Ride 4 Smiles 2012 Program

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FACES The National Craniofacial Association
PO BOX 11082, Chattanooga, TN 37401
423-266-1632
800-332-2373
www.faces-cranio.org
2011-2012 FACES
Board of Directors
Jeri Arledge
Todd Blancett
Roy Brookshire
Alan Cates
Christopher Chase, MD
Liz Culler, MD
Ralph Dawn
Belva Farmer
Cathy Hodnett
Debbie Howard
Susan Jensen
Bill Johnson
Jarmin Johnston
Carol Kelley
Ann Keown
Kevin King
Tony Mines
Frank Murphy
Lucilla Nash
John Sellers
Sarah Steffner
Meg Sutton
Jake Thal
Steve Tingle
Tracye Ward
Coleen Wright
Lynne Mayfield, President
Kim Teems, Communications &
Program Director
From the autobiography
A Face For Me
www.brewermediagroup.com
“Let me tell you something about deformity that I didn't know at
the time, but know now: it teaches you a lot. It either ruins you
completely and makes you useless to yourself and everybody
else, or it makes you strong, so strong that you can overcome
almost anything. You become the one who comforts the normal
people around you, and it turns out you help them to bear your
suffering... Even though I have had to struggle and suffer to obtain
what almost everyone else takes for granted - a face - I now
believe my survival was an important part of God's plan for
helping other afflicted children. I truly believe that.”
Debbie Fox
FACES RIDE 4 SMILES
EVENT LINE UP
AT THUNDER CREEK HARLEY-DAVIDSON
10:00 am
Bike Blessings Begin
10:30 am
Ride Registration
Bike Photos
First Bike Out
12 Noon
Last Bike Out
AT SUGAR'S RIBS
3:00 pm
Silent Auction Begins
Indoor Games Begin with MC Keith Edwards
Door Prize Drawing – Be sure to check at the Door
Prize table to see what you won!
4:30 pm
Last Bike In
Turn Cards In - Do Not Open!!
Be sure to pick up the complimentary picture of
you and your ride
5:30 pm
Silent Auction Ends
Closing Ceremonies
(Must be present to Win)
Winners announced for:
50/50
Neon Card Drawing
Best ($1000) and Worst Poker Hand
Remember to get your photo taken on your bike before you leave
Thunder Creek and to pick it up at the end of the ride at Sugar's Ribs!
Photo processing generously donated by Wolf Camera at Hamilton Place!
FACES Would Like To Say THANK YOU For All Your Hard Work!
Black Angels MC
Todd Blancett
Dale Caldwell
Alan Cates
Liz Culler
Emily & Paul Darr
Anna Daugherty
Caroline Daugherty
Cynthia & John Dunn
Belva & Arnold Farmer
Jeff Gates
Donna Gibson
Sandy Hoffman
Bill Johnson
Carol Kelley
Ann Keown
Johnny Lanham
Dan Mayfield
Rabecca Lee Miller
Lucilla Nash
Sue & Tim O'Neal
Jeff Poulson
Donna Scoggins
Gary Scruggs
John Sellers
Lisa Shook
Larry Sliger
Kurt Stagmaier
Sarah & Jamey Steffner
Jake Thal
Greg Tirey
Tracye Ward
Donna Woods
Coleen Wright
YOU – Our Participants
OUR GREAT FACES VOLUNTEERS
DOOR PRIZE TICKETS WILL BE DRAWN EARLY, SO
BE SURE TO BUY YOUR TICKETS BEFORE YOU
LEAVE ON THE RALLY!
Tie-Dyed Ride 4 Smiles T-shirts For Sale
Limited Number Available!
From the autobiography
How It All Started
by Debbie Fox, with Jean Libman Block
I was born on December 31, 1955,
in Curry Clinic in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, the forth and last child of
Sarah and Edward Fox. My parents
were both from farm families that
had settled in southern Tennessee
many generations ago. Daddy was
the oldest of ten children (eight boys
and two girls), and mama was the
fifth of eight children (five boys and
three girls). They first met when they
were working on a farm at harvest
time. My sister Joyce was sixteen,
and my brother Bobby fourteen, and
my brother Ralph twelve when I was
born. All were healthy, normal, and
good-looking.
