THANKSGIVING FOR PARADISE - A Fundraiser for Camp Fire Victims

Camp Fire View from Ragdump 

Photo Credit: Howard Goodman

The 2018 CA Wildfire Season has been devastating!  QWR believes it is important for the trail recreation community to do its part to help victims of the Camp Fire which destroyed lives, homes, and property in the Greater Paradise area. 

There are both immediate and long-term needs of those displaced by the Camp Fire.  While donated clothing and other supplies are appreciated, QWR has surveyed a number of 1^st responders and others in leadership positions and the single most important way for OHVers to help right now is with hard cash donations to effective non-profit charities that have a proven track record.

Simply put, fire victims need fiscal support to purchase fuel for cars, pickups, and generators.  They also need the ability to purchase items such as generators, tools, clean underwear, socks, and other sundries.   Warm meals are important too!

For our THANKSGIVING FOR PARADISE fundraiser, QWR will use 100% of donations it receives to support the ongoing and upcoming relief efforts of the Salvation Army, Rotary, and the Ranger Foundation - a 501 (c)(3) charitable non-profit founded in 2017.  The Ranger Foundation is supporting the state park employees and retirees affected by the recent wildfires.

To make an online donation please go to the link below and note in the instruction box that it is for Camp Fire relief efforts.

http://www.quietwarriorracing.com/Sponsorships.html

To send a donation via check, please make it out to Quiet Warrior Racing and note on the check that it is for the Camp Fire relief effort.  Mail check to: QWR, 555 Honey Lane, Oakley, CA, 94561

Thanks for your support of the fire relief efforts.  Your donations will make a huge difference in the lives of many people that lost everything. 

Sincerely,

Don Amador, President

Quiet Warrior Racing

THANKSGIVING DAY MESSAGE - Acknowledge and Honor Kindness Received

THANKGIVING DAY MESSAGE

By Don Amador

11/20/2018

ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR KINDNESS RECEIVED

Thanksgiving Day is a special time where one gives thanks and grateful acknowledgment of Divine blessings and acts of kindness bestowed on them by family, friends, and colleagues.

I also believe it is important for one to reflect on how they can honor those gifts by doing a better job of serving and supporting others throughout the course of the year. 

Many of us have, or know of, family and friends who have suffered personal or professional tragedies in 2018.  The emotional and/or fiscal scars from those events will be felt for years or decades to come.

Let us resolve to make Thanksgiving Day an ongoing/daily state of mind where one honors kindness received by paying it forward to those in need.

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