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May 9, 2019Community Interest. Autism. Racing
Crossroads Center for Children would like the entire community to share in expressing deep gratitude to Stewart Friesen, of Halmar Friesen Racing.
Stewart and his wife Jessica created a huge fundraiser for Crossroads, raising $70,000 for the nonprofit organization.
During the entire month of April, in honor of Autism Awareness Month, the Friesens sold puzzle pieces to put on the truck that Stewart would be racing in Dover on May 3rd.
Additionally, tee-shirts and stickers were sold. All of the proceeds from these sales were donated to Crossroads by the Friesens. Pictures of the truck and puzzle pieces can be found on Stewart’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stewartfriesenracing/
Stewart Friesen, “a native of Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario, is a decorated standout of Dirt Modifieds and Sprint Cars with 256 victories in his dirt racing career stretching back to 1999.” He and Jessica are parents of Parker, an adorable little boy who is a student of Crossroads Center for Children.
Last Friday, May 3rd, Stewart presented Kelly Young, Executive Director for Crossroads Center for Children, with a $70,000 donation, from this fundraiser. Money is greatly needed at Crossroads.
Although they do receive some funds in the form of tuition payments, this money does not cover the extensive expenses of running a successful and effective educational program and providing individualized applied behavior analysis programming throughout the entire school. In order to ensure that all of the young students learn the skills they need to become fully productive citizens within their homes, schools and communities.
Crossroads must rely on financial support from the community in the way of fundraising, donations, and grants. This donation signifies the largest contribution received by the school in its twenty years of operation.
Stewart may have come in 12th at Dover last Friday, but for Crossroads, he is absolutely number 1. “It was kind of a frustrating race since our HFR Race for Autism Silverado was loose much of the race and we didn’t get the finish we wanted. On the bright side, we raised over $70,000 for the Crossroads Center for Children, so it was a win for them and that will go a long way helping them with technology, teaching materials and keeping an amazing environment for so many kids in our community.”
Crossroads asks the community to please join them in thanking Stewart, his wife Jessica, the Halmar Friesen team, and all of the supporters who purchased puzzle pieces, stickers, tees and made donations to raise this money for the school.
Recap from the Dover race, from Stewart’s Facebook page: Dover Recap: Stewart Friesen, No. 52 HFR Race for Autism Chevrolet Silverado
START: 4th FINISH: 12th POINTS: 3rd
– Stewart Friesen drove a special HFR Race for Autism Silverado at Dover and raised over $70,000 for the Crossroads Center for Children where his son, Parker, attends school.
– Friesen dealt with a loose truck much of the race and fought for his 12th-place finish after qualifying fourth earlier in the day.
– Friesen is currently third in the point standings, 11 points out of first.
