I want to give back to an organization that has truly touch my life. I hope to raise $10,000 for Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) in 2012. The Challenged Athletes Foun
dation has raised more than $30 million to provide grants for prosthetic limbs and other specialized equipment to help deserving individuals pursue an active lifestyle.
In an effort to give back I will donate my fees to CAF, therefore making your 2012 wedding or event planning tax deductible. CAF is not just another cause to us. CAF has touched our lives and those we love.
In May 2010, Stacie and 22 others climbed to Mt. Everest base to support CAF, accompanying her aunt and uncle in their summit bid. Stacie's uncle Paul overcame brachial plexus palsy, a nerve condition that severely limits muscle strength and dexterity in his right hand, to complete the Seven Summits (a task completed by less than 200 people in the world). Paul & Denise Fejtek will be returning to Kilimanjaro on the 10th anniversary of their summit and the first of their "Seven Summits for CAF".
During Stacie's training and fundraising for Mt. Everest, fate introduced us to Danielle McLaughlin, who later became our roommate. Danielle lost her left foot to synovial sarcoma when she was in high school. Since then, Danielle has mentored young adults that face limb loss due to cancer and has become a beneficiary of CAF. Danielle received an athletic limb from CAF which she used to not only compete, but won the gold medal in the World Paratriathlon.
CAF exists because it is not a lack of desire, courage or ability that keeps many challenged athletes on the sidelines -- it is a lack of funding. Your donation will pay for hand cycles, sports chairs, and hi-tech prosthetic limbs that will go directly to assist challenged athletes, including among others American soldiers wounded in Iraq. This equipment will allow them to once again fully participate in life.
All members of the CAFrica Challenge are paying their own expedition expenses and travel costs. Your donation will go entirely to CAF, a registered 501©3 nonprofit organization. We would like to have your support as we pursue our quest to reach the summit and reach our $10,000 fundraising goal for CAF. Please share some of your good fortune through contributing on our personal fundraising site today: http://cafrica.kintera.org/colbyandstacie
Learn more about CAF at :http://www.challengedathletes.org
Paul and Denise Fejtek wrote a book about their amazing journey for CAF through the seven summits. 100% of the proceeds benefit CAF: http://StepsToTheSummit.com/
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