June 14, 2010
Meet Mitchell
I originally had plans to be in Orange County the weekend of June 24, but plans got changed and now I am off to Idaho where I will get to hang with my older sister, Gina!
I have to be honest, I wasn’t very excited that I would, by default be joining her as an Urban Challenge contestant. I have seen these Urban Challenges pass through Denver and they look like glorified scavenger hunts. And I HATE scavenger hunts or anything that puts me into public places doing silly things. ugh.
But after a whole bunch of begging by my sister, I decided that I would do it.
Today, I got an email and everything has changed. I didn’t realize that we’re competing to raise money for the Make-a-Wish foundation (one of my FAVORITE charities) and our team is competing to raise money for this kid, Mitchell. Meet Mitch:
This is a real kid: no he’s not make believe or anything. A real kid in Boise, Idaho diagnosed with Lymphoma. I can guarantee you that he has been through a LOT. While other kids are out playing merrily in the sun, Mitch has to spend a lot of time in hospitals, being poked and prodded, scanned and tested, with a cloud of anxiety always hovering over him and his family.
Mitch is a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers. His dream is to play football for them someday. And Make-a-Wish foundation is raising money to fly him out to Green Bay to fulfill part of his fantasy. He is going to meet the coach, lots of the players, practice with the team, and then watch a game from the sidelines. Imagine that. Kick-ass! THAT is why I love Make-a-Wish – while other charities support science and medicine towards trying to cure illnesses that may or may not ever be cured, Make-a-Wish hooks up the people who have been stricken with these things, while they wait for these cures.
In the past few months, two people who I have met have lost their lives to cancer. And I also thought I had it myself for a brief moment when I spent my time at the hospital, and I can tell you it’s a scary, sobering experience. When I left the hospital, I felt like a prisoner out of jail. And I felt incredibly grateful, that I wanted to do something for other people who are less fortunate. Suddenly this opportunity has come up and I want to do some fund-raising for a really good cause.
Make-a-Wish isn’t a bank. They don’t just have all of this cash to do these things. Here’s a link to where you can make a donation. My blog gets about 300 hits per day. If all 300 of those visitors could donate even $5 bucks, when multiplied by numbers, it makes a huge difference. So please take a couple minutes now and click the link below. You will see it’s the page for Gina Radovcich, who is my sister – but I am competing with her on her team.
It says the goal is $100 or something. That’s stupid. I think we can do more like $1000. So please if you can drop a few bucks in the pot, that would be awesome. This is not just supporting Mitchell here, but there are a gazillion other people out there stuck in very unfortunate positions that your donation will help fund. Thanks!
June 14, 2010 |
June 14th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Awesome Mark!!!