Press Release

Monster Energy Gives Back Raises 17k for Music Saves Lives at Celebrity K1 Kart Race event‏







Music
by
Good
Guys In Black
  Event
Raises $17k


CORONA,
CALIF

(April 10, 2012) – On April 1, Monster
Energy Gives Back
raised
$17k at their Celebrity K1 Kart Race fundraising event to benefit
Music
Saves Lives

featuring a special red-carpet evening with celebrities, athletes,
media and industry influencers.



Invited
guests enjoyed Kart Racing, an auction, good food and music by
legendary professional BMX rider,
musician, actor, and TV and radio personality Rick Thorne’s band,
Good Guys In Black.





Celebrities,
Athletes, Musicians, Hosts, Influencers


The
evening was filled with great energy and good vibes. Guests
and celebrity racers included: Christopher
Knight - "Peter Brady" on The Brady Bunch, VH1’s “My
Fair Brady” and “The Surreal Life”, Darrell and Brandon Sheets
- Storage Wars, Jarrod Schulz and Brandi Passante - Storage Wars,
Destin and Rachel Pfaff - Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker, Gordon “Lug
Nutzz” Stewart - Nationally syndicated radio personality, Monster
Energy athletes and Host of Speed Network’s “Speed Freaks,”
Rick Thorne - professional BMX rider; actor; and singer for "Good
Buys in Black", Anastasia Ashley - professional surfer, Dean
Wilson - Motorcross professional racer, Ernie "E-Dub" Vigil
- Street bike stunt rider, Shin "Shinobi" Kinoshita -
Street bike stunt rider, Nick "Apex" Brocha - Street bike
stunt rider, Jason
Britton - stunt bike rider,
Jeremy Wright - professional body border, Joslyn Davis - Clevver TV
host, Kyle Mohan - pro formula drift driver, Paul Luc Ronchetti -
professional skateboarder, Pierre-Luc Gagnon (PLG) - professional
skateboarder.



Celebrity
Winners, Bragging Rights


Celebrity
winners took home custom Monster trophies, bragging rights, and an
invitation for next year's fundraiser to defend their title.


1st
Place: Nick "Apex" Brocha - Street bike stunt rider


2nd
Place: Brandon Sheets - Storage Wars


3rd
Place: Ernie "E-Dub" Vigil - Street bike stunt rider



Making
Dreams Comes True


The
event also made an eight-year old boy, Zack Wenner’s wish come
true. Wenner who is suffering from Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis had
a dream to meet the cast from Storage Wars (his favorite show) that
has given him a way to escape his painful condition. His dream came
true when he not only met the cast, but also actually got to bid in
the live auction against them. The auction took a heartwarming turn
when one of the cast members, Sheets actually bid on an autographed
helmet on Wenner’s behalf. His mother, Tiffany Wenner said, “you
guys made his night unforgettable and one of the of the happiest
moments in his life.”



Sponsors
included:

Prodigy Entertainment, All Smiles Solutions, Evan’s Lager, Pabst
Beer, Status Vodka, Karma Tequila, The Wine Artist, Night & Day
Productions, Socially Sweet Events and Wee
Man's Chronic Taco's.





Video


Click
on the below link to view the video from the
event: 
http://www.monsterenergy.com/us/en/news/monster-energy-gives-back-hosts-a-celebrity-k1-kart-race-fundraising-event-to-benefit-music-save-lives/



For
more information on Music Saves Lives visit: www.musicsaveslives.org.

For
more on Monster Energy Gives Back and to view the photo album from
the event visit our Facebook page at:
http://www.facebook.com/MonsterEnergyGivesBack
and for photos click this link:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.355169044519235.72362.273128352723305&type=3.



For
further information, bios and images please contact Kim Dresser at
(949) 300-5546 or kimpaigedresser@att.net.



Music
Saves Lives (MSL) is a nonprofit organization that focuses its main
efforts on blood donation and marrow registration, reaching out by
sharing facts and educating young people on music tours nationwide.
MSL began in 2006 and has reached over 2 million youth blood donors
and registered over 20,000 for the marrow program saving as many as
15 people with leukemia. Their efforts have changed lives across the
US and Canada.







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