PURCHASE A TICKET TO DARLINGTON RACEWAY AND SUPPORT THE VFW SPORT CLIPS HELP A HERO CAMPAIGN
With each adult ticket sold March 12-18, a donation will be made to support veterans
March 12, 2012
DARLINGTON, S.C. (March 12, 2012) – Darlington Raceway,
Sport Clips Haircuts and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) are asking for race
fans to help support the Help a Hero campaign by purchasing a ticket for the
upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 race weekend on May 11-12.
For every adult ticket sold the week of March
12-18 (Monday thru Sunday) to either the Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 or
Nationwide Series VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200, Darlington Raceway will make
a $2 donation per ticket to support the VFW.
With numerous military bases and personnel stationed
in South Carolina, Darlington Raceway fans and local communities are supportive
of the U.S. Armed Forces and the veterans that have served our country since
the track opened in 1950.
This opportunity will give fans the chance to
support the VFW and our nation’s veterans, while also enjoying NASCAR’s best
racing during the Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 or the Nationwide Series VFW
Sport Clips Help a Hero 200, or both.
“We value our strong relationship with the
VFW and Sport Clips Haircuts and are more than happy to donate $2 for every
ticket sold next week to support their initiatives,” Darlington Raceway
President Chris Browning said. “The military presence is well known in the
state of South Carolina so to be able to give back to the veterans and active
service members through the VFW makes this a win-win situation for everyone.”
Tickets for the Southern 500 and VFW Sport
Clips Help a Hero 200 can be purchased by calling 866-459-7223 or by visiting
DarlingtonRaceway.com
.
“The generosity extended to us by Darlington
Raceway is deeply appreciated and will serve us well in our continued mission
to provide support to America’s service men and women,” said VFW National
Commander Richard DeNoyer. “We hold the Sport Clips Haircuts and Darlington
Raceway communities in our highest regard and are proud to be associated with
them.”
Traditionally, Sport Clips Haircuts’ annual
Help a Hero fundraiser supports the VFW’s Operation Uplink free call day
program; however, proceeds from Darlington ticket sales will go to support this
important program and others, such as Unmet
Needs, the Military Assistance
Program, and the National Veterans Service:
VFW's Operation Uplink:
Launched
in 1996, VFW Operation Uplink™
is the premier calling program for deployed service members that provides free
phone time to active-duty military personnel and hospitalized veterans. Since its start in 2006, Operation Uplink has provided more
than 6.1 million free connections for service members and their families.
VFW's Unmet Needs:
VFW Unmet Needs was created in 2004
through a corporate partnership to assist military service members and their
families who run into unexpected financial difficulties with basic life needs
such as mortgage and rent, home and auto repairs, insurance, utilities, food
and clothing. Unmet Needs helps meet unanticipated financial demands on our
service members’ families that can’t be remedied through existing means and
provides our service members with the security of knowing that their families
have additional support here at home.
VFW's Military Assistance Program:
The VFW Military Assistance Program (MAP)
is the outstretched hand between the VFW and the local military, offering VFW’s
support around the world. In the last
five years, MAP has sponsored events supporting over one million service
members and their families. A large part
of MAP includes the Adopt-a-Unit program, adopting hundreds of military units
around the world, developing supportive relationships with units before, during
and after deployments to help deliver the vast network of resources VFW has
available for the military.
VFW's National Veterans Service:
Each
year, the nationwide network of VFW Service Officers assists more than 120,000
veterans nationwide. From assisting
veterans in filing for disability compensation to requesting hearings before
the VA Board of Appeals, these skilled professionals garner over a billion
dollars in compensation benefits for veterans annually.
About Sport Clips Haircuts:Sport Clips Haircuts, with more than 850
locations nationwide, is headquartered in Georgetown, Texas and was established
in 1995 by founder and CEO Gordon Logan. The franchise ranks in Entrepreneur
Magazine’s
top 20 “fastest growing franchises” and in the top 100 in the “Franchise 500”,
in the top 10 in Forbes’ “Top 20 Franchises
To Start”, and in the top 50 in Dun & Bradstreet’s AllBusiness.com “2012 AllBusiness
AllStars”. Sport Clips is the “Official Haircutter” of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) and offers veterans preferential pricing on haircuts and franchises.
Our “Help a Hero” program has
donated more than a million dollars to help soldiers overseas and in
hospitals call home through the VFW’s Operation Uplink. Sport Clips is a proud
sponsor of Joe Gibbs Racing’s NASCAR drivers, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin, and
holds partnerships with several NCAA programs, and teams in the National
Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and National Hockey
League (NHL). To learn about franchise opportunities click here, and for locations
throughout the United States, visit SportClips.com. For media
resources and additional information on Sport Clips, visit SportClipsMedia.com.
About
Darlington Raceway:
Darlington Raceway, or the track Too Tough To Tame as it is known to
many, is where the purest of NASCAR competition meets true southern
hospitality. A NASCAR staple since 1950, Darlington Raceway has seen some of
motorsports most talented drivers thunder to Gatorade Victory Lane. On Mother’s
Day weekend, May 11-12, 2012, NASCAR’s biggest stars return to battle the track
Too Tough To Tame in the Sprint Cup
Series Southern 500® and Nationwide Series VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200.
You
can keep up with all of the latest news from Darlington Raceway at
DarlingtonRaceway.com
, on
Facebook at
Facebook.com/DarlingtonRaceway
and
on Twitter at
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.
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