miller 0 #1 October 11, 2002 On September 14, 2002 the Napoleon Skydiving Center hosted a "Jump for Charity" to raise money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness, which raises money to fight degenerative eye diseases, etc. Money was raised through a 50/50 raffle, a very successful silent auction, and the DZO donated $1 from every jump made that day and knocked $20 off of all first time tandems. Although we had touch and go weather throughout the day we were able to fly 16 grand caravan loads and around 40 tandems. All said and done, we raised just over $3,000 for the charity. Thank you to all of the gear manufacturers (too many to list, but you know who you are) that donated all sorts of good stuff. I know a couple of you lurk around these forums. Attached are a few photos that I took of an 18 year old who has suffered from "Tunnel Vision" since birth. The average person has a 180 degree field of vision in the vertical and horizontal plane. John has a 5 degree field of vision. Basically he sees the world through a little distorted circle. He and his mother are involved with the FFB, so she surprised him with his first tandem jump that day. Needless to say, you can see how he reacted. Sorry about the crappy scans. These are real photos, not frame grabs. Thanks again to everyone who was part of our day. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bbarnhouse 0 #2 October 11, 2002 Mike~ Thanks for sharing the moments with us... B^2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #3 October 12, 2002 A fun day, even though I didn't win any of the prizes and it was too cloudy to make my level VI... :(A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
