Mountains Climbed, Money Raised for Children’s Charities!
My company, Red Lantern Journeys, is the main sponsor and organizer of 3 Summits for Nepal’s Children. 2008 is our third year of climbing volcanos in the Northwest to raise money for charities that serve children in need in Nepal. This year we climbed Mt. Hood in Oregon, Mt. Rainier in Washington State, and for the first time, a mountain in Nepal, the 21,000-foot Chulu West. A total of 25 participants raised $13,810 this year to break our previous fundraising records. Over the last 3 years we’ve raised over $30,000!
The funds raised have gone to the Mitrata Orphanage and the Children’s Center for Study and Development, both in Kathmandu. I’m on Mitrata’s board of directors and can’t say enough about the organization and the work they are doing with their children.
Bill Harrison, the leader of the Chulu West Expedition and fundraiser for Mitrata, took the photos to the right when the 5-member team visited the orphanage prior to departing for the Annapurna region on October 12th.
I’ll keep you posted on our plans for next year, but I may be doing a Red Lantern Journeys ”President’s Adventure” in Ladhak in Northern India with a side trip to Kathmandu to visit the Mitrata Orphanage.
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