SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – Kids at the Dwaine and Cynthia Willett Children’s Hospital were in for a treat Wednesday. It was the annual visit of Racing for Kids, giving kids – and their parents – a day to have fun while being in the hospital. Kids could come out to meet the racecar drivers and […]
Kids at Savannah Children’s Hospital treated to day with professional racecar drivers
Red Bull GRC Racers Delight Young Patients At Miller Children’s Hospital In Long Beach
Since 1990, The Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Long Beach has been a longtime favorite stop for Racing For Kids®. Thursday’s (October 12) program proved that point again by including five prominent Red Bull Global Rallycross Series (Red Bull GRC) racers. For more than two hours, the racers engaged and entertained dozens of Miller […]
Racing For Kids® Team Rallies To Save Driverless Visit
Racing For Kids® faced an unusual challenge Thursday in its annual visit to Santa Rosa’s North Valley School: the program would have to be conducted without racecar drivers present. The reason was understandable: with so much riding on Sunday’s GoPro Grand Prix – the series championship and driver contracts for 2018 –executives from The Sonoma […]
Mazda Road To Indy Series Racers Make Pit Stop at Golisano Children’s Hospital
“Kaylen Frederick and T.J. Fischer, two rising stars of the Mazda Road To Indy racing series, entertained more than 40 young patients and their family members Thursday at Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester. Sarah Baker said her son, Sean, is a great racing fan and he was thrilled to meet the two […]
11th Annual Racing For Kids to the Hill set for August 30
The checkered festoons will be waving overhead and the engines will soon be revving up for the last blast of summer – the 11th Racing For Kids to the Hill. The long-anticipated event will be held on the Wednesday– August 30, 2017 – on Kercheval Avenue in Grosse Pointe Farms. “Every year we have surpassed […]
Indy 500 Champs visit SSM Health’s Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital With Racing For Kids
The two most recent Indy 500 winners, Takuma Sato & Alexander Rossi, delighted 60 patients and their siblings today at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. Sato who races for Andretti Autosport, won this year’s Indy 500 in an exciting finish holding off a charging Helio Castroneves. Rossi, who drives for Andretti Herta Autospoprt with Curb/Agajanian, won […]
GLOBAL RALLYCROSS DRIVERS JOIN RACING FOR KIDS AT PHILLY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN ATLANTIC CITY, THEN TREAT THEIR NEW FANS TO PODIUM FINISHES
“Who would like to watch the Red Bull Global Rallycross in Atlantic City this weekend?” That was the question posed to children during a Racing for Kids sponsored visit to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Atlantic County Specialty Care Center on Thursday August 10, 2017. Fifteen of the 20 young patients in the classroom immediately raised […]
Andretti Autosport’s Dalton Kellett A Hit At Akron Children’s Hospital
Dalton Kellett left Akron Children’s Hospital late Thursday Morning with at least 75 new fans among the young patients, their siblings, and parents that he encountered during a 90 minute pit stop at the highly regarded Northern Ohio pediatric facility. His Racing For Kids® visit was a gala affair with the ABC Supply IndyCar showcar […]
Toronto’s Holland Bloorview Hospital Gets Special Recognition From Honda Indy Toronto Racers
The highly regarded Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto gets little public attention in the abundance of publicity afforded the mega-hospitals in Canada’s largest city. However, the good work performed at Holland Bloorview did not escape the attention of three Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Series stars, who delighted more than 50 patients at […]