Sponsorship Letter
Greetings from the mountains of Steamboat, Colorado!
The Cody St. John Foundation is writing this letter to encourage your participation and financial support for our unique Cody’s Challenge in Steamboat, Colorado. The Cody St. John Foundation along with the Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, the Steamboat Ski Patrol and the United States Forest Service will host this second annual “Randonee” endurance race, on Saturday, April 3, 2010 across the Steamboat Ski Area.
“Randonee” racing is gaining in popularity across the country and especially throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. Randonee racing is a form of skiing in which the athletes ascend the mountain under their own power through the use of specialized bindings and skins. A special Alpine touring binding is used that allows the heel to be clipped down for more support when skiing downhill, and allows it to be released to swing resistance-free from the toe when climbing. Photos from last year’s event are on-line at .
The Cody St. John Foundation, a 501 (C)(3) non-profit charity organization, was established to honor the legacy of a young man that touched many lives and continues to do so in the wake of his passing, Cody St. John. In 2006 Cody, a passionate Steamboat Ski Patroller was awarded the title of ‘Colorado Ski Country USA Patroller of the Year’. He was the first on only full-time snowboarder to ever receive this prestigious title. Cody was in a car accident and died on April 8, 2007. At the time of his accident, Cody was on his way to attend an orientation at the University of Wyoming for the nursing program, the impetus for the foundation’s purpose.
By helping The Cody St. John Foundation grow this event, Cody’s Challenge, you are making it possible to accomplish two goals:
1). Facilitate continuing medical education and training for professional ski patrollers or groups of patrollers nationwide. The Foundation awards scholarships to qualified individuals or groups.
2). Increase public awareness of the importance for organ donation.
Both these goals symbolize Cody’s credo as he recued people on the mountain, but also made the choice to be an organ donor. With your gracious support for Cody’s Challenge, all profits from this event go to raising and providing these scholarships and indirectly promoting organ donations. Please review the attached information describing Sponsorship Opportunities and Donations.
For more information visit our websites on-line at www.whatwouldcodydo.net and codyschallenge.tcsjf.org.
Thank you for your time and I hope you can help us make a difference,
Candida M. St. John
President