Atlantic City, NJ (August 10, 2016) – Race2Rebuild, the nonprofit endurance sports program supporting disaster recovery is headed back home to the Jersey Shore to support continued recovery from Hurricane Sandy and race the DelMoSports Atlantic City Triathlon and 5K. With funding raised by athletes and support from the Atlantic City Sports Commission, athletes and volunteers will help rebuild Sandy-damaged homes with national nonprofit partners SBP and A Future with Hope, on Saturday, August 13. On Sunday, August 14, they will race the DelMoSports Atlantic City Triathlon and 5K in Atlantic City, NJ. The event offers a Sprint and International distance triathlon for individuals and relay teams and a new 5K race that benefits Race2Rebuild’s Jersey Shore initiative.
The Atlantic City Sports Commission has a history of successfully partnering with DelMoSports, and this year they join forces with Race2Rebuild to support continued Sandy rebuilding in New Jersey where Race2Rebuild has helped further multiple rebuilding projects since its inception in 2012.
“This will be the Atlantic City Sports Commission’s second year in a row working with DelMoSports,” said Jim Wood, President and CEO of Meet AC. “This event has helped provide the opportunity to continue flood recovery efforts after the devastation of Sandy and the economic impact typically brings around $750,000 to the area. With the Race2Rebuild partnership, the community impact will be immeasurable. We’re so thankful to have the opportunity to work with these amazing organizations!”
“We are so very excited to partner with Race2Rebuild as our charity for our Atlantic City Triathlon and 5K,” said Stephen Del Monte, Founder and CEO of DelMoSports. “We are dedicated to helping the Jersey Shore community, and joining forces again with Race2Rebuild gives us the opportunity to aid families that are still recovering from Sandy.”
Volunteers of all skill levels will assist with multiple flood recovery projects in Monmouth County and Atlantic County in an effort to support continued relief from Hurricane Sandy, nearly four years after the disaster devastated much of New Jersey, displacing thousands of families and causing widespread damage to homes and business.
“A community’s recovery process following a disaster is the ultimate endurance event,” said Race2Rebuild President Sarah Hartmann. “We are truly grateful to our partners the Atlantic City Sport Commission and DelMoSports, and especially our rebuilding partners SBP and A Future with Hope for their ongoing work and for providing Race2Rebuild volunteers with the opportunity to tangibly change lives, sending a message to all families struggling to come home that they are not forgotten.”
SBP’s Co-Founder and CEO, Zack Rosenburg commented, “Nearly four years after Sandy, much work remains to be done in New Jersey and New York. Four years is far too long for families and homeowners to be displaced. SBP’s mission is to shrink time between disaster and recovery so that our fellow citizens are not subjected to the unnecessary suffering brought on by a prolonged recovery. We are grateful for our longstanding relationship with Race2Rebuild and the athlete volunteers who donate their time and energy to help return a sense of normalcy to SBP’s clients in New Jersey and beyond.”
“Four years after Sandy, the recovery effort has become complex for many home owners,” said Bobbie Ridgely, Executive Director of A Future With Hope, “People are struggling with government resources, fraudulent contractors and delayed insurance payouts. Their options are narrowing. A Future With Hope and United Methodists are committed to being a place where they can turn for help.”
Athletes and volunteers who wish to participate in the Race2Rebuild Jersey Shore rebuilding projects may sign up online before August 13th. Rebuilding volunteers receive safety training, event shirt, nutrition and hydration. Lunch will be provided by Whole Foods Market. Athletes are encouraged to join the Race2Rebuild New Jersey fundraising campaign on CrowdRise. Prizes will be awarded to top fundraisers on race day from Race2Rebuild sponsors XRCEL, Champion System, blueseventy, Road ID, TIMEX Sports and more. Register to volunteer, race and support the project with a donation at http://ift.tt/1VUAqM2.
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About Atlantic City Sports Commission
The Atlantic City Sports Commission was officially formed on January 13, 2015 as a 501 (c)(3) organization with the support of Meet AC and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) to attract sporting events, conventions and competitions to Atlantic City. http://ift.tt/2aLmCUs
About DelMoSports, LLC
DelMoSports, LLC is a boutique race company founded in 2004, specializing in elite destination events along the southern New Jersey shore and Delaware. Their unique and award-winning events include the Atlantic City Triathlon, Tri the Wildwoods Triathlon, Escape to Lewes Open Water Swim Classic and Escape the Cape Triathlon, which was voted the Best Triathlon in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regions by Competitor. Known for high quality, athlete-centered productions with an emphasis on community involvement, DelMoSports events provide challenging courses, spectacular scenery and amazing vacation opportunities for athletes and their families. www.delmosports.com
About SBP
SBP’s mission is to shrink time between disaster and recovery. Since its founding in 2006 in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, SBP has rebuilt homes for more than 1,120 families nationally with the help of over 125,000 volunteers across six states: New Orleans, LA; Joplin, MO; Staten Island, NY; Rockaway, NY; Monmouth and Ocean Counties, NJ; San Marcos, TX and Columbia, SC. SBP’s model is enhanced by AmeriCorps, which provides 140 members annually to manage worksites and clients, and train the organization’s volunteers nationally.
Through its Disaster Resilience and Recovery Lab, SBP works to share lessons learned, prevent common barriers to recovery and help communities utilize SBP’s standardized, repeatable and proven-effective model.
SBP shrinks time between disaster and recovery via five interventions:
- Build innovatively, driving efficiency
- Share SBP’s proven effective model with other organizations to increase efficacy across the disaster rebuilding sector
- Train home and business owners in resilience and risk mitigation prior to disaster
- Advise local and state government officials so they can deploy federal dollars sooner, and in a way that empowers an efficient recovery
- Advocate so that what is measured is what matters – a complete recovery
To learn more, visit www.SBPUSA.org and like/follow on Facebook & Twitter @SBPUSA
About A Future With Hope
A Future With Hope is a nonprofit organization started by the United Methodist Church of Greater New Jersey to lead relief and recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy. They have rebuilt 239 homes and have hosted 11,260 volunteers from 44 states. Using skilled volunteer labor and professional tradesman, A Future With Hope offers homeowners construction solutions that help stretch dollars further. Volunteers come from all over the United States to rebuild homes. The organization’s goal is to rebuild more than 300 homes. It is estimated that approximately 5,000 families’ homes are still in need of repair from damage caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. More information on A Future With Hope can be found at http://ift.tt/2aLmiVS
About Race2Rebuild
Race2Rebuild creates tangible change to our communities following natural disasters by supporting and participating in rebuilding projects and bringing families home. Founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Race2Rebuild’s national team of volunteer athletes raise critical private funds and provide hands-on home building to support projects across the country and around the world. Race2Rebuild serves as an important frontline advocate to its international rebuilding partners and an essential link to the families whose homes it helps to rebuild. We believe in safe, strong, healthy communities for all. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit us at www.race2rebuild.org. Race hard. Race with resolve. Race2Rebuild.
Press Contacts
DelMoSports: Lisa Johnson Communications
Phaedra Laird (609) 314-5738
phaedra@lisajohnsoncommunications.com
Sarah Hartmann, Race2Rebuild
(310) 621-0084
sarah@race2rebuild.org
Jessica Merrill, Atlantic City Sports Commission
(609) 449-7147
jmerrill@meetac.com
Carolyn Conover, A Future With Hope
(732)359-1016
cconover@afuturewithhope.org
Evan Achiron, SBP
(646) 856-9287
eachiron@sbpusa.org
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