My mother, who was thirty-seven
then, had a terrible pregnancy with
me far different from her other
pregnancies, which were very easy.
With me she was sick and miserable
almost the entire time. Dr. James
McKinny, our family doctor, made
her stay in bed a great deal, and
Joyce took over the housework and
cooking. Joyce was a good cook,
but she had a hard time keeping the
boys filled up, because Mama was
so queasy she couldn’t stand the
smell of cooking. Everybody was
eager for the baby to be born and for
the family to get back to normal.
I don’t think mama realized she had
anything serious to worry about
until a little while after I was born. (I
weighed in at six pounds and three
ounces.) Then, suddenly, the doctors
and nurses were too busy to show
her the new baby.
“When do I see my baby?” she
asked Dr. McKinny.
“The nurses are very busy,” he told
her, “they’ll bring her to you as soon
as they can.”
A little later she repeated the
question to a nurse: “You know, I
haven’t seen my baby. When are
you bringing her?”
The nurse hesitated, then said, “I
guess they’re cleaning her up now.”
Meantime, the doctor broke the
bad news to Daddy, “I’m sorry, Mr.
Fox,” he said, “but something’s
gone wrong. It must have happened
during your wife’s pregnancy. Your
baby is not normal.”
The doctor said he couldn’t give a
name to what was wrong with me - it
wasn’t any well-known, recognizable
condition or disease. Something
must have happened to damage me
while I was developing as a fetus.
Daddy saw me when I was a few
hours old, and even to this day my
heart goes out to him for the shock
and pity he must have felt. I’ve
never seen my own pictures at birth,
and I don’t think I ever want to see
them. But I’ve heard and read the
descriptions of what I looked like.
Poor Daddy! What he saw was a
baby girl without a right hand and
pretty much without a face. My eyes
were off to the side. At birth the left
eyelid didn’t open at all. There was
no nose - only a hole where the nose
should have been. I had no upper lip
If you are wondering what you can
do to help FACES the other 364 days
of the year, then just ask a FACES
volunteer. They will tell you about
our Adopt-A-Face Program, and how
you or your group can help a FACES
client and his or her parent to travel for
craniofacial surgery.
When you join the FACES AdoptA-Face Program, FACES helps you
choose a child to “adopt.” You make a
yearly donation that is used exclusively
to help that child travel away from
home for his or her surgeries. You
receive pictures of before and after
treatments and you are informed of all
trips and the progress being made by
the child through your gifts.
With your gift to FACES, doubt is
replaced with knowledge, loneliness
is replaced with connections, and
FACES Client Evan, Apert Syndrome
helplessness is replaced with hope.
These are gifts that can never be repaid; but you can be assured, they change
the lives of those who receive them.
Thank you for participating in
Ride 4 Smiles!
FACES: The National Craniofacial Association
423.266.1632 or 800.332.2373
www.faces-cranio.org
- just flaps of loose tissue that resulted
from a double cleft. Inside my head
there was a double cleft palate, with
the cleft extending deep into the bony
structure of my skull.
Someone once said that I looked as
if a firecracker had gone off in the
middle of my face - and that’s about
the best way to describe me. The
hospital records reported that I had
fifty-nine abnormalities of the face,
skull, palate, and limbs, including my
missing right hand and bands of tight
fibrous tissue around my left leg and
right thigh.
Years later, a woman remarked about
me, “I’ll never understand why the
doctor let that child live.” A nurse who
was in the delivery room when I was
born happened to overhear her. “How
dare you say such a thing!” the nurse
rebuked that woman. “who knows
what that child will do in her lifetime?”
I am grateful for what the nurse said,
because I have never been sorry
that I lived. I am happy, really happy,
that I lived! Even though I have
had to struggle and suffer to obtain
what almost everyone else takes
for granted - a face - I now believe
my survival was an important part of
God’s plan for helping other afflicted
children. I truly believe that.
FACES was started in Chattanooga
in 1969 to assist Debbie and
children like Debbie who are born
with craniofacial disorders.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE WONDERFUL BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE
THAT HELP MAKE RIDE 4 SMILES SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT!
