The Athlete Recovery Fund Gives Thanks

FatTony

• November 25 2008
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For the first time ever athlete’s got together in a preemptive way and donated money for themselves and athletes in BMX, FMX and Skateboarding who suffered severe injuries and needed financial assistance. The lists of names below are athletes who chose do donate 5% of their prize purse winnings at one, some or all of the AST Dew Tour stops. Their donation became a tax deductible write off through the Athlete Recovery Fund ( ARF www.athleterecoveryfund.com). The ARF is a nonprofit organization that pools money so that when an injury occurs the funds are there and everyone isn’t left to only raise money after the fact. ARF was established February 2008.

Nate    Adams    FMX
Adam    Aloise    BMX
Alessandro    Barbero    BMX
Jason    Barr    SKATE
Nate     Berkheimer    BMX
Jamie    Bestwick    BMX
Drew    Bezanson    BMX
Corey    Bohan    BMX
Kelly     Bolton    BMX
Charlie    Bowers    BMX
Jason    Branham    BMX
David    Brumlow    BMX
Andrew    Buckworth    BMX
Vince    Byron    BMX
Tony    Campos    BMX
Diogo    Canina    BMX
Chris     Childs    BMX
Michael    Clark    BMX
Henry    Clayton
Austin    Coleman    BMX
Allan    Cooke    BMX
Joey     Cordova    BMX
Matt    Cordova    BMX
Chris    Cudlipp    SKATE
Rob     Darden    BMX
Robert    Deveaux
Daniel    Dhers    BMX
Danilo    Do Rosario    SKATE
Brandon    Dosch    BMX
Chris    Doyle    BMX
Zachary    Early    BMX
T.J.    Ellis    BMX
Dennis     Enarson    BMX
Ronnie    Faisst    FMX
Michael    Fede    BMX
Jeff    Fehr    FMX
Chad    Fernandez    SKATE
James     Foster    BMX
Wiley     Fullmer    FMX
Derek    Garland    FMX
Chris     Gentry    SKATE
Chris    Gerber    BMX
Zack     Gerber    BMX
Brad    Gethard    BMX
Adam    Ghannoum    BMX
Ryan    Guettler    BMX
Hall    Tim    BMX
Jimmy     Hale    BMX
Weldon    Halterman    SKATE
Austin    Hardee    BMX
Josh    Harrington    BMX
Greg     Hartman    FMX
Tyler    Hendley    SKATE
Joey     Hill    BMX
Chris     Hughes    BMX
Josh    Hult    BMX
Brian    Hunt    BMX
Fabio    Hyppolito    SKATE
John     Jennings    BMX
Adam    Jones    FMX
Jorge     Jovel    BMX
Brian    Kachinsky    BMX
Chad    Kagy    BMX
Phil    Kane
Jeff    Kargola    FMX
Kevin    Kiraly    BMX
Seth     Klinger    BMX
Ricardo    Laguna    BMX
Mike    Laird    BMX
Bucky     Lasek    SKATE
Pat    Laughlin    BMX
Jered    Lee
Sean    Logan    BMX
Will     Love    BMX
Jeremy    Lusk    FMX
Andy     Macdonald    SKATE
Colin     Mackay    BMX
Robbie    Maddison    FMX
Harry    Main    BMX
Joe    Marks    BMX
Mike    Mason    FMX
Craig    Mast    BMX
Steven     McCann    BMX
Dennis    McCoy    BMX
Chris     Mendes    SKATE
Dave    Mirra    BMX
Anthony    Napolitan    BMX
Cory    Nastazio    BMX
Joshua     Nesius    SKATE
Zach    Newman    BMX
Sean    Nielson    FMX
Ryan    Nyquist    BMX
Kyle    Ohara    BMX
Ricardo    Oliveira    SKATE
Chaz    Ortiz    SKATE
John    Parker    BMX
Luke    Parslow    BMX
Daniel    Pereira    BMX
Joshua    Perry    BMX
Cameron    Pianta    BMX
Heath    Pinter    BMX
Jean    Postec    SKATE
Todd    Potter    FMX
Matt    Rebeaud    FMX
Garrett     Reynolds    BMX
Myles     Richmond    FMX
John    Rodgers
Jereme    Rogers    SKATE
Ricky     Rogers    BMX
Fabrizio    Santos    SKATE
Dane    Searls    BMX
Quinn    Semling    BMX
Christian    Sereika    SKATE
Ryan     Sheckler    SKATE
Dan    Sieg    BMX
Victor    Simai
Augustine    Simoncini, Jr    BMX
Michell     Simonetto    SKATE
Jeremiah    Smith    BMX
Ben    Snowden    BMX
Matt    Sparks    BMX
Mike    Spinner    BMX
Josh     Stead    BMX
Tom    Stober    BMX
Ronnie     Surridge    BMX
Adam    Taylor    FMX
Ron    Thomas    SKATE
Will    Thompson    BMX
Jaie    Toohey    BMX
Marcus    Tooker    BMX
Eric    Vasquez    BMX
Ben    Vojles    BMX
Morgan    Wade    BMX
Ben     Wallace    BMX
Zack    Warden    BMX
Anthony    Watkinson    BMX
Lennie    Westfall    BMX
Cameron     White    BMX
Alistair    Whitton    BMX
Blake     Williams    FMX
Danny    Williams    BMX
Scott    Wirch    BMX
Willie    Woo
Kevin (Kody)    Wright
Troy    Wynn
Gary    Young    BMX
*Some athletes did not place in prize purse winning positions but are still listed here because they agreed to donate if they would have.

ARF also received charitable contributions from some pretty big companies that also deserve thanks:

AST, Ryan Sheckler X Games Celebrity Skins Classic, Playstation, Nike 6.0, Hasbro, and website construction done by Fuse.

ARF set up booths at the AST Dew Tour “Right Guard Open” in Cleveland and also at X Games this summer. Thanks goes out to Dan’s Competition and Active Ride Shop for providing thousands of dollars worth of coupons to trade for donations, all the athletes who stopped by to sign autographs and of course the public for donating to such a good cause.

With the current economy as it is collecting donations is a tough business, but in its first year ARF did an amazing job raising over a quarter of a million dollars! With the donations that we did receive ARF was able to contribute grants to four of the sport’s top riders in a time of serious need. It gives me a ton of pride and honor to have been able to help those athletes and I continue my efforts so that I may be able to help others in the future.

One of the most popular questions that I get is how does ARF get donations? As you can see everyone can participate from athletes to the public and companies who support action sports. The bottom line is that everyone can get involved and the amount you donate is the least important thing. The most important thing is that you just get involved on any level. As we get close to Thanksgiving, the holidays and the end of the year find a way to make a tax deductible contribution of any amount. For the companies who are out there and wishing they could do more, don’t let that prevent you from doing anything. Just get involved.
Thank you and happy holidays!

Save the date for this amazing event December 10th!!! www.athleterecoveryfund.com/lightningbolts