My friend Kelly is participating in Summit for Someone. It's a program put on by the 501(c)3 organization Big City Mountaineers the country's leading non-profit volunteer organization in providing wilderness mentoring programs for underprivileged urban youth.

In essence, an outdoors enthusiast (in this case my friend) agrees to raise a certain amount of money for the organization, ALL of which goes toward sending a group of these kids on wilderness outings and running the fundraising program. In return, the organization provides guides for the outdoor enthusiast to "summit" or climb one of many mountains they support. For many of the more technical mountains, a guide is necessary to reach the summit without problems so the program helps the climbers raising the money to be able to climb mountains they have always wanted to summit, but never could before ... all while helping a worthy cause.

After Kelly told me what he was doing, I looked into the program and felt like it was a worthwhile cause and something that can really benefit these kids by giving them an experience they would never have otherwise. I donated a big chunk of my own money, and decided I'd put the word out to the Newgrounds community also.

If you feel this is something worth supporting, then please donate by clicking the following link:

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Just so it's clear, your donation goes to the kids participating in this program, NOT to my friend, though the site does track who the donations come in under.

If you want to know more about my friend who decided to be responsible for raising this money, check out his website here.