The Katie Caples Foundation was started in 1998 by the family of Katie Caples, a young high school student from Jacksonville who became an organ and tissue donor after not surviving the trauma of an automobile accident. The Katie Ride started in 2005 as a cycling event for riders of all levels to raise awareness about making an organ donation commitment. It is a cycling event that offers courses of varying distance from 7 to 100 miles with full support along the way and funds raised help to promote organ and tissue donation and deliver important educational programs to high school freshman and sophomores.

There are currently over 107,000 individuals waiting for transplants in America. Every 10 minutes someone is added to the waiting list and every 90 minutes someone dies for lack of an organ. In 2004, the Katie Caples Foundation selected LifeQuest Organ Recovery Services as its partner to implement its organ donor education program. This fundraiser is to support that program. If you are interested in participating in this event or starting a team to participate in this event please check out the website below or email me for more information.

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~Jo

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To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. - Confucius

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