Saturday, April 30, 2005

Dirty Avocados Make a Wish

Dirty Avocados Make a Wish

Dirty Avocados Adventure Racing is raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Sacramento and Northeastern California. The Dirty Avocados will be sending two four-person teams to July 2008's Primal Quest Expedition Adventure race and will use Primal Quest as a platform to raise money to grant a special wish for a local child.

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) October 11, 2007

Dirty Avocados Adventure Racing is raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Sacramento and Northeastern California. The Dirty Avocados will be sending two four-person teams to July 2008's Primal Quest Expedition Adventure race and will use Primal Quest as a platform to raise money to grant a special wish for a local child.

Primal Quest, deemed the "world's most challenging human endurance competition", is a perfect fit for an effort to help a child that is enduring a life-threatening medical condition.

According to Adam Doti, one team's captain and a father of two young boys, "We are so blessed to have our health and to be able to participate in adventure racing. We are living our dream. We just believe that we should use this forum to help kids achieve their dreams."

Several of the Dirty Avocados have young children. "We are so fortunate to have healthy children and to be able to provide for them. Not all kids are so lucky. We just want to help" said Mike Chastaine, father of three girls, and the captain of the second Dirty Avocados team.

While Primal Quest is still nine months away, the Dirty Avocados are well into their fundraising and training. A component of the fundraising will be raffles for outdoor and sports gear and services donated generously by local companies. For more information on the raffle, the fundraising, the training and preparation for Primal Quest visit DirtyAvocados. com.

ABOUT THE SACRAMENTO MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION--The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. The Foundation, founded in 1983, is now one of the largest chapters nationwide, and has granted 3,000 wishes and grants over 230 wishes per year. While the Foundation follows the policies and guidelines of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, the Sacramento and NE area chapter operates as a separate 501(c)3 organization. All funds raised by the Foundation are used to fulfill it's mission in the 24 counties it serves. For more information about the Sacramento Make-A-Wish Foundation, visit makeawish-sacto. org.

ABOUT DIRTY AVOCADOS ADVENTURE RACING--Dirty Avocados Adventure Racing is made up of every-day athletes from Northern California's Bay Area and Central Valley. We are guys and gals with mixed backgrounds and vocations, including fire-fighting, teaching, high-technology, and finance. As teams and individuals, we compete in local, regional, national, and international adventure races along with various other endurance sports and expeditions. Dirty Avocados is sponsored proudly by MotionBased. com (MotionBased. com), La Sportiva (sportiva. com), Red Bull (redbull. com), Chapman University (Chapman. edu) and National Geographic (maps. nationalgeographic. com). For more information about Dirty Avocados Adventure Racing, visit DirtyAvocados. com.

ABOUT PRIMAL QUEST EXPEDITION ADVENTURE RACE--Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race is widely considered to be the most difficult and arduous challenge in endurance sports. Primal Quest is the world's premier Expedition Adventure Race, attracting the best adventure athletes around the globe. The 10-day, non-stop event is held in a remote region of the world each year. In July 2008, Primal Quest will take place in the United States' western mountain states. Visit ecoprimalquest. com for additional information.

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