Wacky Warriors raises both funds and awareness for childhood cancer research and cancer survivor adventure camps for young adults. We have achieved national support in all types of events – marathons, high-endurance mountain bike races, softball tournaments, etc. C’mon and join the Wacky Warriors – we need your help in battling cancer!

What makes WACKY’s different?
They follow the WACKY guidelines:

1) pay it forward through service to others.
2) always have something exciting to look forward to.
3) and have fun!

Ever since I watched the  TED presentation done by Dan Pallotta on non-profit charities, my viewpoint has been altered towards what a foundation’s CEO earns.  I still think it is important to check and see if the salary is within a reasonable ratio to the overall money being raised by said CEO.

Then the following article came to my attention:  ”Why did Komen for the Cure…”  published by Salon.com.  I did not pass judgement on the salary being discussed, but my shock came as I read, “Turns out that in 2011, it spent just 15 percent of its donations on research — nearly half of what it did just a few years prior.”  I’m am thoroughly and completely stunned by this statement.  And I don’t have breast cancer. Read more »

The Wasatch Back Ragnar now has two Wacky teams being represented:

Wacky Warriors, team #2207 – will run Thursday/Friday – June 20th/21st

Runnin’ Wacky, team #627 – will run Friday/Saturday – June 21st/22nd

As part of our commitment to participate as a team, we must provide 3 volunteers per team.  Lori Brower has signed up as a SWAT (sweaty, wet and tired) volunteer for Wacky Warriors and this will count as 3 volunteers.  We just need 2 more volunteers for the Runnin’ Wacky team.  On May 9th, a registration link will appear on our team captain’s team page that will be sent to our volunteers.  Each volunteer will need to click the link, select a shift, enter some basic contact info, and then they’re done!  The team name and number will be needed to select as part of the registration so our team can get credit for volunteers.  Volunteers can also navigate to the registration page through the volunteer section of the Ragnar website.  Just choose Volunteer Now and then select the specific race – remember, shifts are first-come, first-served!

Let us know if you are interested!  This is going to be a blast!

Charity Navigator offers some great advice on how to help – please read before you give! Read more »

CureSearch continues to merit our donations – thank you all for making a difference! Read more »

Well, those crazy guys are at it again!  Somebody thought it would be fun for Wacky Warriors to participate in the 2013 Wasatch Back Ragnar on June 20th and 21st.  Before I could even say, “Are ya KIDDIN me?” a team of 12 was already assembled.  This is a 192 miles race from Logan, Utah to Park City, Utah over a two day period.  Each team member will run approximately 16 miles in 3 separate legs.  Thankful that I was not going to be required to run, I signed up to be one of the van drivers, responsible for six runners for over 36 hours.  I’m thinking the shoes at the rock-climbing event are going to smell like roses, when compared to the smell of the van on hour 35.9!

Click here to learn more about the event and our runners.  For any of those that have participated in a Ragnar before and have words of wisdom to share, I’m all ears!  We are looking for three volunteers as part of our Ragnar participation.

This one is going to be really interesting!