{"id":15496,"date":"2014-04-02T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=15496"},"modified":"2014-04-02T08:47:39","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:47:39","slug":"lime-rock-aarp-foundation-jeff-gordon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/lime-rock-aarp-foundation-jeff-gordon\/","title":{"rendered":"Lime Rock, AARP Foundation and Jeff Gordon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Lime-Rock-Park.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Lime-Rock-Park.jpg\" alt=\"Lime Rock Park\" width=\"300\" height=\"103\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15005\" \/><\/a>Lime Rock Park Joins Drive to End Hunger, Names AARP Foundation its 2014 Charity<br \/>\nNASCAR\u2019s Jeff Gordon, AARP Foundation and Lime Rock together help the fight against older adult hunger <\/p>\n<p>LAKEVILLE, Conn. (April 1) \u2013 Lime Rock Park today announced its selection of AARP Foundation as its 2014 official charity to support Drive to End Hunger, a multi-year initiative to fight the risk of hunger for Americans age 50+.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 9 million Americans age 50+ are at risk for hunger every day \u2013 a 79 percent increase in just 10 years.  Drive to End Hunger is AARP Foundation\u2019s multi-pronged approach to solve this problem; it works to combat hunger among people 50 and older through raising awareness \u2013 especially through its relationship with Jeff Gordon, four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and driver of the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports \u2013 as well as building philanthropic support and developing long-term, sustainable solutions.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nLime Rock Park President Skip Barber announced \u201ca very ambitious, yet reachable goal\u201d of raising $96,000 \u2013 $24,000 for each of Gordon\u2019s four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championships. In the coming weeks, Lime Rock Park and AARP Foundation will release information on exciting events and opportunities for Lime Rock fans to get involved and help reach the goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo many Americans struggle to put food on the table every day across the country and right here in Lime Rock Park\u2019s tri-state community,\u201d said Lisa Marsh Ryerson, AARP Foundation president. \u201cWe are proud and honored to be working with Lime Rock Park for the 2014 season and will keep working to achieve the real possibility of giving people the freedom from worrying about where their next meal might come from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a country as great as ours, no older person should go hungry. That\u2019s why I\u2019m working with AARP Foundation, because this is a problem we can solve,\u201d Gordon, four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, says. \u201cWhile I haven\u2019t been to Lime Rock Park yet, I\u2019m sure their fans and that community will join me in supporting this great cause. I\u2019m very excited about this partnership and what our combined efforts can do to help those in need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barber said, \u201cJeff and the Drive to End Hunger team have been fantastic to work with. We\u2019re really looking forward to launching this effort. Did you know he\u2019s one of my \u2018star pupils\u2019? In 1990, already a sprint car star in the Midwest, Jeff did the Skip Barber Three Day School at Road America. The three instructors all told me that Jeff was humble, attentive \u2013 and instantly lightning quick. They had never seen anyone so precise, so able to take feedback and immediately and repeatedly apply it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, now it\u2019s our turn to be fast for him. I want to reach Lime Rock\u2019s goal before the year is out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lime Rock Park Joins Drive to End Hunger, Names AARP Foundation its 2014 Charity NASCAR\u2019s Jeff Gordon, AARP Foundation and Lime Rock together help the fight against older adult hunger LAKEVILLE, Conn. 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