Complete Autographed Uniform the Prize, Proceeds to Benefit Nationwide Children’s Hospital
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 16, 2015) – NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Nationwide have teamed up today to present “Wear It Like Dale Jr.,” a raffle to benefit Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Entrants will be eligible to win the Grand Prize, a complete autographed uniform (helmet, Nationwide fire suit, a pair of white skeleton gloves worn during the 2015 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, and driving shoes) worn by the 12-time NMPA Most Popular Driver.
“Nationwide Children’s Hospital is an incredible facility that does so much for chronically ill children,” said Earnhardt Jr. “I’ve visited the hospital, and so have many in our company, and it is a very worthy cause for The Dale Jr. Foundation to support.”
Tickets are $10 each and all proceeds will go toward the life-saving work done at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Only 10,088 tickets will be sold, and the contest, second of the year for the Foundation, runs through Nov. 30, 2015. The drawing for the Grand Prize will be held on Dec. 1, 2015, and the prize will be mailed to the lucky winner. Tickets may be purchased at www.WearItLikeDaleJr.com.
“Nationwide Children’s Hospital is extremely grateful for this partnership with Dale Jr. and The Dale Jr. Foundation and we also extend our appreciation to Nationwide for making the introduction,” commented Dr. Steve Allen, MD, CEO of Nationwide Children’s. “Dale Jr. is making a significant impact, visiting our patients at the hospital and helping to raise vital awareness and funds to support lifesaving clinical care and research that is helping children everywhere.”
The Dale Jr. Foundation is a charity dedicated to giving underprivileged individuals with a focus on youth, the resources to improve their confidence and education, and the opportunity to achieve extraordinary goals. The Dale Jr. Foundation has made a monumental impact in the local community since its beginning. Dedicated to giving underprivileged individuals, with a focus on youth, the resources to achieve extraordinary goals, TDJF has contributed to more than 300 charities nationally and locally, including The Make-A-Wish Foundation, Blessings in a Backpack, Ronald McDonald House of Charlotte, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ace and TJ’s Grin Kids, and Mooresville Christian Mission. For more information, visit www.thedalejrfoundation.
Ranked 9th of only 12 children’s hospitals on U.S. News & World Report’s 2015-16 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric healthcare networks providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s has a medical staff of 1,100 and nearly 10,000 employees providing state-of-the-art pediatric care for one million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. Nationwide Children’s remains true to the original mission since its founding in 1892 of providing care regardless of a family’s ability to pay. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the U.S. and is rated A+ by both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, commercial, homeowners, farm and life insurance; public and private sector retirement plans, annuities and mutual funds; banking and mortgages; pet, motorcycle and boat insurance. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com
