Loveall Foundation Kilimanjaro Challenge: Happy, healthy New Year to everyone!

The Loveall Foundation Kilimanjaro Challenge:

Climbing for the Children
Sometimes in life we confront challenges that seem insurmountable, like climbing a 19,340-foot mountain or curing a devastating disease. But history tells us that even the most daunting challenges can be successfully met if you dedicate yourself and focus on your goal.

Beginning New Year’s Day 2010 we will ascend Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. On January 6 we plan to stand on her summit. A half a century ago, a diagnosis of Leukemia was a death sentence, but thanks to the work of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the five-year survival rate for people with leukemia has nearly quadrupled.

With your support we can climb the tallest mountains together and help relieve the suffering of kids. One hundred percent of your contributions to the Loveall Foundation Kilimanjaro Challenge will go to the Leukemia Society, earmarked to benefit children battling leukemia.

Anything can be accomplished with enough planning, perseverance and effort.

Thank you for accepting ‘The Challenge.’

Onward and upward!

In the midst of his chemo treatments, David Timko, of the Leukemia Society, took the time to congratulate us on our efforts and pledged his support for the Kilimanjaro Challenge.

Please click below to listen to a message from David Timko:

David, you will be in our thoughts with every step we take on this climb. You are an inspiration to those who know you.

Happy, healthy New Year to everyone!

Thursday, December 31, 2009

This will be the first New Year’s Eve for us when we are asleep soon after the sun sets. Tomorrow is the big day! As the clock strikes 12:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day at home, we begin the ascent up Mt. Kilimanjaro for the Loveall Foundation for Children Kilimanjaro Challenge.

See the NEW video above details about our adventure, this is an interview done with Jacques several weeks prior to our departure.

But wait; is that a blue shield at the top of the mountain? Yes, and we are delighted to report that Blue Shield is a Summit level sponsor. We will think of that Blue Shield when we walk on the glacier in just a few days!

We are also deeply grateful to Climber level sponsors Jon Feinberg and UFCW Local One, Frank DeRiso, President. Thank you, Jon and Frank. Your generosity will keep us moving onward and upward!

We also want to thank Mike Wagner and UFCW Local 500 for their Trekker sponsorships. Your support is humbling.

If you haven’t already done so, please make your donation online at www.ClimbforChildren.org and make sure you “Become a Fan” of the Loveall Foundation page on Facebook.com.

Any and all support for this cause is greatly appreciated.

Happy, healthy New Year to all of you. We look forward to sharing our soaring experiences from the Year of the Climb when we see you again in 2010!

Thank you for accepting “The Challenge.” Onward and upward!

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The Climbers

	Jacques Loveall
Lee Schreiter
	David Knoll

Kilimanjaro Facts

The Loveall Foundation Kilimanjaro Challenge will last 8 days.

At 19,340 ft, Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is the tallest in Africa and the world’s highest free-standing mountain.

Kilimanjaro supports five ecozones: rainforest, heath, moorland, alpine desert and glaciers.

It is composed of 3 volcanoes: Kibo (19,340 ft), Mawenzi (16,896 ft), and Shira (13,000 ft).

From the summit, you see three countries: Tanzania, Kenya and Congo.

“kili” has inspired people around the world as a place of spiritual, and personal renewal.

The "Snows of Kilimanjaro" are melting so fast they could be gone within two decades. scientists blame global warming.

The Loveall Foundation Kilimanjaro Challenge:

Happy, healthy New Year to everyone!

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