Kayak 4 a Kure
Presents
Climb the Canyon
Saturday
October 14, 2006
A grueling
--- mile ride, Climb the Canyon, will challenge your mental and physical limits.
The ride starts at the rim of Palo Duro Canyon State Park and descends sharply
down into the canyon, where the ride continues along the Canyon road system,
then ascends from the canyon floor in a brutal climb to the finish line at
the top of the canyon rim.
Why…?
• To raise funds for Children’s Cancer Programs. 
• To help bring a cure to a child that has cancer.
• To challenge yourself.
• To challenge others.
• To come together for a common goal.
• To rage against the disease.
The course of the ride is symbolic of a child’s struggle with Cancer:
The rim of the canyon is good health. The drop to the canyon floor, narrow,
steep, terrifying, spiraling, and seemingly out of control is the same with
a child with cancer…terrifying, no cure in sight, out of control, the
loss of health and the downward spiral. The canyon floor is where the child
is struggling with all the treatments and coping with the physical and emotional
losses. The climb out of the canyon symbolizes the child’s struggle
to regain their health and along with a treatment begin the long and exhausting
struggle to the rim of the canyon, which is hopefully a cure.
Some children will make it back to good health. Some children will not be
so lucky; they will not make it.
The same will hold true with this ride…some will make it; some will
not. The participants that do not make it are symbolic of the children that
die from childhood cancers.
A second less grueling course will be chosen for those that do not feel that their level of biking is suited for the first course.
All participants must complete and sign a waiver of liability before they will be allowed to participate.
All proceeds from this ride will go to help Children with Cancer.
“Approximately 46 children a day are told that they have cancer…That’s 2 classrooms of children each day that learn they have cancer. The cure rate for childhood cancer has risen to 80% in recent years…I want to cure the other 20%.” Chidren's Cancer prevention advocate.
Kayak 4 a Kure (K4K), www.kayak4akure.org is also a Non Profit organization and focuses its main efforts on fundraising for children’s cancer programs. This is accomplished through a series of local fundraising events and a major kayak expedition on a yearly basis. Team Kure is very active on local and national levels in fundraising and activities for children with cancer. Everything that Kayak 4 a Kure does in embodied in one word, Courage...”
“Having a 2 year old makes me look at life under a new light, and if
I have the opportunity to help other children then that is the least I could
do for being blessed with a healthy child of my own.” Says John Dubina,
member of Team Kure and avid cyclist.
“Besides our focus on helping to find cures for childhood cancers we
also are working on programs right here at home in Amarillo for disadvantaged
children. We hope to encourage a creative outlet for their energy, keeping
children off the streets in the process.” Says Louis Breckenridge, founder
of Kayak 4 a Kure.
“Cancer knows no Borders.”
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The entry fee is $30.00* on or before September 1, 2006 and $40.00* after this date and before October 14, 2006.
*All participants must pledge to raise a Minimum of $150.00, which is due no later than the morning of the ride.
Entry fee the day of the ride is $190.00
Or by mail to:
K4K
P.O. Box 20434
Amarillo, TX 79114
Make checks payable to K4K and please include you address, email, and phone
number for contact information. Should you have questions, contact Louis Breckenridge
at 806-223-3914 or via email at louis@kayak4akure.com.
Climb the Canyon
Benefiting Children’s Cancer Programs
Entry Form
Please fill out completely and mail with entry fee to:
K4K
P.O. Box 20434
Amarillo, Texas 79114
Name:__________________________ Date of Birth:______________
Address:______________________________________________________
City:__________________ State:_____________ Zip:________
Phone (H)_______________________(W)___________________________
Age________________Sex____M____F T-Shirt Size_________________
Email Address:_________________________________________________
Employer:_____________________________________________________
Employer’s Address:____________________________________________
City:____________________State:_____ZIP_________________________
Will you be riding as part of a team?________
Team Name:___________________________________________________
Name of Company/Org:__________________________________________
Address:______________________________________________________
Team Captain:_________________________________________________
Phone:________________________________________________________
What is your personal fundraising Goal? $1,500.00___ $2,500.00_____
$5,000.00_____ Other $________
My company has a matching gifts program._______
*Registration Fees:
$30 through September 1st/$40 through October 13th
$190 day of the event
*$150 minimum pledge per cyclist
Payment: Make checks payable to: K4K
Check___VISA____MC_____Exp. Date_____/______
Authorization on Fees: Signature______________________________________________________
Card #________________________________________________________
Name as it appears on card First_________________MI________________
Last__________________________________________________________
Climb the Canyon Opportunities
I want to be an event volunteer____
I am unable to ride, but enclosed is my contribution______
Please mail Registration to: K4K
P.O. Box 20434
Amarillo, TX 79114
806-223-3914
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