A Denver Bronco & An African Cowboy

September 9, 2011

For the past 6 years I have been working with a non-profit called Project Education Sudan (PES). I helped to found this organization in 2005 to build schools in remote regions of southern Sudan.  In 2008 I traveled to Sudan to implement some adult education workshops. 

This summer we held one of the coolest fundraisers I could imagine, Climb For Sudan.  We sponsored two climbers to climb every single 14,000+ mountain in Colorado (58 in total) in 60 days!  With corporate sponsors we pulled in over $60,000!  To celebrate this huge success, PES hosted a wrap party like none other, and asked me to help run the registration tables.

Ayor and family

This wrap party was especially important as a way to honor Nick and Joe, our two climbers.  Joe almost died on mountain #54 when he slipped and fell 40 vertical feet.  He broke many bones and had to be carried down the mountain for 3 hours by Nick.  We were all so thankful that he survived such an accident, and could come to the party in a wheelchair.

When PES hosts a party, we like to do it right.  So, we invited some Denver Broncos to serve as our celebrity bartenders.  Isaac (dressed like a cowboy) jumped on in there too - just for fun. 

And we had some Sudanese dancing.

Even Gordon Appell jumped in on the dancing action!

It was a beautiful night to spend time with friends on a rooftop downtown. 

What a wonderful family this organization has become!