Sent by Tony Lang:

Please Help Support The 2013 U. S. Paragliding Teams! It is time to be a part of something special! Please make a donation today and be an important part of “OUR” Team!
http://www.usparaglidingteam.org
U. S. Paragliding Team, a Nevada Non-Profit Corporation, was set up in 2007 under the rules of IRS 501 ( c ) 3 to help subsidize the expenses of the U. S. Paragliding Team’s participation in the World Paragliding Championships and Red Bull X-Alps, which are held every two years at various locations all over the planet.

The World Paragliding Championships will be held in Sopot, Bulgaria on July 13-26: http://para-sopot2013.com/. This year’s U. S. Paragliding Team includes Josh Cohn, Nick Greece, Eric Reed and Arnie Frankenberger, along with Rob Sporrer as Team Leader. These pilots have worked extremely hard to earn their position on the U. S. Paragliding Team. It is now our job to help them in their quest to represent the United States of America in this World arena! Please help support OUR Team!

The Red Bull X-Alps will start in Salzburg, Austria on July 7th. http://www.redbullxalps.com/. This year, the U.S. will be represented by two Teams. USA Team 1 consists of Honza Rejmanek (4 time participant – placed third in 2009), along with supporters Luis Rosenkjer and Jesse Williams. USA Team 2 consists of first time participant, Stephan Haase, along with supporters Brad Sander and Dave Hanning. This is one of the toughest and most watched endurance races on the planet and these pilots deserve our support. So you can see the amount of dedication that it takes just to train for this event, I have attached a summary of one of Honza’s training sessions from Owens Valley back in March 2013. This is the type of dedication that warrants our support.

The estimated cost to send our U. S. Paragliding Teams to participate in this year's World Paragliding Championships and Red Bull X-Alps is $38,000.00.

We have raised approximately $6,000.00 as of May 1, 2013. We are now asking the members of our flying community to step up and show their support for "OUR TEAM". We kindly ask you to visit our web-site and become a supporting member of the U. S. Paragliding Team. It is up to us to make this happen. Please visit our web-site and make a secure online donation today. Go to:
http://www.usparaglidingteam.org
Donations in any amount are welcome and appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your support. It is greatly appreciated!
All members of this non-profit corporation are volunteers and are not paid for their time and services. All funds raised from donations go directly to the pilots of the U. S. Paragliding Team to subsidize competition entry fees, airfare, lodging, transportation, food and miscellaneous expenses. Thank-you in advance for your support and generosity and for being a part of ‘OUR” Team! It is truly appreciated!!
We kindly ask you to please forward this message to all members of your local paragliding club.
With much appreciation and gratitude
U. S. Paragliding Team, a Nevada Non-Profit Corporation
Tony Lang , its Vice-President
7272 S. El Capitan Way, Ste 2, Las Vegas, NV 89148 Cell (702) 379-4849