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Kathy's Charitable Life
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CROWDRISE MEMBER SINCE: Sep 08, 2010
HOME: Ross, CA, United States
PERSONAL WEBSITE: My personal blog
ROCK PAPER OR SCISSORS: Paper
HOME: Ross, CA, United States
PERSONAL WEBSITE: My personal blog
ROCK PAPER OR SCISSORS: Paper
STUFF ABOUT ME:
For 2011, I am adopting the Freedom is Not Free charity, which aids wounded Purple Heart recipients, their families and the families of the fatally wounded. I will be running the LA Marathon on March 20th , 2011 to raise money and awareness for this organization.
The last time I ran the LA Marathon in 2003, my dad had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer so I moved from Munich to Tacoma to be his caregiver his last three months of life. I had already signed up to run the marathon, so I tried to squeeze in moments at the gym to continue my training, but I just didn’t have the energy. Consequently, when I did show up for the race, I quit half way through. My spirit wasn’t into it, and my body was too depleted from lack of sleep and emotional distress.
My dad was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a career Army serviceman who went on to become the Sit Up King of Ft. Lewis, WA in his retirement, beating out all the young GIs with 5,000 sit-ups in one session. He was stoic, strong, and certainly no quitter.
I’m going back to LA this year, to finish what I started in 2003. For my dad, for Freedom is Not Free, and for anyone who doesn't want to be a quitter.
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR ME:
Your vote would be nice, but what I'd really love is if you would consider supporting FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. Thanks so much!
For 2011, I am adopting the Freedom is Not Free charity, which aids wounded Purple Heart recipients, their families and the families of the fatally wounded. I will be running the LA Marathon on March 20th , 2011 to raise money and awareness for this organization.
The last time I ran the LA Marathon in 2003, my dad had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer so I moved from Munich to Tacoma to be his caregiver his last three months of life. I had already signed up to run the marathon, so I tried to squeeze in moments at the gym to continue my training, but I just didn’t have the energy. Consequently, when I did show up for the race, I quit half way through. My spirit wasn’t into it, and my body was too depleted from lack of sleep and emotional distress.
My dad was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a career Army serviceman who went on to become the Sit Up King of Ft. Lewis, WA in his retirement, beating out all the young GIs with 5,000 sit-ups in one session. He was stoic, strong, and certainly no quitter.
I’m going back to LA this year, to finish what I started in 2003. For my dad, for Freedom is Not Free, and for anyone who doesn't want to be a quitter.
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR ME:
Your vote would be nice, but what I'd really love is if you would consider supporting FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. Thanks so much!
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DONATIONS
| Anonymous | $100 |
| joon | $15 |
| Debbie Phillips | $25 |
| alastair | $20 |
| R.E.G. | $200 |
| Mark Ward | $100 |
| Owlbaby | $50 |
| heddi cundle | $15 |
| Vickeegan | $50 |
| Kathy Johnson | $100 |
| Dominic | $100 |
| joon | $50 |
| Ed R | $50 |
| R.E.G. | $200 |
| Mark Schreiber | $100 |
| Gyrotonic Friend | $500 |
| MM | $20 |
| M2 | $100 |
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Welcome to Crowdrise!! Here is a September vote (500 points), to help you get started!! Great to see you have already chosen a project!! You are off to a great start!! I am sorry however, about your friend :(
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." ~Albert Pike