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" RELENTLESS" Powerlifting Meet
2018
a Benefit for HopeKids
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We are very honored to be a part of Relentless for the
last SEVEN years! This
will also mark our FIFTH year being a part of TEAM
HOPE!
This year promises to be "extra" special for us since our oldest
boys will be lifting in the meet along side us! They have always
traveled with us to powerlfiting meets, this time, they will
be lifters as well. We are so proud of how they have taken the
next step :-)
The Relentless Mission: To build relationships,
change lives, and serve God by uniting strong men and
women with even stronger children.
HopeKids Mission: HopeKids provides ongoing events and activities
and a powerful, unique support community for families who have a child
with cancer or some other life-threatening medical condition. We surround
these remarkable children and their families with the message that
hope can be a powerful medicine.
RELENTLESS teams up the strongest people on the planet to raise money
by lifting insane amounts of weight in honor of the most
fragile who can’t. The measure of strength isn’t just
determined by a number on a barbell, it can also be measured
by how much you endure
and what you overcome. The lifters are strong, the HopeKids
and their families are stronger.
Proceeds from Relentless 2018 will benefit www.hopekids.org and their
ongoing HopeDay Program of events and activities. In 2018,
HopeKids will serve approximately 3,000 families across five
chapters (Arizona,
Colorado, Minnesota, North Texas, and as of last year - Kansas!)
and will provide these families with more than 900 different
events at no cost. You can help provide
HOPE.
Hopekids presents opportunity for families, who are constantly
going to appointments for their child's illness, to put fun
events on their calender. There isn't a treatment or drug in the world
that can
bring more happiness to these families than the events provided
by this organization.
Once a year, we team up with Hopekids for an event known as
RELELNTESS. In this event, around 100 powerlifters
are selected to raise funds for Hopekids and also lift in an
official UPA sanctioned
meet to
put on a show for the kids. The atmosphere during this event
cannot be put into words. You just have to feel it for yourself.
There is a connection
between the lifters and the kids that is amazing. You would
think that it is the lifters showing strength to the children.
But it is quite opposite.
Learning about them and watching them go crazy for the show
teaches us lifters more about strength then you could imagine.
We may be lifting
hundreds of pounds, but the struggles these families endure
with their child's illness show more strength than any weight
ever lifted. It is
truly humbling to be a part of Relentless.
This is why we ask you to join us in making a difference. Because
the dollars you give go to a cause much larger than us. Giving
Hopekids what they need to continue making the lives of these families
much better.
To make a donation to HopeKids, click here to
visit our familiy's
fundraising page.
If you'd like to donate to one of us specifically, here are
the links to our individual pages:
Thank you,
John & Ann, Johnny and Vincent Lenz
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