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VAIL - The snow piled up on the Black Forest race course, keeping numerous kids from competition - but it didn't stopg them from having fun for a cause.
"Luckily, we had a backup," said Jack DeTrempe, co-founder of the all-kids-run Alpine Children's Charity, formed to raise money for nonprofit groups supporting children with diabetes, cancer, AIDS and congenital heart defects.
The backup turned out to be a scavenger hunt on Vail Mountain, including questions such as "Colorado's state flower is ..." and "A special trip one may take to Africa is called a ...."
Once scavengers found the corresponding runs, they composed photos symbolizing the charities the group donates to. The kids made kayaks, red ribbons and other scenes.
About 130 participants gathered donations for the Vail event, selling pizzas, soliciting businesses, selling T-shirts and several other inventive schemes. The dough rolled in this year, surpassing last year's tally of $120,000.
"We're going to beat last year's, which is huge," said Jack's brother Nick DeTrempe.
The groups Alpine Children's Charity supports are Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, Children's Heart Foundation, AIDS awareness organization the Red Ribbon Project and First Descents, a kayak camp for young adults with cancer.
"It's more important to help kids - it's not all about racing and money. It's just about going out and helping other kids," DeTrempe said.
Each year, DeTrempe's family travels to Vail for vacation from the Chicago suburbs. DeTrempe, 16, suffers from diabetes, and his cousin Michael Rushmore has a congenital heart defect - both reasons DeTrempe and family formed Alpine Children's Charity, Nick DeTrempe said.
They wanted to find cures for childhood diseases and provide information and support to other people concerning the ailments.
More than 176,000 people under the age of 20 have diabetes, while congenital heart defects are the No. 1 birth defect, occurring in one in every 100 births, according to the American Diabetes Association and Children's Heart Foundation.
"Jack and I, and our cousins realized we're fortunate - how lucky we are to come out here," Nick DeTrempe said.
Now in its second year, the charity is headed by a group of board members ranging in age from 8 to 17-year-old Nick. The group's motto is "Kids helping kids."
Locals got into the act as well, learning about the charity and the diseases group members fight, the DeTrempes said. Some went down to the bottom of the mountain and donated. Others bought T-shirts.
To learn more about the nonprofits involved, check out these Web sites:
-alpinechildrenscharity.org
-firstdescents.org
-jdrf.org
-childrensheartfoundation.org.
Staff Writer J.K. Perry can be reached at 949-0555, ext. 14622, or jkperry@vaildaily.com.
Vail, Colorado
"Luckily, we had a backup," said Jack DeTrempe, co-founder of the all-kids-run Alpine Children's Charity, formed to raise money for nonprofit groups supporting children with diabetes, cancer, AIDS and congenital heart defects.
The backup turned out to be a scavenger hunt on Vail Mountain, including questions such as "Colorado's state flower is ..." and "A special trip one may take to Africa is called a ...."
Once scavengers found the corresponding runs, they composed photos symbolizing the charities the group donates to. The kids made kayaks, red ribbons and other scenes.
About 130 participants gathered donations for the Vail event, selling pizzas, soliciting businesses, selling T-shirts and several other inventive schemes. The dough rolled in this year, surpassing last year's tally of $120,000.
"We're going to beat last year's, which is huge," said Jack's brother Nick DeTrempe.
The groups Alpine Children's Charity supports are Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, Children's Heart Foundation, AIDS awareness organization the Red Ribbon Project and First Descents, a kayak camp for young adults with cancer.
"It's more important to help kids - it's not all about racing and money. It's just about going out and helping other kids," DeTrempe said.
Each year, DeTrempe's family travels to Vail for vacation from the Chicago suburbs. DeTrempe, 16, suffers from diabetes, and his cousin Michael Rushmore has a congenital heart defect - both reasons DeTrempe and family formed Alpine Children's Charity, Nick DeTrempe said.
They wanted to find cures for childhood diseases and provide information and support to other people concerning the ailments.
More than 176,000 people under the age of 20 have diabetes, while congenital heart defects are the No. 1 birth defect, occurring in one in every 100 births, according to the American Diabetes Association and Children's Heart Foundation.
"Jack and I, and our cousins realized we're fortunate - how lucky we are to come out here," Nick DeTrempe said.
Now in its second year, the charity is headed by a group of board members ranging in age from 8 to 17-year-old Nick. The group's motto is "Kids helping kids."
Locals got into the act as well, learning about the charity and the diseases group members fight, the DeTrempes said. Some went down to the bottom of the mountain and donated. Others bought T-shirts.
To learn more about the nonprofits involved, check out these Web sites:
-alpinechildrenscharity.org
-firstdescents.org
-jdrf.org
-childrensheartfoundation.org.
Staff Writer J.K. Perry can be reached at 949-0555, ext. 14622, or jkperry@vaildaily.com.
Vail, Colorado
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