News Brief: October 10, 2007

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

“Crawl for Cancer,” a unique fundraiser in Kansas City, Mo., asks its participants to visit bars and drink pitchers of beer to raise money for cancer research on Saturday.

Founder Aaron Niemeier said the event began in 2001 when Niemeier and a few friends wanted to do a pub crawl. The friends decided to donate whatever money was left at the end of the night to the American Cancer Society.

The charitable crawl has spread to 15 U.S. cities. Niemeier said the last Kansas City, Mo., crawl raised about $100,000.

Each team of ten wears different colored T-shirts and follows its map to five Westport bars from 1 to 5 p.m. An entry fee is used to pay for “beer tickets,” and any money left over goes to the American Cancer Society, and Helping Hands Foundation. After the crawl, an after party with live music is provided for participants at the Beaumont Club.

Event co-coordinator Samantha Green said some people thought the event was controversial and didn’t like the idea of drinking as a fundraiser for cancer research.

“Some people see ‘drinking for cancer’ and tend to not think this is the best way to raise money,” Green said.

Niemeier said young professionals between the ages of 25 and 35 were going to go out anyway, and the crawl was an event where people had a good time for a good cause.

“People say it’s their favorite event in KC,” Niemeier said. “I have requests almost every other day about how to start it up in other cities.”

The spring Crawl for Cancer is set for Saturday, May 17. Niemeier said those interested in participating should register soon because the event filled up quickly.

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