I'm challenging myself this SENDtember, a month-long community fundraising campaign benefiting the Send It Foundation. This year, for every $10 I receive, I will walk or hike a mile! Help me get outside and help my team and I raise money for Send It by donating $10 or more!
Send It provides free outdoor adventure programs for young adult cancer fighters and survivors (ages 21–40). Through activities like skiing, surfing, climbing, mountain biking, backpacking, and mindfulness retreats, participants find something that is often missing after a cancer diagnosis: connection with people who truly understand what they're going through.
While treatment focuses on the physical side of cancer, Send It helps address the emotional and mental wellbeing that comes from community, confidence, challenge, and time spent in nature. Every program is fully funded so that finances are never a barrier to participation.
I have personally attended three Send It trips so far, my first trip being backpacking near Castle Peak and the second and third trips being alumni river rafting trips on the South Fork of the American River! These trips have changed my life in so many ways, and it always means so much to me when friends and family support Send It!
Every donation will have twice the impact thanks to a generous matching challenge. Every dollar donated will be matched dollar-for-dollar, helping even more young adults access these life-changing experiences.
Thank you for supporting my challenge and the mission of the Send It Foundation!