(Wasilla, AK. September 6, 2010) The 2010 Iditarod Summer Raffle Drawing took place at 5 pm Alaska time.  The winning numbers were drawn at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer Alaska in front of the “Iditarod Checkpoint”. Ten great prizes, valued at $96,000, were awarded to the lucky winners.  Included in the prizes were two 2010 Dodge Ram Quad Cab 4X4 pick up trucks. Click here to find out who the winners are!

(Wasilla, AK. August 31, 2010) The Iditarod Trail Committee is proud to be a part of the Alaska State Fair’s “Iditarod Heroes” meet and greet on Saturday September 4^th, 2010. The event will take place at the Borealis Plaza Tent (next to the Borealis Theater) from 1:30 pm to 5 pm.

Four-time Iditarod Champions Lance Mackey and Martin Buser will be joined by 1978 Iditarod Champion Dick Mackey, 2004 Iditarod Champion Mitch Seavey, Dee Dee Jonrowe, Dallas Seavey, Ramey Smyth and Hugh Neff to meet and greet race fans attending the fair.

The Iditarod Trail Committee will also have some very special artifacts on hand from Iditarod’s past races that will help visitors get a glimpse of how “The Last Great Race on Earth” has evolved since its early years.

This is a great opportunity for race fans of all ages to get up close and personal with these Iditarod athletes as they share their stories of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

By clicking here now! This special edition of the 2010 eRunner includes photos and captions of the awards presented at the 2010 Finisher’s Banquet in Nome Alaska.

For those who want to see the Awards presentations, please click here to get the Insider look of the awards banquet FREE!

Wasilla Alaska – (May 13, 2010) – Martha Dobson, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, has been selected as the Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™.

Martha Dobson, an educator at Mount Pleasant Middle School, North Carolina, teaches sixth grade English and Language Arts.  Martha’s prophetic choice of a Gary Paulsen novel to teach her students, led her to the Iditarod and a trip to Alaska.  After experiencing the race as an IditaRider and attending an Iditarod Teacher Conference in Alaska, Martha discovered that the race seemed to spark an interest like none other in her students. “The challenge the race presents to mushers, dogs, students, and me is a metaphor for the challenges of life and life opportunities, a strong example of setting goals, determination, and perseverance to run one’s personal race.”

Beginning in June and throughout the next year, Martha will be creating standards aligned curriculum and developing an online journal at http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/. During the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Martha will be flying from checkpoint to checkpoint sharing her observations and lesson ideas via the internet to students and teachers in classrooms around the world.

The Iditarod Teacher on the Trail^TM program began in 1999 with an inspirational idea and has grown into a nationally acclaimed and globally followed 21^st century technology project. With the support of Target® this program is able to reach out to children around the United States and the world, bringing “The Last Great Race on Earth” a little closer to their imaginations in a real-time, research based project that inspires students to read, write, and solve problems using 21^st century skills.

The Iditarod Trail Committee is proud to welcome Martha to this very elite group of educators from around the country.  Martha will be sharing a preview of her Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ curriculum at the Summer Camp for Educators to be held in Wasilla, Alaska, June 20 – 28 and at the Iditarod Winter Conference for Teachers, March 1 – 4, 2011.    Martha is the 13th Teacher on the Trail.

The 2010 Iditarod Winter Raffle officially sold out at approximately 2:30 pm Alaska time on Saturday, April 10^th. The Winter Raffle is one of the Iditarod’s largest fundraisers. The revenue generated from this raffle goes toward staging the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

The outpouring of support by Iditarod Race Fans throughout Alaska and around the world was instrumental in helping the Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) meet its goal of selling every ticket in the Winter Raffle.

On Sunday, April 11^th, the ITC will announce the winners of the 2010 Winter Raffle at the Great Alaskan Sportsman Show in Anchorage. The drawing will begin at 5 pm Alaska time. Twenty winners will be announced at that time, and four of those winners will each receive a brand new Dodge Ram Quad Cab 4X4 Pickup Truck valued at $42, 295. More than $200,000 in prizes will be given away at that time.

Please log on to www.iditarod .com, Sunday night, to see who the 2010 Winter Raffle winners are after they are announced.

The Iditarod Trail Committee would like to thank all those participants who donated to the 2010 Winter Raffle. Thank you for helping us stage “The Last Great Race on Earth.”