ABC Liquor
Ashley Pilkington at Mebellis Salon
blue skies
Brewhaus
Bridge Salon
Buki
CBC – Cleveland
Chattanooga Plastic Surgery
Chili's - Northgate
Dazzling Divas Pageants
Designs by Carolyn
DW's Motorcycle Accessories
Elea Blake Cosmetics
Food Works
Frankie & Julian's
Go Fish Clothing & Jewelry Co.
Heavenly Touch Massage
Hill City Pizza
Horizon Beverage Company
IzonU Photography
KickStand Up! Magazine
Kim's Nails
Kyoto Japanese Restaurant
Lambs & Ivy
Las Margaritas
Legends Salon - Allison Leonard
Massage Envy Spa
Merv's Restaurant
N2 Shoes
Niche Graphic Flooring
Northshore Grille
Pandora’s European Motorsports
Pure Romance by Tracy
Pyro’s Rag Tops
Red Queen Tattoo
Rib & Loin
Rick's Cycle Parts
Roughnecks MC
Sears Auto Center
Scenic City Roller Derby
Silhouette Spa
Sing it or Wing it
Sophie's
Southern Living at Home
Southern Surgical Arts
Splash! The Salon
Studio La Vie
Super Street Custom Cycles
Sweet CeCe's Frozen Yogurt & Treats
Tennessee Aquarium
Texas Roadhouse
The Family Herb Shop
The Hogs Pen
The Nutrition Shoppe
The Print Shop
Thunder Creek Harley-Davidson
Top of the Dock
Two Wheel Tease Apparel
Ujena Swimwear
Wild Birds Unlimited
Wolfe Camera Hamilton Place
Proud to Support Ride 4 Smiles!
3404 Navajo Drive
Chattanooga,TN 37411
WHAT DOES
FACES DO?
Out of every 1000 babies born in the U.S., 1 to 2 will have
craniofacial disorders. Parents of these babies need somewhere
to turn for valuable information and support. For over 42 years,
FACES: The National Craniofacial Association has been there.
Thank you for helping FACES as we provide needed services to
these families!
F
A
ACES assists families who would otherwise be
financially unable to take their child to major medical centers
where specialized craniofacial teams can provide the safest
and most advanced treatments for building a face and skull.
ssistance in locating treatment centers…
FACES maintains information on specialized surgical
centers. Although FACES does not refer clients to specific
hospitals or doctors, we do provide valuable information so that
each family can make an informed decision.
C
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learinghouse of information on craniofacial disorders...
FACES works diligently staying abreast of the latest
research & resources available concerning all types of
craniofacial conditions.
ducation and public awareness…
FACES produces newsletters, informational packets, and
an ever-changing web site in an effort to increase public
awareness of craniofacial disorders. Let us speak to your group!
upport groups…
FACES helps to alleviate the emotional isolation that is
often felt by patients and families by connecting them with
others sharing a similar medical situations.
POKER RUN RULES
When you draw your first card at Thunder Creek, you will be
assigned a “Deck Number.” At the next 4 stops, you will always
draw from the cards in your assigned deck number. THE CARDS
ARE WRAPPED IN AN ENVELOPE THAT IS ONLY TO BE
OPENED BY THE ASSIGNED FACES VOLUNTEER AT
SUGAR'S RIBS AFTER YOU HAVE DRAWN YOUR 5TH
CARD. If it appears that the envelope has been opened or tampered
with in any way, YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
Once you have drawn all 5 cards, THEY WILL BE OPENED BY
THE FACES VOLUNTEER and your hand will be scored by a
volunteer on a score sheet. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
KEEP UP WITH YOUR SCORE SHEET. HANDS WILL BE
JUDGED AT APPROXIMATELY 5:00 AND
YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN.
