About
Us...Who Are We?
A group of northwest racecar drivers, their friends
and family who want to make a difference in the community in which they live.
Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center touches each and everyone of us
directly or indirectly sometime in our lives. What better cause to be involved
with!
Due to
corporate and private sponsorship underwriting of the cars, one hundred percent
of the pledge proceeds go to help children who are patients of Children's Hospital.
As you can see by our track record on and off the road we are a proven product!
Benefiting:
| 1997 |
$80,000 donated
to Children's Hospital | (1 car team) |
| 1998 | $220,000; finished 2nd in class and 7th overall | (2 car team) |
| 1999 | $250,000; finished 1st in class and 6th overall | (2 car team) |
| 2000 | $226,000; finished 6th in class and 18th overall | (1
car team) |
| 2001 | $258,000; finished 17th in class and 30th overall | (2
car team) |
| 2002 | $228,000: finished 7th in class and 40th overall | (2
car team) |
| 2003 | $150,000; finished 1st and 2nd in class with a 7th and 8th overall | (2 car team) |
| 2004 | $180,000; finished 12th and 17th in class | (2 car team) |
| 2005 | $400,000.00 finished 14th and 21st in class or 29th and 39th overall | (2 car team) |
| 2006 | $380,000.00 Money raised for the CICU |
(2 car team) |
| 2007 | $474,000.00 Money raised for the CICU | (2 car team) |
| 2008 | Ambitious Goal of $700,000.00 | (2 car team) |
| 2009 | LeMans, France |
Team Seattle 2008 will field two Porsche GT3 997 Super Cup Cars and will set out to raise over $700,000.00 for the new CICU.
In 2005, Team Seattle embarked on an ambitious endeavor - pledging $2 million to Children's Cardiac Intensive Care Unit! This incredibly generous action started with the establishment of the Team Seattle Endowment for Excellence in Cardiac Intensive Care, supporting clinical and research activities for the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at the hospital. To acknowledge the team's outstanding commitment, Children's Hospital has named the CICU after Kami Renee Sutton, an inspiring heart patient and racing enthusiast that has participated in the team's efforts since the beginning.
Children's CICU is a world-class facility that needs the support of the community to continue to provide excellent care to all children in need of their services. Did you know that heart disease is the most common birth defect among U.S. infants? It affects one in every 100 newborn babies, and yet very few heart centers around the world have a dedicated CICU. We are fortunate to say that Children's cardiac program, including the CICU is unmatched in the region offering the latest in life-saving equipment, a highly skilled medical staff and a family-centered care approach to all that they do.
Team
Seattle is racing toward the finish of their $2 million CICU pledge, taking place
from 2005-2008. Thank you to our supporters for your past contributions and we
hope that you will all join us in this effort for Children's CICU.
How
Team Seattle raises money for Children’s Hospital
The driving teams and sponsors collect pledges for each lap completed in the 24-hour race. The pledge to Children’s is based on the combined total completed by both two cars. Last year’s donors pledged anywhere from ten cents a lap to $15 a lap, for a total of $400,000.00. Like to know more about how you can get involved? Pledge forms
-Don Kitch, Jr., Team Seattle founder and driver
