Hello Everyone,
I wasn't sure where to post this so I'm posting it here. Any help from the admin would be great.

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

I gave a kid a ticket to go on a bear hunt thru this organization. Nice group.

Best of luck with your marathon. There is no way to describe the joy that a program such as this brings to a critically ill child. Keep up the good work.