Hey guys! I'm running the Chicago Marathon to raise $1,000 by November 1st for the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association and would love your help!
GLASA is an organization that promotes and supports the optimal development and well-being for youth and adults who have a primary physical or visual disability. It supports disabled athletes through the provision of inclusive recreational, fitness and competitive sports activities and offers opportunities for empowerment through education, leadership and training in collaboration with community-based organizations. How awesome is that!
GLASA relies soley on volunteers, fundraising and private donations to continue their programs. I chose to raise money for GLASA because I want to support an organization that encourages and enables disabled athletes to remain active, excited, and confident through adapted sport programs. As some of you know, I am an avid skiier and athlete. I'm lucky enough to hit the slopes in the gorgeous Colorado Rockies every year. As beautiful as the mountains are, though, hands down the coolest thing I get to see on the slopes is disabled athletes skiing alongside me -- many even passing me up! I love knowing that anyone can experience the extraordinary rush of flying down a mountain, no matter the visual or physical impairment. It is truly incredible and inspiring to see how modern sport technology, slope aides, and the indestructibility of the human spirit cooperate together to empower disabled athletes. I want to support an organization that strives to do that very thing in our community!
Please help me raise money for GLASA in order to continue their programs enabling and encouraging disabled athletes to stay active, confident, and empowered! Thank you for your support and contributions!
About GLASA:
- GLASA serves nearly 560 youth, adults and injured military veterans with physical or visual disabilities each year.
- GLASA offers education and outreach to schools, medical professionals and community groups. Over 1,500 individuals each year are touched by outreach efforts.
- GLASA is committed to never turning away an individual due to an inability to pay program registration fees. Over 63% of GLASA athletes receive free or reduced fee programs.
- 93 cents of every dollar raised goes directly into GLASA programs
- GLASA is the only agency in Lake County that is solely committed to providing adapted sport, health and wellness programs to individuals with physical and visual disabilities. Program participants also come from Cook County and Southern Wisconsin to access GLASA’s innovative services.
- GLASA offers over 25 different sports, including: archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, golf, judo, kayaking, power soccer, softball, scuba diving, sled hockey, snow skiing, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, water skiing, weight lifting, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair football, yoga and others.
- Each program features customized adaptive equipment and specialized coaching to allow individuals of every ability to participate and succeed. Programs are offered over 250 days each year so individuals are able to meet national guidelines which encourage youth to be active 60 minutes per day and adults to engage in 150 minutes of aerobic activity each week.
Impact and Outcomes:
Let No One Sit on the Sidelines!
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Maria Samelson | 10/16/2015 | $89.00 | Just because.... I'm so proud of you Megan- I love you to pieces! Your Momma | Cynthia Wong | 10/15/2015 | $25.00 | SO PROUD OF YOU WOMAN!! And for fundraising for such a great cause, couldn't be prouder! =D | David Schmidt | 10/14/2015 | $20.00 | Anonymous Friend | 10/14/2015 | $35.00 | Vasuda Patel | 10/12/2015 | $.59 | A good way to use up the rest of a gift card! | Anonymous Friend | 10/12/2015 | $2.41 | A good way to use up the rest of a gift card! | Michelle Hernandez | 10/11/2015 | $20.00 | Desiree Koepke | 10/10/2015 | $28.00 | Christine Taylor | 10/05/2015 | $25.00 | Sue Daul | 10/04/2015 | $100.00 | Happy Birthday, Megan! Rock this marathon! | Ashley Groth | 10/04/2015 | $25.00 | HAPPY BIRFDAY!!!! | Maria Powell | 10/04/2015 | $15.00 | Happy Birthday, Megan! Good luck! | Mark Samelson | 10/02/2015 | $100.00 | That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I’d run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I’d just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I’d just run across the great state of Alabama. And that’s what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I’d gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I’d gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going. | Elizabeth McKinley | 09/22/2015 | $25.00 | XENA!!!!! | Alex Hansen | 09/21/2015 | $20.00 | Best of luck to your mind and to your legs Megan!!! Love ya!!!! | Yolanda Somrak | 09/21/2015 | $20.00 | Good luck! | Anonymous Friend | 09/21/2015 | $50.00 | Let's go guys! | Quentin Samelson | 09/11/2015 | $250.00 | Elena Bruns | 09/11/2015 | $25.00 | Good Luck Megan! | Marianne Meyer | 08/05/2015 | $25.00 | Good Luck, Megan! From the Meyer Family | Casandra Ringsdorf | 08/05/2015 | $50.00 | Brian Posen | 07/25/2015 | $25.00 | Zac Zarling | 07/01/2015 | $25.00 |
| Total | $1,000.00 | ||