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Kara's Next Adventure:
Kara is in the midst of planning
her new journey -- keep
checking back to learn where
she's heading next and who will
benefit from it!
In the meantime, here are some
other inspiring journeys:
Tour de Pink: My friend and
Courier News colleague Deirdre
Pitney is taking a 220-mile bike
ride from Hershey, Pa. to New
York City to benefit Breast
Cancer Survivors.
Please take a moment to read
an inspiring account on her
website of why she's taking on
this year's ride.
www.gohawkeye.com I met
Hawkeye while I trained in
Telluride, Colo., for my Kili climb.
Hawkeye hikes all over the
place (most recently the
Continental Divide trail) for
TASP, the Telluride Adaptive
Sports Program. TASP is a
non-profit dedicated to
enriching the lives of people
with disabilities by providing
educational and recreational
opportunities that develope life
skills and personal growth.
Hawkeye supported me in
Telluride with lots of tips and
encouragement, so I encourage
you to support his cause!
Kara is in the midst of planning
her new journey -- keep
checking back to learn where
she's heading next and who will
benefit from it!
In the meantime, here are some
other inspiring journeys:
Tour de Pink: My friend and
Courier News colleague Deirdre
Pitney is taking a 220-mile bike
ride from Hershey, Pa. to New
York City to benefit Breast
Cancer Survivors.
Please take a moment to read
an inspiring account on her
website of why she's taking on
this year's ride.
www.gohawkeye.com I met
Hawkeye while I trained in
Telluride, Colo., for my Kili climb.
Hawkeye hikes all over the
place (most recently the
Continental Divide trail) for
TASP, the Telluride Adaptive
Sports Program. TASP is a
non-profit dedicated to
enriching the lives of people
with disabilities by providing
educational and recreational
opportunities that develope life
skills and personal growth.
Hawkeye supported me in
Telluride with lots of tips and
encouragement, so I encourage
you to support his cause!
Moving Mountains:
How Doing Good Can Be Good For You!
My mountain climbing mission is for the good of myself and
others.
I have dropped more than 120 pounds since my highest
weight. My husband and hiking partner, Chris, has dropped 40.
After I conquered Camel’s Hump (Vermont's second highest
peak that once left me beaten and winded), my husband and I
moved on the Grand Canyon (down and back up again), and
Vermont’s highest peak, Mount Mansfield. Then, it was time to
take on the world's tallest free-standing mountain --
Kilimanjaro.
Kilimanjaro, located in Tanzania, Africa, is the highest
mountain one can hike without any technical mountaineering
experience. It’s still a six-day haul. It gets dicey scrambling over
boulders at the 19,340-foot summit, where the air is twice as
thin as at sea level.
Since Africa would be the site of what we hoped to be one of
our lives' greatest accomplishments, we wanted to do
something to benefit the people there.
We signed up for a fund-raising climb for Global Alliance for
Africa, a Chicago-based organization which partners with
African organizations and communities to design and
implement long-term, self-sustaining programs to support to
Africa’s vulnerable children, including AIDS orphans.
Suddenly, we weren't just training to climb a mountain. We
were moving mountains. Taking on something so important
helps combat the daily nonsensical demons of weight loss. It
creates a reason far beyond looking good in a dress.
Knowing that you're doing this mission for someone else,
helps you get up out of bed and to the gym when you know your
training will help sustain and improve the lives of others.
It sure was motivating -- in addition to reaching the summit of
Kilimanjaro, we raised more than $12,000 for this worthwhile
cause.
Our company, Fat Woman on the Mountain Enterprises, was
founded to help those who feel stuck in their weight loss
journey and to support well being (through causes such
as Global Alliance for Africa) around the world.
What can you do today to make yourself healthier and to
make the world a better place?
How Doing Good Can Be Good For You!
My mountain climbing mission is for the good of myself and
others.
I have dropped more than 120 pounds since my highest
weight. My husband and hiking partner, Chris, has dropped 40.
After I conquered Camel’s Hump (Vermont's second highest
peak that once left me beaten and winded), my husband and I
moved on the Grand Canyon (down and back up again), and
Vermont’s highest peak, Mount Mansfield. Then, it was time to
take on the world's tallest free-standing mountain --
Kilimanjaro.
Kilimanjaro, located in Tanzania, Africa, is the highest
mountain one can hike without any technical mountaineering
experience. It’s still a six-day haul. It gets dicey scrambling over
boulders at the 19,340-foot summit, where the air is twice as
thin as at sea level.
Since Africa would be the site of what we hoped to be one of
our lives' greatest accomplishments, we wanted to do
something to benefit the people there.
We signed up for a fund-raising climb for Global Alliance for
Africa, a Chicago-based organization which partners with
African organizations and communities to design and
implement long-term, self-sustaining programs to support to
Africa’s vulnerable children, including AIDS orphans.
Suddenly, we weren't just training to climb a mountain. We
were moving mountains. Taking on something so important
helps combat the daily nonsensical demons of weight loss. It
creates a reason far beyond looking good in a dress.
Knowing that you're doing this mission for someone else,
helps you get up out of bed and to the gym when you know your
training will help sustain and improve the lives of others.
It sure was motivating -- in addition to reaching the summit of
Kilimanjaro, we raised more than $12,000 for this worthwhile
cause.
Our company, Fat Woman on the Mountain Enterprises, was
founded to help those who feel stuck in their weight loss
journey and to support well being (through causes such
as Global Alliance for Africa) around the world.
What can you do today to make yourself healthier and to
make the world a better place?
Teens learn to cut hair.
They go to local schools
and are paid about 25
cents per student to
shave the heads of both
boys and girls, preventing
the spread of lice.
They save the money to
pay for advanced
education.
Two barbers, one who
wants to be journalist and
the other aspiring
attorney, called in the
best barber, Mohammed,
to cut the hair of one of
our traveling companions.
Mohammed wants to be a
barber.
They go to local schools
and are paid about 25
cents per student to
shave the heads of both
boys and girls, preventing
the spread of lice.
They save the money to
pay for advanced
education.
Two barbers, one who
wants to be journalist and
the other aspiring
attorney, called in the
best barber, Mohammed,
to cut the hair of one of
our traveling companions.
Mohammed wants to be a
barber.
Bicycle Barbers
A $400 tap can change
the lives of an entire
community.
The families have safe
water to drink, prepare
food and wash
themselves. They can
support themselves by
bottling the water and
selling it.
the lives of an entire
community.
The families have safe
water to drink, prepare
food and wash
themselves. They can
support themselves by
bottling the water and
selling it.
Global Alliance for Africa's
Water Tap Program
Water Tap Program
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