$23,825 – 174% OF GOAL RAISED!
On April 30th, 2016, Tony Spirito & David Quon summited the Incline. Despite April snowfall, 18 friends, family and former teammates joined the climb, 16 climbers made it to the summit, including 4 of Evan & Chris’s Colorado College teammates as well as the 3 Quon daughters and a number of their friends. Thanks to all the climbers for making it a very special trek!
Thanks to all our generous donors, we have met our goal and then some!! We are especially grateful to Levi Citarella, Greta Francis, and the Diggins Family, our Pike’s Peak donors. The Citarella family have been extremely strong supporters of the Foundation since it’s inception. Greta has made incredibly generous donations to the Foundation last year and this year in memory of her father, Paul, who died of nonsmall cell lung cancer, like Evan. The Diggins Family, summer neighbors of the Spirito family, have also been strong and generous supporters of the Foundation since its inception. And an extra special mention to 7 year old Ethan Wolff for emptying his savings bank and donating to the Foundation. Thank you, Ethan!
The Incline in Manitou Springs, Colorado was originally a cog railroad track built to bring building supplies up to crews working on Pike’s Peak. Today, the railroad ties from the cog railroad serve as a stairway up a portion of Pike’s Peak. Although the Incline is only about one mile in length (0.88 miles to be exact), the ascension averages a 41% incline (68% at its highest) and there isa 2,000 foot climb in elevation from 6000 to 8000 feet.
Please consider supporting cancer research so another person with lung cancer can get a chance to climb the Incline.
Donations can be made online here: http://evanspirito.com/donate/
or by mail at: EVAN SPIRITO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION 11 South Angell St, Box 326, Providence, RI 02906
Your generosity is, as always, greatly appreciated.
The Evan Spirito Memorial Foundation Board of Directors
PIKES PEAK DONORS
Levi Citarella
Diggins Family
Greta Francis in memory of her father
SUMMIT DONORS
Nancy Baybutt
John & Dawn Baybutt
Larry Brown
Jean & Bob Cole
Daniel Dickstein
Beth & Brian Fallon
Karin & Chris Fallon
Jody Fazzano
Vincent Forleo
Greg & Nancy Fritz
General Reinsurance Corp
Kelly Griffin
Evan & Marcia Livada
Angus MacDonald
Susan & Michael McCampell
Deborah Miller
Terry & Pat Moran
Steve & Fran Rasmussen
Hillar Schwertner
The Seminara Group
Tom & Betsy Tracy
BASECAMP DONORS
Dan Bagner
Diane & Jim Barton
Cynthia Battle
Fred & Mary Lou Baybutt
Sara Becker
Courtney Bell
Jonathan Boc
Christine & Greg Boc
Julie Boergers
Whit Brighton
Julie & Matt Bromberg
Otis, Wendy & Trevor Brown
MK Cancielliere
Christine Cha
Tom Chun
Dave & Peg Ciarlone
Matt Clark
Alex Cole
Jane & Connie Coleman
Alice Creager
Tim Currie
Nate Danforth
Liam Deegan
Prabhat Dhar
Bev Ehrich & Carl Freedman
David & Pam Faust
Karen Friend
Brandon Gibb & Meredith Coles
JJ Gilbane
Mort & Irene Glasser
Judy Gomez
Rod Gragg
Hannah Graves
Dick Gregory
Philip Gregory
Marjorie Grinnan
Rob & Liz Hackett
Kate Hanna
Colin Harrington
Chantelle Hart
Selby Hayes
Lynn Hernandez
Horatio Hojman
Chris Houck
Margaret Howard
Heather Hower
Chris & Betsy Hunt
Jeff Hunt
Ian Hunter
Elissa Jelalian
Vivien & Lauren Jones
Chris Kahler
Jack Kanne
John Michael Kehoe
Kerri Kim
Celia Lescano in honor of Karen Flanigan
Jim Linakis
Debra Lobato
Kathy Low
Michael & Marion Mariner
Maya Massing-Schaffer
David Mauro
Dave & Charisse Mayer
Christine McClure & Mark Galvin
Beth McQuaid
Mike Mello
Chip Millen
Bridget Nestor
Kevin Newmark & Helen Lacouture
Kim O’Brien
Matt Osofisan & Christiann Ballard
Paul Paganelli & Kerry O’Brien
Megan Peimer
Wendy Plante
Mary Politi
Donn Posner
Mitch Prinstein
Deb Rasile
James & Katherine Reiser
Leigh Reposa
Brett Requintina
Ken Rickler
Ginny Rider
Pete Rogers
Mary Rogers
Noelle Rozakos
Schmid Family
Peter Schmitz
Paul Silver & Kit Haspel
Andrew Silver
Diane Silvia
Maryellen Spirito
Lou & Eugenie Spirito
Lori Stark
Greg Stuart
Jonathan Talamo & Andrea Robinson
Tracy Tevyaw
Alysha Thompson
Sarah Tonry
Casey Stieger & Adam Tracy
Zoe Trout
Barb Tylenda
Golfo Tzilos
Ethan Wolf
Shirley Yen Matloff
David Zazzaro
Steve & Paula Zevitas
Hannah Zuckerman