Friends:
Despite two knee replacements in the last four months, I do plan to participate in this year's Courage Classic cycling event benefiting Children’s Hospital, this July up in Copper Mountain. I do not yet have a feel for my ability to ride the event – it depends on how well this recovery goes – but I do hope to be able to count on folks for the fundraising which helps to support the hospital’s mission to help kids and families, conduct cancer research, and so much more.
Won’t you please again consider a donation to this event? This is my 17th year participating, and I believe in the work that Children’s Hospital does here in Colorado. I am hoping that you do too, and that I can count on your participation as well!
PS: It's because of stories like this that we support this event every year:
I am supporting the Courage Classic for patients like Forest.
“Forest's parents Gladys and Casey knew they would be spending a few weeks at Children's Hospital Colorado after his birth in 2016, far away from their home in Montana. In utero, Forest was diagnosed with heart defects that would require open heart surgery at 7 days old. What they didn't see coming was Forest's rare diagnosis of CHARGE syndrome, a craniofacial disorder that, among other symptoms, sometimes caused Forest to stop breathing. Forest and his parents spent the first six months of his life in the Cardiac ICU at Children's Colorado.
In 2019, Gladys and Casey made the difficult decision to move to Colorado to be closer to the expert care at Children's Colorado. During that time, Courage Classic team members began riding in honor of Forest, and Casey began riding himself in 2020. At the 2024 Courage Classic, Casey crossed the finish line with seven-year-old Forest riding right behind him—an unforgettable moment made possible by the caregivers at Children's Hospital Colorado.”
