What people are saying about Treads & Threads

"As a sponsor, we love the event because we can see the direct impact our donation has on the services and facilities offered to patients dealing with cancer."
"What I like best about Treads & Threads is the overall atmosphere: the music, the lights and just the energy of the night."
"We first attended when I worked for one of the sponsors in 2003 and we have returned every year since."

Companies Committed to Care

As Companies Committed to Care, our Treads & Threads sponsors invest in the future of our community by supporting the mission of the region’s premier academic medical center. Through their donations, these forward-thinking organizations help expand and enhance care for cancer patients, bringing more lifesaving options to the people of Kansas City and the region.

In 2009, Treads & Threads proceeds will help expand the area for blood and marrow transplant (BMT) apheresis on the main hospital campus. The unit currently struggles to accommodate the increasing number of patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers who desperately need the lifesaving treatments we provide.

Proceeds also will help establish an exciting new service for cancer patients: an appearance center at the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Care Pavilion in Westwood. Offering wigs, turbans, scarves, hats, lymphedema garments, skin care and other products for patients undergoing treatment, private fittings for post-mastectomy prostheses and much more. The new center will help cancer patients and survivors restore their dignity and reclaim their self-image in their journey to heal and feel whole again.


These Treads & Threads sponsors are Companies Committed to Care:

Daytona International Speedway (Title Sponsor) - $30,000
ARAMARK
Burns & McDonnell
Kansas Speedway
Polsinelli Shughart PC
Standard Beverage Corp./Bacardi U.S.A.
Turner Construction Company
Talladega Superspeedway (Event Sponsor) - $20,000
Digital Evolution Group, LLC
Kansas Speedway (Corporate Partner) - $10,000
Garmin International
KU Department of Pathology and
   Laboratory Medicine

Stage Sponsor