Wheelers for the Wounded

[valkyrie610]

Hey guys, My name is Chris King, and I am with the Toyota Trail Riders in Texas.

I am heading up TTR's participation & fundraising in support of Wheelers for the Wounded.

Jason Havlik is a former soldier who is now a contractor in Iraq, and has started an organization to host wheeling events for wounded veterans and to raise funds for wounded veteran programs.

Wheelers for the Wounded is part of a non-profit organization with the goal of providing a weekend of off-roading and camping to our country’s wounded military members all over the United States.

The events will start criss-crossing the US at the end of the year. TTR and TTORA will host the event at BMRA on April 25 & 26, 2009.

I spoke with Jason (from Fallujah) yesterday, and he asked me if I had any contacts in Arizona that might be interested in supporting this project and hosting an event on the route next year, so here I am.

Let me know what y'all think, and thanks for listening.

[valkyrie610]

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As an update, Disabled Explorers will be hosting the Arizona event. That one is going to be more of a backroads tour through the desert and ghost towns. While it will not be necessarily a "challenging" run, it will be a nice run that won't guarantee damage to the vehicle. Teaming up with Disabled Explorers will be good because they've got guys who have lost legs and use hand controls to drive, which would be good info for some of our wounded vets who might want to drive.

This makes things a little easier on y'all, so maybe you could focus on raising veteran's awareness and fundraising, without having the stress of putting the whole thing together on your own.

The Arizona TTORA Chapter is on board and could sure use some help...

[Colorado Boy-74-FJ40]

God bless him for his service and for what you are doing to help!. I love the idea. I wish I were closer to help.