Support my @GiantRace fundraising campaign for @ProjectOpenHand

I am registered for The Giant Race Half Marathon/10K/5K on August 23, 2015 and I am fundraising for Project Open Hand,
a nonprofit organization that provides nourishing meals and groceries
to some of the most vulnerable individuals living in our community. I
invite you to help me raise critical funds for Project Open Hand so they
can continue to feed our neighbors who are ill and often lonely. For
every $2 you donate, Project Open Hand will provide a nutritious meal
for someone in need.

I'm engaging in a
year of fundraising efforts.

Why? One, it's a year I turned 50 years old. I'm very fortunate that I
have my health, love, family, and friends with me. Each entity has
shaped my efforts to go after things I never would have even touched or
entertained. But I did it.

Second, each fundraising cause there is a story behind it. Either a
friend or situation touched me to really be reflective of my effort to
help.

Finally, my ability to simply touch or affect another human as I would
have been treated in times of need. If you haven't already donated or
help fund raise for a cause, bust the move, it always starts with you.
Join me!

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