Howdy,

I posted this a while back in another topic area but time is getting short and I thought I would re-post it.

As a few of you know, I am running in the Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 29th. The Marine Corps Marathon is a charity event raising money for several worthy causes including St. Judes, AIDS research etc. However, I am going to be running this years marathon for another charity that is lesser known but does a lot of work for children who have been diagnosed with life threatening illnesses.

Hunt Of A Lifetime http://www.huntofalifetime.org is an organization that grants children with life threatening illnesses the chance to go on a hunt of their dreams. I learned of this organization through my friend Denny Vasquez and all hunts, gear, trips, food, lodging etc on all of their hunts are donated. Denny himself donates a lot of his weekends traveling to various ranches to guide hunts, locate places to hunt, find sponsors etc.

All administration/board members etc all donate their time so there is minimal "administrative cost" that some charities have.

This is similar to, but not connected with, the make a wish foundation that grants extremely ill children the opportunity to have a wish granted.

As a hunter that has been very fortunate in my own hunting experiences I can tell you that this organization does good work for a lot of people that would not normally have the opportunity to take their child on a hunt or fishing trip. Although I know several of you are non-hunters, I can tell you that I know first hand the joy and exhiliration children often find when experiencing the outdoors.

I will be running on October 29th. Anyone wishing to make a donation is welcome to send it to:

Ryan Campbell/Hunt of a Lifetime

P.O. Box 9572 College Station, TX. 77842

Please send in your donation before Oct. 20th. Thank you very much for your time.

Sincerely,
Ryan Campbell

Ryan, nice little Robert Earl Keen there! I'll see what I can do.........wapiti7

Gotta love Robert Earl.