Third Annual ThinkCure! Weekend to Take Place June 11th and 12th
Friday, May 14, 2010
By: Los Angeles Dodgers

Radiothon, Telethon and online auction will raise funds for cancer research.

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ third annual ThinkCure! Weekend will take place from Friday, June 11 to Saturday, June 12 on PRIME TICKET, KABC 790 AM, 95.5 KLOS FM, KHJ 930 AM, KCAL 9, www.dodgers.com and www.thinkcure.org to promote awareness and raise funds for cancer research. Fans can make donations to the Dodgers’ official charity online at thinkcure.org, by calling (866) 554-CURE or by texting CURE to 90999 to make a $10 donation through your mobile phone bill. *

Last season, the radio and telethons raised more than $240,000, exceeding the goal of $200,000.

As in years past, this year’s ThinkCure! events will include continuous programming on the Dodgers’ broadcast partners throughout the weekend, an enhanced online auction, Dodger player and coach participation, stories from cancer survivors, celebrity involvement and in-stadium entertainment. Fans will be able to take pictures with former Dodgers, including Ron Cey, Steve Yeager and Tommy Davis, for a donation to ThinkCure! and Dodger alumni and Dodger wives will help answer donation calls to the ThinkCure! hotline. 

The Think Blue sign at Dodger Stadium will be changed to read “ThinkCure” and the official ThinkCure! logo will be painted on the field.

The online auction begins on dodgers.com on June 8 and will run through June 14. Auction items include once-in-a-lifetime Dodger experiences, autographed Dodger memorabilia, radio experiences, restaurant gift certificates and activities around Los Angeles. Highlights include a visit with Vin Scully in the broadcast booth, an Italian dinner with Tommy Lasorda, a 2011 Dodgers Spring Training trip, a ride on a Los Angeles Fire Department fire boat, a Fender guitar signed by Slash, the chance to throw out the first pitch at a Dodger game and more.

ThinkCure! is an innovative, community-based non-profit that accelerates collaborative research to cure cancers.  Read more about ThinkCure and how we work to accelerate collaborative research to cure cancers.  ThinkCure was launched in July 2007 by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the McCourt family, City of Hope, and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.

*Standard text messaging rates will apply.