Articles tagged with: Climb for the Community
United Way of King County CEO Jon Fine celebrated two major milestones today. He climbed to the top of Mount Rainier for the Climb for the Community and he turned 55!
Wouldn’t it be a great for Jon to also get the news that we met our online fundraising goal of $30,000? We are SO close and need about $3,000 to get there. Can you help put us over the top? If you haven’t already done so, please give $5 at http://theclimb.kintera.org/uwkc and…
The Climb for the Community team including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , Seahawks coach Jim Mora, United Way of King County CEO Jon Fine and United Way Board Chair Molly Nordstrom summited Mount Rainier today at 9:15 a.m. Here’s a report from Coach Mora:
Very early this morning, I was thrilled to be one of the cold but exhilarated climbers who reached the top of Mount Rainier, planting flags for United Way of King County, the Seattle Seahawks and the NFL. With the snow,
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KING 5 News sports anchor Paul Silvi interviews Seattle Seahawks coach Jim Mora about United Way’s Climb for the Community. The interview takes place at Camp Muir on Mount Rainier as the Climb team prepares to summit the mountain.
In the following clip, Silvi shows the challenges facing the Climb team. CEO Tod Leiweke, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, United Way of King County CEO Jon Fine and United Way Board Chair Molly Nordstrom are part of the climb team. The event is a fundraiser…
Thank you to everyone who has made a donation in support of United Way’s Climb for the Community! We have raised just over $27,000 for the Climb and are only $3,000 away from meeting our $30,000 online fundraising goal.
Help us make it to our goal by donating your Facebook status or Twitter update to United Way. All you have to do is update your status to the following message:
Give $5 to United Way’s Climb for the Community to help people in need
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Los Angeles Times sportswriter Sam Farmer was up on Mount Rainier with the Climb for the Community team and took two short videos of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the climbers in action. Watch now>>
So jokes Seattle Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke as he and the rest of the Climb for the Community team prepare to ascend Mount Rainier.
The Climb for the Community team started their two-day ascent to the summit of Mount Rainier at about 9:45 a.m. today and should reach Camp Muir by 5:00 p.m. The hike to Camp Muir is nearly 4.5 miles and will take them up to an elevation of 10,060 feet.
The Climb for the Community team spent all of yesterday on the lower slopes of Mount Rainier training in “mountaineering day school.” This morning climbers started their two-day trek to the summit.
Here’s a report from Molly Nordstrom, United Way of King County’s board chair and the only woman on the Climb:
Today we are hiking to Camp Muir. We will climb from 5,400 feet to 10,060 feet. The trek is nearly 4.5 miles and will take about 6 hours. It’s expected to be
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