefit

Children's Chance and the Lance Armstrong Foundation

The Kickin Cancer Nite Owl Ride

will give cyclists the opportunity to see how long they

can endure throughout the night,

while helping cancer patients continue

to endure through their fight.

8:00pm, Friday, September 11th

to

8:00am, Saturday, September 12th

$40.00 per person
for early bird registration by August 28th

or

$45.00 per person
after August 28th or on-site

Pre-Ride Festivities from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Open to the Public

including vendors, face painting, bounce house, music, food, etc.

Biking: 8:00pm - 8:00am

This event will benefit

Children’s Chance, a cancer charity that helps South Carolina children with cancer

and the

Lance Armstrong Foundation, a national charity that helps people with cancer

For more information visit www.niteowlride.org, email to: niteowlride@bellsouth.net, or call 803-254-5996

Kids Kickin' Cancer!

Family Spotlight

Click here to read more about Children's Chance families!

T.C. at The Faces of Hope Program

Katie

Zig the Pig?

Ziggybanks in the Community....

Feed a ziggybank at one of these locations or to find out how your business can be a home to Zig, click here!

The Gourmet Shop - 5 Pts

CiCi's Pizza
Pelham Drive

St. Andrews Rd.

Strobler's on Devine St.

Salon M at Richland Fashion Mall

Austral Salon

Forest Drive

Barron's on Harden St.

Doc's on Shop Rd.

HalfMoon Outfitters

Devine St.

Rosewood Market

Murray's Bar & Grille

Charleston Hwy.

Dias Merle Norman

Forest Drive

Russell & Jeffcoat

Trenholm Road

Jersey Mike's Subs

Broad River Rd.

Burlap Fine Papers

Rosewood Dr.

Palmetto Thrift Store

St. Andrews Rd.

Heights
at Lake Murray

If you are interested in having
Zig at your community event, email Zig!

To find out more about Zig the Pig, visit www.zigthepig.org

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Join Us!

3rd Annual
Charity
Paintball Tournament
Carolina fans
vs. Clemson fans

Saturday, November 21, 2009

more info coming soon

To submit a story idea, or content for the newsletter, please email us

Children's Chance ~ 609 Sims Avenue, 2nd Floor ~ Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: (803) 254-5996, Fax: (803) 254-5997
www.childrenschance.org or www.zigthepig.org
childrenschance@bellsouth.net
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