Weekend Pacesetter (July 2-4, 2010)

CELEBRATE
Check out some of Active.com’s Fourth of July ideas to make the holiday weekend full of fit fun.
- Eat Healthy at Your Summer Barbecue
- Fourth of July Races – The Fourth of July happens to also be a popular race day for many runners. More than 55,000 runners will fill the streets of Atlanta at the AJC Peachtree Road Race. To find a race near you, click here.

FLASH
Check out photos from last weekend’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Seattle. NFE raised more than $33,000 for NF research. They are also on flickr.com/NFEndurance.

SKIRT
Earlier this year, Skirt! magazine featured Candice Patterson. Check out this followup Q&A on Candice published this week; she continues to inspire us with her resilience and dedication.

CAMP
Did you know that CTF has a summer camp each year for kids who have NF? The camp, located in Emigration Canyon, Utah, offers activities such as swimming, horseback riding, campfires, climbing, fishing and camp outings. For more information, please contact Patrice Pancza ((Enable Javascript to see the email address)). Check out this video about what makes this camp memorable for campers.

Active Page of the Week
Team Noah
Why we like it: Even though the Tyrybon’s are fundraising for Disney 2011, they keep their page up-to-date with fundraising events. If you are in the Michigan area in July, be sure to check out their golf outing on July 24th and their fourth annual Concert for Noah on July 30th. Our favorite reason about their fundraising page? The picture of their little rockstar, Noah!

Save the Date: Upcoming July Events
- Sunday, July 11, 2010 – NF Picnic, Sellersville, Pa. (for more info, click here)
- Saturday, July 17  – Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (for more info, click here); NF Carnival, New York, N.Y., (read more)
- Sunday, July 18, 2010 -Green Bay Connected for a Cure NF Walk, Green Bay, Wis., (read more)
- Sunday, July 25, 2010 – San Francisco Marathon, San Francisco, Calif.,  (for more info, click here)
- Friday, July 30, 2010 – Concert for Noah, Wynadotte, Mich., (for more info, click here)
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 – Bowling4Bumps, Brooklawn, N.J. (for more info visit Bowling4Bumps on Facebook); Izzy’s Backyard Carnival, Paw Paw, Mich., (read more)