Hello Friends & Family!
It’s spring in Colorado which means it’s time to climb off the Peloton and onto my actual road bike and get ready for this year’s Courage Classic. Every year I'm excited to be part of this event - to conquer the mountains, help transform children's health and be a part of raising millions... all for Children's Hospital Colorado patients. Please take a moment to visit my personal fundraising web page and help me create a better world for children, dollar by dollar, pedal by pedal, one mountain pass at a time. Thank you to everyone for always being supportive. I really appreciate it.
-Kirk
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.
