Team Joins Canoe Race down Yukon River to Raise Funds for
Schindler Summer Camp Fund & Deepwood Foundation
 

On June 30, 2010 Kevin Morgan of Montville, Ohio, and Erin Fabian of Madison, Ohio, will join the Yukon River Quest, a 460-mile canoe race/wilderness adventure down the Yukon River in Canada, to raise funds for the Bonnie Schindler Summer Camp Endowment Fund at the Deepwood Foundation. A kick-off fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, February 2 at the Cornerstone Brewery in Madison from 5:00-10:00PM.   Event Poster

“We’re very excited to take on this challenge, not only for ourselves but also to raise funds for summer camp scholarships through the Schindler Fund and awareness for other Deepwood Foundation programs,” said Kevin Morgan. “We hope that dozens of local adults with developmental disabilities will be able to enjoy a canoe ride this summer during camp.”

The Schindler Fund, a vision of Bonnie’s father, Jim Schindler, benefits local adults with developmental disabilities by providing financial support for a week-long summer camp experience at Camp Shipshewana in Indiana. Additionally, the fund provides holiday and birthday gifts for these individuals.

Father-daughter paddling partners, Kevin and Erin, have been canoeing together for over 25 years, beginning with short rides in small farm ponds around their Geauga County home when Erin was a toddler. They hold numerous competitive accomplishments including first place finishes in the Madhatter’s/Grand River Canoe Race, Vermillion River Race, Fremont Cup, Allegheny-Clarion Valley River Classic, and 2009 Ohio State Championships.

The Yukon River Quest, aka “Race to the Midnight Sun,” is a 460-mile paddling challenge down the Yukon River and through the wilderness from Whitehorse to Dawson City in Canada’s Yukon Territory. The race will be held June 30-July 4, 2010. Paddlers literally race around-the-clock, as the sky never gets dark during the Summer Solstice, with just two mandatory rest stops for a total of ten hours over the course of the entire event. Paddlers from nine countries signed up for the 2009 race.