24 Hours of Booty begins tonight in Myers Park

WFAE | By Woody Cain

Published July 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM EDT

A cyclist waves a cowbell during the 24 Hours of Booty event in Charlotte on July 26, 2019.

The annual 24 Hours of Booty charity ride kicks off tonight in Charlotte's Myers Park neighborhood, raising money for cancer navigation, wellness and survivor programs.

Since its start in 2002, the biking and walking fundraiser has brought in more than $30 million for programs through the Levine Cancer Institute, Levine Children's Hospital and other cancer support organizations.

Expo events begin this afternoon, with cyclists and walkers hitting the three-mile "Booty Loop" around Queens University at 7 p.m. The event continues for 24 hours, wrapping up Saturday evening.

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Woody Cain

Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.

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