[CH] Step Up :-)
jim@wildpepper.com
Mon, 08 May 2006 10:48:56 -0500
As promised a little bit ago, I needed a way to thank folks for their
assistance in the contest I was entered. In no small part due to an
outpouring of support from the ChileHeads and the Rogues over at MSN, I
was the top vote getter in the contest. Here is how I intend to pay
back that good will:
66,000 stairs. The equivalent of over 35 runs up the Empire State
Building. Just short of 9 vertical miles. All in one 24 hour period.
On August 16th 2006, I will attempt(!) to break the worlds’ record by
exceeding those totals. This will be organized into a charity fund
raiser and I hope to obtain the support of several local businesses in
my fire district. There are several charities this will help, including
the stehlin.org (Cancer research & the main beneficiary of the Houston
Hot Sauce Festival), the Gainsville (FL) Hope Lodge, the LTG Tim Maude
Memorial Fund (my bro-in-law killed 9-11), the Jim Cleek Scholarship
Fund (a fellow firefighter on my dept who died of cancer), and the YMCA
where I hope to do the attempt. Other charities can/will be added as
the top 'donor getters' direct. I'm sure not going to do this just for
the heck of it :-) Individuals will be able to donate based on per
1,000 stairs acheived or the number of hours on the machine.
Corporations can sponsor blocks of time & hang whatever banners & take
whatever photos or video they care to in promoting their product.
The fund has not yet been established, so I'm a touch premature in
announcing this maybe, but I'm likely to be a bit unavailable for
comment as I hit the training pretty hard these next few months.
Thought I'd better explain in advance why orders & emails might be a bit
slow in getting answered ;-)
Wish me luck (just don't expect a reply ;-), or even better, make a
donation when the details are posted :-) Could one of the dual citizens
make note to the Rogues? Again, my sincere thanks!
-Jim C
Mild to Wild(R)
Setting 'slow mail' til August 19th... at least ;-) Anybody on the list
specialize in knee replacements? :-P