Tri-cities Team Type 1 Events

By the Numbers

1 – Company Sponsored Bike Race

4 – Team Type 1 Cyclists

Simon Bennett, Matt Brooks, Timothy Hargrave, and Alex Bowden

2 – Radio Interviews aired

10 – Newspaper Articles Published

33 – Times the name Sanofi-Aventis appeared in print

3 – TV Interviews

100 – hospital professionals touched

40+ - physicians, nurses and NP’s touched between Asheville, NC,

Johnson City and Bristol, TN

1 story of Stephen that inspired a haircut

Check out Stephen’s mohawk! So Matt got his hair cut just like Stephen’s!

Matt and Simon visited a pediatric type 1 diabetic in the hospital… hoping to inspire him to take control of his diabetes…. It ended up inspiring Matt!

Countless praises, & compliments!

• “This was one of the best organized sanofi-aventis event I’ve ever been to.” - Timothy Hargrave,

Team Type 1 cyclist

• “…when I found out that one team even consisted of Type 1 diabetics, I was even MORE impressed.  What delightfully healthy role models they presented to all of the observers .” - Sara Dalcher,

Downtown Johnson City Business owner

• “thanks so much for meeting and talking with my son!” – Debbie England,

Mother of Russell, Type 1 Diabetic

4 – sanofi aventis reps that want to sponsor the race again next year and get these guys back!

Debbie Cook, Shannon Castillo, Susan Jordan & Jo Zimmerman

How can we make this happen?