I want to take a second and thank the IronTribe for being a corporate sponsor over the weekend at the second annual “Amazing Race,” the Lakeshore Foundation’s biggest annual fundraiser. The Tribe’s own Luan, Shyla, Tra, and Jim teamed up and participated in this year’s race.
Modeled after the TV show, teams of 4 from around the city compete in various challenges in an effort to win prizes and raise awareness for individuals that suffer from various physical disabilities. Therefore, at each challenge, one or several members of each team must mimic a disability (i.e. wear a blindfold to mimic being blind, use a wheelchair, or not use an arm or leg). Some of this year’s challenges included wheelchair rugby, hockey, frisbee golf, climbing, pool basketball, kayaking, and archery.
As a member of Lakeshore’s Young Professionals group, and also as a member of the sub-committee that helped plan this year’s race, I truly appreciate IronTribe’s willingness to participate and give back to the community. In its second year, we went from 21 teams competing to 37 teams!
The Lakeshore Foundation is an organization that serves individuals with disabilities from all over the country, which includes many of our nation’s disabled Veterans, as well as athletes from all over the world that train at Lakeshore to compete every 4 years in the Paralympic Games. For more information, you can visit their website at www.lakeshore.org or join them on Facebook.
Luan, Shyla, Tra, and Jim, thank you again for your participation and support. It truly means a lot to not only me, but to everyone at Lakeshore, as you guys helped make this year’s race an enormous success.
Baird