High hand will be ranked in the following order:
1. Royal Flush
2. Straight Flush
3. Four of a Kind
4. Full House
6. Straight
7. Three of a Kind
8. Two Pair
9. Pair
5. Flush
10. High Card
Each level of value beats all levels below it. For instance, even the lowest
Three of a Kind (Twos) will beat the highest Two Pair (Aces and Kings). If two
players have the same type of hand, the player with the higher value cards
wins the hand. For instance, the player with three Jacks beats the player
with three Eights. Extra cards only matter if two players have otherwise
identical hands. For instance, if
two players each have Two Pair
consisting of Tens and Fours, the
player with the higher value extra
card wins the hand. In the ca se
of an exact tie, the player whose
name is on the judges list of last
year’s Ride 4 Smiles participants
will win. Otherwise, the prize
money will be split between the
winners. All decisions by the
judges are final!
A Little Bit About the Ride Stops
STARTING LOCATION: Thunder Creek Harley-Davidson
Step through our doors and find your adventure with over 33,000 square feet of
parts, accessories, MotorClothes® Merchandise, and (of course) bikes. Thunder
Creek H-D is the home to the latest and greatest twenty twelve models in a variety
of styles and colors to fit your personality. Keep rocking your style with our fabulous
MotorClothes™ department, leathers, street clothes, boots, jewelry and much
more. The service department will keep you rolling throughout the year. Stop in
today and visit with our knowledgeable staff that can get you rolling into a new
adventure.
FIRST STOP: Pandora's European Motorsports
Pandora's European Motorsports was designed from the ground up, and both John
and Justin Prann enjoy offering a premium environment for riders of ALL brands.
Please come by the shop to kick some tires, take a test ride, or try on the latest
in apparel and gear. For the travelers, wireless internet is in the building as well
as a coffee bar and customer lounge. Sit back on the couch and enjoy the large
screen flat panel while your bike is being serviced by one of their certified Master
Technicians
SECOND STOP: Texas Roadhouse
Texas Roadhouse is famous for our Hand-Cut Steaks, Fall-Off-The-Bone Ribs,
Made-From-Scratch Sides and Dressings, Fresh Baked Bread, Ice Cold Beer, and
Legendary Margaritas! Texas Roadhouse is pleased to support FACES Ride 4
Smiles each year!
THIRD STOP: Garry Griffin Cycle
The Griffiths opened their first motorcycle shop in the 1920’s and it’s been the
family business ever since. Garry worked with his dad for most of his life selling
and working on Honda motorcycles. He also had a successful racing career. With
his years of experience racing, selling, and working on motorcycles, Garry decided
to open his dad’s old shop back in 2009. Since then they started selling Arctic Cat
ATV’s, Beta motorcycles, and Erik Buell Racing motorcycles. They can handle
anything from Parts, Service, Sales, and Finance. They have A-level technicians
ready to work on just about anything for $60/hr.
FOURTH STOP: The Hogs Pen
Started in 2005 by long-time motorcycle enthusiast Gary Wilbandks, The Hogs Pen
was created to give all motorcyclists a place to get great service and parts for the
best prices. They have steadily grown since then and have expanded their list of
inventory and services to provide the Chattanooga area with only the best. Owner
Gary Wilbanks, and manager Nathan Wilbanks, personally guarantee you will be
given the best service and prices around.
FINAL STOP: Sugar’s Ribs
Sugar's Ribs is for the purist BBQ fan. At Sugar's, they do their best to produce and
serve freshly cooked meat like you would cook in your own back yard. They are
more like an old-fashioned, roadside BBQ, but in a comfortable setting with a great
view of the surrounding mountains and downtown Chattanooga.
By Madeline Apple, Charter Signatory & Advisory Board Member
It was a beautiful September morning many years ago when one of
the most remarkable children that I have ever had the privilege to know
opened the door for me to step into her life. Her name was
At the time I met Debbie, I was employed by the
My assignment was to be an instructor for
homebound physically handicapped children. I met Debbie in her home when she was six
years old. She was eager to start school with her friends, but that was not to be. She had
a long and difficult road ahead of her before she would be able to accomplish that goal.
You see, Debbie was born with an almost unbelievable variety of birth defects. By
actual count, some fifty-nine abnormalities were diagnosed. The most serious, and the
most obvious, involved her face and her hands. She needed extensive craniofacial
reconstruction as well as surgery on one hand.
