drsmith

In November of 2002, I had a spinal cord injury which left me still able to

walk and ride my bike, but unable to run or continue to race. Since that

time I have raised money for the Challenged Athletes Foundation (

www.challengedathletes.org <http://www.challengedathletes.org/> ) which

gives grants to athletes with disabilities. The grants help these athletes

purchase things that may normally be out of reach financially such as hand

cycles, specialized prosthetic limbs, coaching, and traveling to paralympic

events and qualifiers. Last year I had an informal auction of several

signed cycling jerseys and along with donations from family and friends I

managed to raise $3000. I have a few signed jerseys for auction again and

three of them are framed. I will post them for my second annual auction in

the next few days after I take pictures of them.







For those of you that are home today, there will be two challenged athletes

on Oprah today at 4pm. Both of their stories are very inspirational and

this year they were co-winners of the Arthur Ashe Award which is given

annually to "individuals whose contributions transcend sport".







I realize that many people have maxed out their charitable donations for the

year with LAF, Race for the Cure, Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, and hurricane

relief but if you might want a signed jersey from some domestic pro's and

(hopefully, I am getting a Chris Horner jersey too), please keep an eye out

for my next email and place a bid on my jersey's. Thanks,







Darren Smith



My personal donation page http://sdtc05.kintera.org/bakcracker77















Darren A. Smith, DC, DACBSP

Diplomate, American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians







14125 SW Walker Road

Beaverton, OR 97006

(503)641-3333 office

(503)351-9653 cell