Athletes for Water
RACE. MOVE.
Help others while doing what you love.
Team Lifewater is now working through ActiveWater to join forces with athletes who want to make a difference. Together, Lifewater, ActiveWater, and athletes will bring clean water and sanitation to impoverished communities in Cambodia.
As part of ActiveWater for Lifewater, you can compete in a weekend-long adventure race, walk the Appalachian Trail, or run a 5k. Choose an athletic challenge you are personally passionate about, and ActiveWater will work with you to train and equip you to raise money while you do what you love.
As part of its mission to help you help others, Activewater will pair you up with an athletic coordinator who will help find an event in your area, equip you with a training plan, provide professional print materials to share Cambodia's story, build a personal online fundraising page, and even send your donors personalized thank you cards. And you can earn team gear!
For more information on how you can get involved, visit www.activewater.org
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Mission to Mountain: 100 Miles Uphill for Water
"It was exactly the kind of day exclamation marks were made for." Pastor Kurt Christenson, Salem Lutheran Church
"Mission to Mountain," is an annual benefit bicycle ride and run hosted by Salem Lutheran Church in Glendale, California. Last year's ride raised nearly $7,000 for a school water system in Fonsho, Ethiopia, and this year the church raised more than $12,000 to help communities around Fonsho.
On June 18, 2011, Mission to Mountain began at the San Buenaventura Mission in Ventura, California. It involved three events: (1) the main 100 mile uphill ride from sea level to the summit of Mt. Pinos at 8,300 ft, with more than 12,000 ft. elevation gain; (2) a 50 mile uphill ride to Pine Mountain Pass; and (3) a 20 mile family ride to Ojai along the Ojai Valley Bike trail. A total of fourteen athletes participated, with nine conquering the 100 miles.
After the event, Pastor Kurt Christenson said, "What a ride! Saturday was a tough, tough day. But what a beautiful day; what a gloriously rigorous, painful, grueling, tedious, hot, cold, windy, still, fun, joyous day! And all the blooming flowers, waterfalls, scenery, and ponderosa pines at the top, Wow! It was exactly the kind of day exclamation marks were made for."
As part of the event, longtime runner Roy Wiegand ran the entire 100 miles, with a 12,000 ft elevation gain, from the California San Buenaventura Mission to the summit of Mt. Pinos. Friends joined him various legs of his run.
Roy said, "The runners high I got that day has yet to dissapate. One of the things that helped me get through the course was thinking about the daily challenges of the folks in Ethiopia . . . It kept things in perspective for me, and reminded me how blessed we are with all that we have in our country." Roy raised an additional $1,500 for clean water.
If you and/or your church, business, or organization would like to organize a similar event for safe water, check out the "Lifewater & Activewater" tab to the right, or contact us to get started.
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