lewmonst 0 #1 April 25, 2008 WE’RE HAVING A GOING AWAY PARTY AND BENEFIT FOR KOJI - MAY 3rd , 2008 As you may know already, on January 24th, 2007, Koji Mizoi, a longtime cameraflyer and instructor at Perris Valley Skydiving, had an equipment malfunction causing him to land hard on the dirt. He suffered a C-7, incomplete spinal chord injury, leaving him without the use of his legs and very limited use of his hands. The time is right for Koji and his wife Sachiko to move back to Japan. Sachiko has been taking care of Koji 24/7 for the last year by herself. Needless to say, she is exhausted and in need of a break, so, they have decided to go back to Japan where their families are. They plan to leave at the end of May. Since last year, Project Walk has opened a facility near Tokyo. One of their trainers was here for a couple weeks and Koji was impressed with him. Also, Mayumi, Koji’s former skysurf teammate, was here to visit and see Project Walk. As a result, she decided to get a job there as an assistant trainer with plans to become a trainer. On May 3rd, we’re planning something similar to what we did last year. Tentatively, we will have: t-shirts, raffle, silent auction, music and dinner. We will also be adding a Spring Cleaning/Yard Sale of used skydiving gear. If you have any skydiving gear or paraphernalia you no longer use, please consider donating it. Your junk could be someone else’s treasure. You can drop of items any time to the Perris Valley Skydiving School. You can choose to contribute 100% of the sale or 50% of the proceeds towards Koji’s rehab. (If you donate 50%, you must include your name and minimum price.) Please be sure to include your name and contact information with your donation. Also, please make sure items are in a bag or box. We are also looking for donations for the raffle and silent auction. We could use volunteers as well to sell t-shirts and wristbands on the weekends and to help the evening of the event. We’d appreciate all the help we can get to make this event another success. Thanks to the great participation last year, Koji’s rehab at Project Walk was covered through February 2008. His determination and hard work have amazed the trainers at Project Walk. He is determined to continue working as hard as he can as long as he has the opportunity to continue his rehab at Project Walk. Thanks to the support of the skydiving community, we have made this possibility a reality. Please visit his myspace website for photos, video and progress updates: www.myspace.com/forkoji For more information or to make a donation, contact: Linda Witte, wittefrog@yahoo.com 951-678-1973 Karen Lewis, lewmonst@hotmail.com 951-378-1010 Shazza Kindsvater shazzakindsvater@hotmail.com 951-639-7674http://www.exitshot.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