Some sympathetic and generous citizens of the Chattanooga area learned of her
plight and established a foundation to provide funds for her to obtain the best medical
, chartered in 1969 by the State
care available. This was the
of Tennessee as a not-for-profit corporation. I was proud to be one of the incorporators,
who was then the Assistant
along with Debbie's mother and father, and
Superintendent of Hamilton County Schools.
of Chattanooga who had performed
Debbie's first surgeon was
a series of corrections in her first few weeks of life. Following his untimely death in an
automobile accident, an Atlanta surgeon by the name of
worked
with Debbie until he, too, was taken from us with a heart attack. Then, it was her good
fortune to become a patient of
at
in
Baltimore, who has remained her doctor to the present time.
I grew increasingly close to Debbie and her family. As radical cranial reconstruction was
a very new and experimental field of medicine at that time (Debbie was only the second
patient in the United States to undergo such corrections), no one could really appreciate
the anxiety and pain this child was to experience. I traveled with them throughout the long
series of surgeries as Debbie's friend and teacher and as an integral part of her support
system.
In spite of the hardships she had to endure, she never lost sight of that six-year-old's
goal of going to school with her friends. Indeed, she graduated from high school with
her class. After more than 100 surgeries, she has completed her medical ordeal. Two
years ago I had the joy of seeing Debbie attain another goal: she was married and
now maintains her own home. She successfully carries out the responsibilities that the
adventure of marriage entails. She is a happy young woman and a contributing member
of society.
As word of the good work of the Debbie Fox Foundation spread across the country,
more and more families called in for assistance, and the organization took on a national
prominence. In 1985, the name was changed to
generally known by its nick-name,
Since 1969, hundreds of facially disfigured
children and adults have been served, thanks to the inspiration of a brave little girl from
Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, by the name of Debbie Fox.
FACES Ride 4 Smiles MC
Keith Edwards
After 25 years in the
Chattanooga radio market,
working for stations including Fox
102 and 96.5 The Mountain, I
moved back to the Atlanta area
in 2004 and have been working
as a marketing consultant and air
talent for a 5 station radio group
that includes Great Classics 98.9
and Kiss 102.7. My true passion
is motorcycle riding and yearround, on any nice weekend, I
will log hundreds of miles with at
least one 10-day, cross country
trip each year. Chattanooga
is a place that I still think of as
home and I'm looking forward to
helping with the FACES Ride 4
Smiles event.
FACES Miles for Smiles
I have several passions in my life; family, riding
my motorcycle, inspiring others and making
people smile are just a few. FACES: The
National Craniofacial Association is also top on
my list. FACES captured my heart over seven
years ago, when I designed their brochure. As
is my habit when I design, I did research on
craniofacial differences so that I would have a
better idea about the children and adults that
FACES helps. I cried the whole time. A person
with craniofacial differences not only endures
many, many surgeries, but due to ignorance,
is often subjected to stares, public ridicule,
and meanness. I soon became a volunteer
for FACES and then later was invited on the
Board where I served until recently when I actually was hired by FACES to be their
Communications & Program Director. Needless to say, I LOVE MY JOB! That being
said, it was only natural for me to want to ride my bike to the FACES Rally [see ad
below!], in Upland, Nebraska, which benefits FACES and use it to raise awareness of
children and adults with craniofacial differences, FACES: The National Craniofacial
Association, and to promote the FACES Rally in NE.
On Wednesday, June 5, 2012, I will be hopping on my Honda VTX1800 and riding over
1000 miles in two days to Upland, Nebraska for the 11th Annual FACES Rally. You can
keep track of my progress at http://facesmilesforsmiles.blogspot.com.
Dear Friends of FACES,
It is a privilege for me to write and share with you
the gratitude in my heart for the donations you
make to FACES.
I learned that I was pregnant with Cammi just
before moving with my husband and three
children back to our home state of Nevada
from Texas. I found a job and rented a house
big enough for all of us. It was then that my life
started falling apart. I was 21 weeks pregnant
when I had the ultrasound that showed my little
girl had a cleft lip and possibly a cleft palate.
My husband insisted that I terminate the
pregnancy, and when I refused, he left us.
