Background: The Boy loves me, of that I’m sure. Because in keeping with our birthday tradition of “give the gift of experience,” he bought me an airplane jump. The Boy knows that I am: 1) an adrenalin junkie, 2) stupid.
And, because I like to contaminate others with happiness and bad ideas, I also convinced my friend Elizabeth to jump out of a perfectly good airplane with me. I promised her cookies. And a t-shirt.
And… a cause.
When I mentioned rescue dogs, and Elizabeth said, “Do you think we could raise enough money so that Sarah McLachlan would stop making those terrible commercials?”
Me: “Maybe we could land on her?”
That's solid thrill-seeking, but here’s something more respectable – we are raising money for the Humane Society.
Both Elizabeth and I are owned by rescue dogs. Since 1954, the Humane Society of the United States has been “Celebrating Animals and Confronting Cruelty.” HSUS has been chosen as one of the top 10 most fiscally responsible charities in the world. Their commitment to excellence and compassion is undeniable.
A 14,000-foot greeting with gravity plus an opportunity to rescue animals? It’s a logical leap. (See what I did there??)
So we chose a clever name (MUTT DIVERS) and commissioned a cool logo (thank you, Vincent Ryan, for the floppy pug!). Now all we have to do is step out of an airplane. Donating is easy by comparison.
Our jump is on Sunday, August 9, 2015, noon, at Midwest Freefall in Ray, Michigan.
Team “MUTT DIVERS” thanks you in advance for your donation.
Sincerely,
Erin Waugh & Elizabeth Kravetz
TL;DR – We are going to jump out of an airplane because Humane Society. Please donate.
