It was Thursday Morning at Long Beach’s Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital and little patient Clare was not having a good day when the trio of Racing For Kids® drivers approached her in the playroom. She shook her head. “No.” She did not want a Racing For Kids hat; or to see a picture of a […]
Drivers Produce Smiles And Memories With Stop At Long Beach’s Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital
IndyCar drivers visit patients at Dell Children’s before weekend races
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three IndyCar racers stepped out from behind the wheel to spend some quality time with young patients at the Dell Children’s Medical Center Thursday morning. The visit was set up by the organization Racing For Kids, a Detroit-based national charity that brings celebrity race car drivers to visit sick children and raises money […]
Racing For Kids® Partners with Cooper Consulting Events in 2019
INDIANAPOLIS – February 14, 2019 – Racing For Kids®, the popular children’s charity, today announced a partnership with Cooper Consulting Events (CCE), an Indianapolis, IN based company. The partnership will support and promote Racing For Kids® year long program of taking IndyCar drivers to the bedsides of hospitalized youngsters and entertaining outpatients at selected IndyCar […]
FERRUCCI ENTERTAINS AND RECRUITS NEW INDYCAR FANS AT NORTH VALLEY SCHOOL
Santino Ferrucci of Dale Coyne Racing is the latest of a new wave of young American drivers to achieve their life-long dream of racing in the INDYCAR Series as he competes in Sunday’s Sonoma IndyCar Grand Prix at The Sonoma (CA) Raceway. It will be his third IndyCar race this year in his initial season. […]
The 12th Annual Racing For Kids to the Hill Hit All the Right Notes!
Racing For Kids to the Hill 2018 is now in the history books, but the memories will last a long time. Even though showers and thunderstorms were predicted for almost a week, the day dawned warm with sunshine and just a few clouds. During the street fair, Kercheval Avenue was filled with young families, older […]
Indy Lights Series driver Ryan Norman brightens the day of young patients at Akron Children’s Hospital
Indy Lights driver Ryan Norman stopped by Akron Children’s Hospital to visit several hospitalized and outpatient children Thursday, regaling them with tales from the track and encouraging them to follow their own life dreams. Ryan, who drives for Andretti Autosport, didn’t have too far to travel – he lives in nearby Aurora — and this […]
Six Mazda Road To Indy Drivers Delight Kids at Toronto Hospital
Six Mazda Road To Indy Drivers today brought laughter, smiles and unexpected excitement into the lives of 35 patients at Toronto’s Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. It was the third annual Racing For Kids® stop at the highly regarded hospital which treats children and youth living with disability, medically complex illness and injury. But for […]
RACING FOR KIDS TO THE HILL 2018
Get all the details here on THE LAST BLAST OF THE SUMMER! Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Veach Captivates Kids With Talk On Bullying And Racing At 240 MPH
With an entertaining talk on how to handle schoolyard bullying and what life is like at 240 mph, Zach Veach captivated the attention and imagination of 100 youngsters today in a lively Racing For Kids stop at the Sheboygan Falls (WI) Boys & Girls Club. It was Veach’s second visit in three years to the […]