2012 Race for Hope - DC
David Cook's Team for a Cure
Hey everyone,
I'm beyond excited to announce my involvement, for the fourth consecutive year, in the Race For Hope DC 5K! I'm looking forward to coming back and being a part of this amazing event, and hope to see your familiar faces there with me! Because of your support, we have been the top fundraisers each of the last three years, and that is a title we all wear proudly.
Can we do it again? With your help, I believe we can! So please, donate, and come participate on May 6th in our nation's capital as we all get five kilometers closer to our cause: eradicating cancer.
Thank you all so much for supporting me and this organization! See you all on May 6th!
David Cook
"We Believe" David Cook Is Our Champion
David and his fans take on the Mozilla Firefox Charity Challenge to help cure brain cancer.
Article | January 9, 2012
Whether it’s American Idol or a celebrity charity contest, David Cook and his fans know what it takes to win. Their passion and commitment to help cure brain cancer is what’s driving their spectacular showing in the Mozilla Firefox Charity Challenge.
To date, David and his fans have raised over $33,000 for Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (ABC2). The online challenge, hosted by Crowdrise, runs through January 11th, and the charity that ends up with the most donations by January 11, 2012 will receive a $25,000 donation from Mozilla.
David joined the Challenge for very personal reasons. In 2009, he lost his 37-year-old brother to a brain tumor after a long and courageous battle with the disease. Since then, David and his fans have been on a mission to support the cutting-edge research funded by ABC2.
They have participated along side brain tumor survivors to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars in the Race for Hope 5k Run/Walk in Washington, DC. This March, David plans to run even further to raise awareness, “I’ll be running the 2012 Honda LA Marathon for Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure," he said. "This will be a challenging race, but one accomplishment that I will be incredibly proud of and honored to do.”
Mozilla, makers of the popular internet browser Firefox, launched the holiday challenge to promote the spirit of doing good. “We’ve brought together thousands of people to build a better Web -- not for profit, but for good," states Mozilla on its site. "This holiday season helps us take it one step further.” The Challenge features other high-profile celebrities, including: Jason Bateman (City Year), Sophia Bush (F-Cancer), David Blaine (Charity: Water), Edward Norton (The Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust), Jonah Hill (Nothing But Nets) and others.
David is offering weekly prizes and giveaways to entice donors to get involved. In an earlier contest, he gave away signed copies of his self-titled CD, David Cook. Now until the end of the Challenge, fans who donate $24 to the ABC2 will be eligible to win a 5 minute Skype chat with the American Idol.
“We Believe” is a beautiful and uplifting song on David’s latest CD, This Loud Morning – it's also an anthem for our cause. We believe in a brain cancer cure and we believe David and his fans will help us get there.
