| Abundant Life Race Charity 400 Washington Street, Suite 311 Braintree, MA 02184 Attn: Greg Nanigian Phone: (781) 848-0993 Email: greg@gnatraining.com http://www.coalag.com |
Hello, I'm Greg Nanigian. Here’s some background on the
Abundant Life Race Charity, what our purpose is, how it
started and some of our goals.
The Beginning ...
I started racing nine years ago as an owner/driver. Working my way up
through various NASCAR divisions I began to realize that the sport
could easily become all consuming and decided to stop racing in 2005.
I realized that I had more constructive uses for my resources and my
time and money could be used spent helping others .
Several friends of mine from Church of Abundant Life encouraged me
to get back into racing. I thought and prayed on it for several months. I
believe God then put it in my heart to start the Abundant Life Race
Charity. For this was a way to take my resources and my gift for racing
and use it to help others. So in 2006, with the support of Pastor Ron Ray
and a group of people from my church, I started the ALRC. Our
purpose is to raise money through sponsorship and donations to support
mission trips. 100% of all money raised through this effort goes to
support the mission trips. To do this we race a Chevrolet Monte Carlo in
the NASCAR ProStock division at Thompson Speedway in Thompson,
Connecticut.
The Abundant Life Race Charity is growing, but it remains an all
volunteer ministry. In addition to the Crew, we now have a staff of six
men and women who are helping to populate our website and raise
awareness. We have several sponsors who believe in our cause and are
developing our web site and printed materials at no charge.
Last year we helped fund missions trips to Uganda, Africa and an India
outreach.
The following excerpt is a letter from a member of the missions team as
they describe the situation in Uganda and what the Church of Abundant
Life Mission of Hope mission team accomplished:
“Uganda has endured the scourge of civil war and the deadly AIDS
epidemic. Approximately 1.7 million children in Uganda have been
orphaned by these calamities. Each day too many precious children die
from AIDS. Currently there are over 880,000 Ugandan children living
as orphans as a result of AIDS. We become a part of their story. Prior to
Watoto these children had no food, no shelter, no family and no hope.
Now they have a future. The mission of Watoto Childcare Ministries is
to raise the next generation of Ugandan leaders by placing parentless
children in families where the necessary love, care, spiritual discipleship
and physical needs are provided. They are currently responsible for over
1300 children; their goal is to care for 10,000 children in the future. We
want to help them. In response, our church took both a medical and
construction team to assist Watoto in reaching their goals. During our
time in Africa, our construction team will built two classrooms. Our
medical team comprised of a doctor, a nurse and medical assistants that
work with the Watoto doctors at village clinics. We also had classes for
all the mothers in first aid.
Abundant Life Race Charity, what our purpose is, how it
started and some of our goals.
The Beginning ...
I started racing nine years ago as an owner/driver. Working my way up
through various NASCAR divisions I began to realize that the sport
could easily become all consuming and decided to stop racing in 2005.
I realized that I had more constructive uses for my resources and my
time and money could be used spent helping others .
Several friends of mine from Church of Abundant Life encouraged me
to get back into racing. I thought and prayed on it for several months. I
believe God then put it in my heart to start the Abundant Life Race
Charity. For this was a way to take my resources and my gift for racing
and use it to help others. So in 2006, with the support of Pastor Ron Ray
and a group of people from my church, I started the ALRC. Our
purpose is to raise money through sponsorship and donations to support
mission trips. 100% of all money raised through this effort goes to
support the mission trips. To do this we race a Chevrolet Monte Carlo in
the NASCAR ProStock division at Thompson Speedway in Thompson,
Connecticut.
The Abundant Life Race Charity is growing, but it remains an all
volunteer ministry. In addition to the Crew, we now have a staff of six
men and women who are helping to populate our website and raise
awareness. We have several sponsors who believe in our cause and are
developing our web site and printed materials at no charge.
Last year we helped fund missions trips to Uganda, Africa and an India
outreach.
The following excerpt is a letter from a member of the missions team as
they describe the situation in Uganda and what the Church of Abundant
Life Mission of Hope mission team accomplished:
“Uganda has endured the scourge of civil war and the deadly AIDS
epidemic. Approximately 1.7 million children in Uganda have been
orphaned by these calamities. Each day too many precious children die
from AIDS. Currently there are over 880,000 Ugandan children living
as orphans as a result of AIDS. We become a part of their story. Prior to
Watoto these children had no food, no shelter, no family and no hope.
Now they have a future. The mission of Watoto Childcare Ministries is
to raise the next generation of Ugandan leaders by placing parentless
children in families where the necessary love, care, spiritual discipleship
and physical needs are provided. They are currently responsible for over
1300 children; their goal is to care for 10,000 children in the future. We
want to help them. In response, our church took both a medical and
construction team to assist Watoto in reaching their goals. During our
time in Africa, our construction team will built two classrooms. Our
medical team comprised of a doctor, a nurse and medical assistants that
work with the Watoto doctors at village clinics. We also had classes for
all the mothers in first aid.
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2008 Schedule NEXT RACE DAY October 17,18 and 19th! |
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Greg Nanigian, Owner/Driver Prostock #28 |
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September 18, 2008 Pastor Sanjeeviraj from Faith Christian Church in Chennai, South India Visits Thompson International Speedway, Thompson Connecticut To see photos go to: http://www.photographybydolly.com 
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UPCOMING RACING SCHEDULE October 17-19, 2008
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