CCFA thinks big and business-like to raise funds for awareness of Crohn’s disease.

By Paul Barbagallo

And while Koman maintains that “Speed the Cure” was worth every penny of investment, both as a fundraiser and awareness builder, the pledge event even inspired AutoWeek columnist and Crohn’s sufferer Kevin A. Wilson to write a series of articles about the event and the disease.

One donor flew in from Ohio just to race. That has Koman and the CCFA fundraising team considering whether to expand the race to six cities in 2006.