Challenged Athletes Foundation

This past week I received my letter awarding me a grant from the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) to purchase a kayak! I made the mistake of checking my phone in yoga class and found out, and I was no longer peaceful; I couldn't believe it. I'm really excited and grateful to them for giving me what I need to get myself taken care of. It's crazy to think about how many people they must have made happy this week, because they distributed more than $1.4 million dollars to 980 individual people. WOW!

The wait was long, and for a long time I'd just put it out of my mind. The application had been submitted long ago, and the wait period felt like an eternity, which I'll admit CAF must have needed to read through thousands of grant applications.

To rejoice in my grant, I baked my kayak instructor who wrote me a letter of recommendation a cake. I'll let you guys judge for yourselves.

All in all, I'll be getting a whitewater kayak of an undetermined color, a paddle, and hopefully a helmet and spray skirt. And I am so thankful to the Challenged Athletes Foundation for providing me with yet another chance to get out of my chair.