I am a member of the
Ohio YSR League mini-racing club. Around Thanksgiving 2008 it was announced that one of our members, a 13 year old kid and fellow racer, Harrison Ringel, was diagnosed with leukemia. Harrison is so far doing well, but it has been unbelievably hard on everyone involved, especially his family. Fortunately the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society has been phenomenal. They have done so much, in fact, that Harrison's father wants to give back to this organization by putting on a benefit race to raise money for the Society.
Harrison racing his tricked out racebike just 1 month before his diagnosis
And here he is (#617) on August 22, 2009 still beating out the competition despite the chemotherapy!
In addition to the race entry fees and kart rental fees generating money for the benefit, Harrison's father is also selling T-Shirts. Any organization (such as the DMF) to raise $100 or more was listed as a "sponsor" on the benefit race T-shirts.
Money was collected via Paypal through August 31, 2009, and amazingly the DMF donated a whopping $1000 with the DMF match amount! The most out of any sponsor...which gave us TOP BILLING for the Benefit T-shirts! To order a shirt, please fill out THIS FORM. They are $10. Again, all monies collected from T-shirt sales will be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
After submitting the form, Harrison's father Paul will send you an email with the total and where to send a check. Once he receives your check, you will be mailed your T-shirt.
Here are some pictures of the finished product:
FRONT: (Harrison is on the right in the 2nd picture)
BACK
Here is a link to the benefit race details: http://sites.google.com/site/harrisonbenefitrace/
Here is a link to Harrison's Caring Bridge Journal: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/harrisonringelYou don't have to just donate; if you are anywhere near Circleville (near Columbus) Ohio, please come out and RACE!! We are a mini-racing club and race NSR50's, YSR50's, motards, XR100's, scooters, pocketbikes, etc. We also have a lot of kids that race with us and the go-karts will be available for rental during practice and at other scheduled times during the day. More details on all of that are in the benefit race link above.
Harrison is a great kid, polite, fun - always happy. Even with all that is going on right now you just cant bring him down. Everyone involved with OYL was devastated when we learned he was diagnosed with leukemia.
Harrison is on the left with my dog and his best friend on the right.
Thanks everyone!
ADDED MARCH 2010
A video of Harrison's story: "Dude, where's my hair?"
http://www.youtube.com/user/MegaDudeshow#p/a/u/2/bFpsB2yKaUk 
