NASCAR Cup Series teams display pink window netting in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
CONCORD, NC, September 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Veteran NASCAR Cup Series driver Kurt Busch announced that the Pink Window Net program Window of Hope will return for a second year to show support for breast cancer survivors and those who continue to fight fight breast cancer. Thermal Control Products will be providing each participating NASCAR Cup Series driver with a pink window mesh for display at next month’s Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 run at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
After the October 9th ROVAL race, each participating driver will autograph their window net, which will be auctioned off through the NASCAR Foundation, with proceeds benefiting the Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute’s PINK project. Project PINK was created to increase access to life-saving mammography screening for uninsured women in the area. Proceeds from Window of Hope will help fund Free Mammography Days in underserved communities where the need is greatest.
The inspiration for “Window of Hope” came from a request from a young Busch fan to support breast cancer awareness. In September 2019, Kurt Busch received a letter from a young fan, Mason Bradley, expressing how big he was a fan of the 2004 champion and his hopes of one day meeting Busch in person. Mason’s letter included a hand-drawn image of Busch’s car with a note that read, “Maybe you could make the window screen pink.” Bradley’s request for the pink window screen was an inspiration to support others, like his mother Stephanie, who was opposed at the time Battled breast cancer but is now in remission. With the dedication and support of NASCAR, the NASCAR Foundation and Thermal Control Products, “Window of Hope” finally became a reality at Charlotte Motor Speedway last year. The 2021 program raised more than $100,000 benefiting breast cancer research and treatment.
“We started this program with hopes of continuing for years to come, so I’m incredibly grateful that industry has jumped on board to help us bring back the window of hope for year two,” Busch said . “Last year was such a success raising over $100,000 and I look forward to seeing how much we can raise this year to support the Charlotte community through the Levine Cancer Institute’s PINK project. We couldn’t do this without the support of NASCAR fans, drivers, teams and Thermal Control Products.”
The auction for the signed pink window nets opens on October 10th and ends on October 17th. For more information and a full list of participating riders, visit. https://www.nascarfoundation.org/WindowOfHope
About the NASCAR Foundation
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Inc. (NASCAR) established the NASCAR Foundation in January 2006 to support initiatives that positively impact the lives of children in the United States. The 501(c)(3) non-profit organization works with medical experts and other charities to fund children’s health programs. The NASCAR Foundation has donated nearly $40 million in total to reach more than 1.4 million children. For more information about the NASCAR Foundation, visit NASCARfoundation.org. Follow the NASCAR Foundation on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/NASCARFoundation or on Twitter at @NASCAR_FDN.
About thermal control Products
Thermal Control Products (TCP) specializes in the custom design and manufacture of a wide variety of thermal and protective components. TCP works with customers across multiple industries including motorsport, OEM off-highway, military and aerospace. Our warmth and protection components are used both domestically and internationally with a focus on providing exceptional solutions with outstanding customer service!
About atrium health
Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is an integrated, not-for-profit healthcare system with more than 70,000 teammates serving patients in 40 hospitals and more than 1,400 nursing facilities. It provides care under the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina area, and Atrium Health Navicent and Atrium Health Floyd in Georgia and Alabama. Atrium Health is known for providing world-class pediatric, cancer and cardiac care, as well as organ transplants, burn care and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Wake Forest University School of Medicine is a recognized leader in experimental medical education and breakthrough research and forms the academic core of the company, including Wake Forest Innovations, which advances new medical technologies and biomedical discoveries. Atrium Health is also a leading innovator in virtual care and mobile medicine, providing near-home and in-home care. Atrium Health was ranked among the top hospitals nationwide by US News & World Report in eight pediatric specialties and for rehabilitation, and also has the American Hospital Association’s Quest for Quality Prize and the 2021 Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award and the 2020 Centers for Received Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Equity Award for its efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in care. With a commitment to every community it serves, Atrium Health seeks to improve health, inspire hope and advance healing – for all, and last year raised $2.46 billion in free and unpaid care and others Community services provided.
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