BioTek Teams Race in Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival

September 14, 2009, WINOOSKI VT, USA — BioTek Instruments joined thousands of dedicated Vermonters for an unforgettable day of fitness, fun and fundraising as part of the 4th annual Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival, held at the Waterfront Park in Burlington, VT on August 2, 2009.

BioTek was a Pewter Dragon level sponsor, and entered two teams in the 300-meter boat race; the BioTek PowerWaves and the Precision Paddlers. The teams, part of 75 community teams, raced against each other and the elements to raise money for this year’s festival beneficiary – Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, Vermont’s camp for children with cancer. Despite the wind and rain, 42 BioTekkers and friends put their best paddles forward for a spirited day of friendly competition and teambuilding.

Deborah Farnham, Director of Marketing Operations and coordinator of BioTek’s Dragon Boat fundraising events noted, “Rain or shine – it doesn’t matter. It’s really an exciting way for Vermonters to join together to create a positive impact in our community. We did it last year and we can’t wait to do it again next year!”

Prior to the Festival races, BioTek organized company barbeques and breakfasts, raffles, and other fundraising activities, raising over $3,600 for Dragonheart Vermont and Camp Ta-Kum-Ta.

Additional information on the Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival to benefit those in the community diagnosed with cancer can be found at www.ridethedragon.org.

BioTek Instruments, Inc., headquartered in Winooski, VT, USA, is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of microplate instrumentation and software. BioTek instrumentation is used to aid in the advancement of life science research, facilitate the drug discovery process and to enable cost-effective quantification of disease relevant molecules in the clinic.

For further information, contact:

Chere Griffin, Account Executive

Shaw & Todd Advertising and Marketing Communications
908-668-1106 x15
cgriffin@shawtodd.com

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