Astera Health Foundation Ambulance Pull

The Celestial Givers Committee of the Astera Health Foundation challenges YOU to show your strength - and support our new local cancer center - at our epic fundraiser!

Gather a team of four and race to pull a 14,000-pound ambulance across a 50-foot finish line.  It's a test of muscle, teamwork, and heart.  The fastest team wins bragging rights - and helps make a difference.  

All proceeds support the Astera Health/CentraCare - Coborn Cancer Center, providing hope, healing, and care for those fighting cancer in our region.

Open to all staff and the public.  Let's pull together - literally - for a cause that matters.

We do have some rules so that we make sure this is a safe event as well as a successful event. Here’s what you all need to know.  

1. Teams will consist of no more than 4 pullers.  

2. Everyone from each team has signed a waiver in order for each team to compete.  

3. Team Captains will pull a number from the bucket. This will determine the order in which your teams compete.  Team 1 will go first.  

4. When it is your Team’s turn, all 4 members will line up next to the rope without touching it. You will be given the command of “Ready, Set, Pull”.  Upon the word Pull, team members pick up the rope and start tugging.   

5. After the team pulls the ambulance the required 50 feet and the rear tires completely pass the Finish Line, the timer is stopped and the elapsed time is recorded as the team score.  

6. You may not tie knots in the rope or wrap the rope around your body or tie the rope around the anchor Puller.  

7. If a Puller falls during the Pull and cannot get up quickly, they should roll away from the rope. If someone is significantly injured, and not able to complete their pull, the team will have chance to redo their pull without the injured team mate. 

8. The timer will stop at the point when all four tires pass the Finish Line Completely. Time recorded by the Time Keeper is official and non-negotiable! 

9. In case you wanted to know…. the ambulance you are pulling tonight is a Ambulance weighing nearly 14,000 lbs!  

10. The Astera Health EMS is providing a driver for us who will slow the ambulance down after it crosses the Finish Line and safely drive it back into position for subsequent pulls.  The driver will also brake in the event of someone falling down or being injured. 

11. We encourage you all to take photos and post on social media. Please tag Astera Health so our communications team can help share our fun! #PullForACause #AsteraHealth #TeamworkInAction