I knew then that I was going to take care of my baby on my own no matter how hard
it was going to be. My mother moved in with us to help. I was working long hours to
support my children. I tried to learn everything I could about clefts and I found a very
experienced craniofacial medical team in California. I knew this would be the best
place to take my baby, but I also knew I would not have the money to pay for the
airfare and other expenses.
Desperate for help, I searched the web and I found the blessing I needed to get my
baby to the best doctors - FACES! Cammi Grace was born on March 29th. She
was born with a cleft lip
and palate and she only
had one nostril. Cammi
has had seven surgeries
and more are to come.
FACES has made it
possible for us to get the
surgeries that Cammi
has needed. I would
not be able to do this
without the help of FACES
and those of you who
contribute. My heartfelt
thank you does not
even begin to express
my gratitude to you for
helping my Cammi to be
so beautiful and live a
normal life.
Sincerely,
Danielle,
Cammi's mommy
FACES Ride 4 Smiles
Ride Route
Last Bike In at 4:30pm
Thank You For Riding in FACES Ride 4 Smiles!
FIRST: Pandora's European Motorsports, (423) 468-4104
From: 7720 Lee Hwy Chattanooga, TN 37421
To: 4784 Tennessee 58, Chattanooga, TN 37416
LEFT on Lee Hwy toward Bonny Oaks Dr [0.2 mi]
1st RIGHT onto Bonny Oaks Dr [1.5 mi]
RIGHT onto Hickory Valley Rd [2.7 mi]
LEFT onto TN-58 [2.0 mi]
Destination will be on the LEFT [Next Door to Taco Bell]
SECOND: Texas Roadhouse, (423) 899-8293
FROM: 4784 Tennessee 58, Chattanooga, TN 37416
TO: 7016 Shallowford Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
LEFT on TN-58 N [1.9 mi]
RIGHT onto Hickory Valley Rd [4.4 mi]
LEFT onto Shallowford Rd [.5 mi]
RIGHT onto Admin Dr.
Destination will be on the RIGHT look for Bike Parking
THIRD: Garry Griffith Cycle, (423) 867-0423
FROM: 7016 Shallowford Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421
TO: 4704 Dodds Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37407
LEFT on Shallowford Rd [6.9 mi]
Pass Vulcan Materials on Left
Pass N. Moore Road and turn
LEFT to stay on Shallowford Rd [2.4 mi]
AS YOU ARE COMING DOWN THE RIDGE,
LEFT onto Dwight St [Green sign hangs over the road]
RIGHT on McCallie Ave
LEFT at traffic light onto Dodds Ave.
Destination will be on the LEFT [3.3 mi]
FOURTH: The Hogs Pen, (706) 861-4647
FROM: 4704 Dodds Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37407
TO: 1018 Salem Rd, Rossville, GA 30741
LEFT on Dodds Ave [262 ft]
LEFT onto Rossville Blvd
Entering Georgia [0.3 mi]
RIGHT onto McFarland Ave [1.8 mi]
[Across from Brett's Plaza]
RIGHT onto Salem Rd [2.1 mi]
Destination will be on the RIGHT [1.1 mi]
FINAL: Sugar's Ribs, (423) 826-1199
From: 1018 Salem Rd, Rossville, GA 30741
TO: 2450 15th Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404
LEFT on Salem Rd [2.1 mi]
LEFT onto McFarland Ave [1.8 mi]
RIGHT onto Chickamauga Ave [ .3 mi]
LEFT at the Iowa Monument onto West Crest Rd
At STOP SIGN, go straight on South Crest [ .1 mi]
RIGHT onto John Ross Rd [1.2 mi]
LEFT onto Bennett Ave at traffic light [ .6 mi]
RIGHT at stop sign on S. Seminole [ .7 mi]
LEFT on Ringgold Rd [ .5 mi]
RIGHT onto 15th Ave to Sugar's Ribs.
PLEASE PARK IN CONED / BIKE DESIGNATED
PARKING ONLY
Emergency Numbers:
Lynne at 423-504-2441, Kim at 423-774-0549
Make sure to pick up your ride photo.
Photos from today's event will be posted to
Ride4Smiles.org
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