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CATOOSA, OKLAHOMA - The 2nd Annual Handlebars and Hotrods Poker Run to benefit Cancer Sucks is set for May 14. The poker run will begin and end at the Cherokee Casino and Resort, I-44 East, 240 exit.Participants are not required to have a bike or hotrod are required to take part in the poker run. Participants can enjoy free coffee and donuts while registering, which begins at 9 a.m., May 14. Last out for the run is at noon, and last in is at 3 p.m. Pre-register at Cancersucks.com by May 7 to be entered into a drawing for a Cherokee Casino and Resort package getaway, which includes one night's stay at the resort's hotel and a buffet dinner for two.
Participants will pay $20 per hand with a $1,000 high hand and a $250 low hand.
More than $5,000 in cash and prizes will be given away during the poker run including $20 casino free plays, T-shirts and door prizes at each poker stop. Dinner and live entertainment will also be provided to participants after the poker run.
Tulsan Rick Horton and his brother Frank White of McPherson, Kansas, formed Cancer Sucks in 1998 as a living memorial to their mother, Donna White, who died from cancer two years earlier. Horton said people might raise their eyebrows at the name, but anyone who has gone through losing a loved one to cancer knows that "it sucks."
Horton said Cancer Sucks was established to follow their mother's lead in raising money for cancer research. Last year, Horton and his Cancer Sucks volunteers raised $25,000 for cancer research. Much of that amount, $10,000, was raised during the first Handlebars and Hot Rods Poker Run, which was donated to the Cancer Treatment Research Foundation.
"Cancer Sucks is truly about helping cancer patients. Their heart is in the right place," said Talisha Nichols, corporate promotions manager for Cherokee Casino and Resort. "We have formed a strong partnership with Cancer Sucks. We support them and they support us."
For more information, visit Cancer Sucks!, send e-mail or call 1-800-760-6700.
Cherokee Nation Enterprises (CNE), which operates Cherokee Casino Resort, is a tribally owned corporation of the Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. CNE provides revenue to the Cherokee Nation in the form of a dividend. That money is used to help fund tribal health, education and housing programs.
CNE operates casinos in Catoosa, Roland, West Siloam Springs, Fort Gibson and Tahlequah, as well as two Cherokee Outpost convenience stores, seven Cherokee retail tobacco shops, a gift shop and golf courses in Catoosa and Tahlequah. The company also owns and operates Will Rogers Downs, a 236-acre horse racetrack just east of Claremore. CNE employs 2,800 people throughout northeastern Oklahoma.
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Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org
Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager |
Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org
Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation |