Greetings to the wonderful women of JFTC!

July is upon us and we have just over two short months before we start the event of the year–Jump for the Cause.

A few reminders:
FAI Paperwork: Please send copies of your current (2009) FAI membership to Adrian Davies adriandavies@live.com He is creating a book for the judges so they can have all the paperwork confirmed prior to the event. If your FAI Membership cannot be confirmed on site you will NOT be allowed to make record jumps. Sending it in early allows the judges to check it in advance.

Skydive Perris Waivers: The Skydive Perris Waivers are now available for downloading HERE Please fill these out and return to Adrian Davies Fax at : 310-693-2563 All women who return Waivers and FAI paperwork to Adrian before 1 August will receive a complimentary drink ticket from Adrian personally–now THAT is an incentive!
USPA membership is required at Skydive Perris unless you hold memberships from the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Sweden, or Switzerland. JFTC participants from countries not listed above will need to purchase a USPA membership in order to jump at Perris.

If you have never joined USPA than you can purchase a temporary(90 days) membership for $20 or annual membership for $74. Anyone who has been a previous member of USPA (including prior temporary memberships) must get an annual membership for $64. JFTC apologizes for this additional costs to some of our participants, but it is a requirement that we do not have control over.

ID Badges: ID badges will go into making next week. These will include the photo that you have attached to your JFTC website profile. If you have not yet forwarded your photo (or if it is deemed unusable) then it will not be possible to incorporate it on your pre-printed ID card. You will then use an ID badge that doesn’t look near as cool as the ones the rest of your teammates are using. We will not chase anyone for missing photos. Please consider it your own responsibility to have your website profile fully updated with the photo. If you cannot upload a photograph to the website then either contact Dawn Suiter for aid or email the photo directly to Karina Willerup

Hotel/Jumpsuit: You all should have been in contact with Karina Willerup about your housing during JFTC and your jumpsuit. Please don’t make her chase these answers. Karina just spent a week in California with Adrian and Mallory checking out the hotels and planning so that OUR event will be as fantastic as possible.
Karina will send out a separate email next week in regards to payments for extra hotel nights and non JFTC room sharing participants.

Money: Many of you have been sending money into Doug Spesert <.”dspesert@socal.rr.com> THANK YOU! Over 10% of the load has met or exceeded their minimum donation amount. That is fantastic news and puts us even closer to our goal of raising One MILLION dollars to fight Breast Cancer!

Perris Valley Skydiving has created a very exciting way to allow the general public (non jumpers) to contribute to JFTC and experience the gift of flight. They are offering a way for anyone to raise money for JFTC and receive a Tandem jump, Tunnel time–or BOTH! Contact Shazza Kindsvater and check the Skydive Perris website for further information. If you have friends, co workers, or family in the So Cal area this is the way to get them to join in on the JFTC fun and make a jump or do Tunnel time during the week of the event.

P3 Big Way Camp: Registration is open for the 3-6 September P3 Big Way Camp being held at Perris. This is a perfect way to polish your big way skills in a no fault format using the same aircraft and at the same dropzone hosting JFTC. http://www.skydiveperris.com/calendar/bigwaycamp0909.asp.

JFTC Documentary: Gulcin Gilbert is creating a documentary about JFTC and would like for all participants to fill out the following questionnaire and return it to her at Gulcin Gilbert You can download the document at: www.jumpforthecause.com/docs09/documentary.doc

The Flying Angels embroidered chest strap cozy program
Flying Angels has received more orders for chest strap cozys than people to wear them. If you are willing to wear an embroidered chest strap cozy in memory of somebody’s loved one who has battled cancer then please contact janet lundquist Remember the deadline for having a cozy embroidered with a love one’s name is 31 August… don’t delay and miss out!

Skydiving: Thank you to all the wonderful women who I’ve met and jumped with this summer. It’s great to see the quality of women skydivers worldwide increasing every year. Remember to stay current through this summer so that you are ready to tackle the challenges of JFTC. We have a VERY ready, willing and able K plane who ARE current and will be more than happy to take any slot between now and the record jump! Don’t take your slot for granted…We will need the best and strongest roster to build a new world record. If you are planning on being on that record please make sure you ARE one of the best and strongest women on the load.

Hannah Betts would like to know if any women are interested in a 4/8/16 way skills camp AFTER JFTC at Perris with her and some other world class female skydivers. Please contact her directly for further information.

A letter from Mallory:
To the ladies of JFTC:
We have a media tool available to you now to use both for gaining sponsorship and for publicizing the event and your participation in it.
Gulcin Gilbert, a JFTC participant and her production company, Warp8, have created a 2 minute promotional video utilizing footage from the 2005 record jump. This video is available now for you to use. http://www.phonics4babies.com/JumpForTheCauseMediaFootage/JumpForTheCauseMediaFootage.mov
One possible use is to contact the local news affiliate in your area and suggest they run a feature on Jump For The Cause using you “the local participant” as a hook or lead for the story. You would provide them with the DVD and press release about JFTC which would include fundraising details and some information about yourself. The station might also opt to interview you and run the DVD or parts of it in the background or to enhance the story.
The DVD may also be used to send to your potential corporate sponsors, along with your fundraising proposal to enhance your chances of success.
Please contact Adrian Davies, Event Coordinator at adriandavies@live.com to obtain a DVD.

Thank you to all who have done so much behind the scenes to make Jump for the Cause the best event ever! See you soon….
Blue skies, pink suits
kate
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Blue skies
kate katejumps@earthlink.net
Alternate email addresses katejumps@square1.com

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And once again–greetings to the wonderful women of JFTC.

JFTC CONTACT INFORMATION:

Adrian Davies and Karina Willerup are sharing the role and responsibility for our new Event Manager/Coordinator for the 2009 JFTC event. They are in the process of taking over many of Richard’s duties. Richard is stepping back from an active role in the organization due to an overwhelming number of personal and professional committments. Adrian’s goal through this transition period is to respond to your non-skydiving related questions quickly and efficiently.

We have (Again) new contacts for JFTC questions–please take a moment to make sure you are contacting the correct person for your questions. Apologies for any confusion these organizational changes may cause you. We are working to get JFTC working smoothly once again.

The contacts for JFTC are now as listed below:

Skydiving: Kate Cooper-Jensen katejumps@square1.com
Tony Domenico  skyguy100@hotmail.com
K Plane: Caroline Hughes
Hotel and jumpsuits Karina Willerup k.willerup@planet.nl
Sponsorship: Andrea Curthoys tbc201@aol.com . Phone number : (310) 526-1676. (Also Adrian)
FAA/FAI/USPA: Adrian Davies E-mail address ; adriandavies@live.com . Phone number : (310) 924-4531. Fax: (310) 693-2563
Money–donations: Doug Spesert dspesert@socal.rr.com Phone number : (818) 781-1354.

The CORRECT address for mailing in donations is:
Jump for the Cause
PO Box 261068,
Encino, CA 91426-1068
USA

Please do not use ANY other address. Items mailed to the old address WILL be delivered but there will be time lag which will delay your donations being posted.

If you have questions on ANYTHING else or are having problems INCLUDING the website then please direct your questions to: Mallory Lewis E-mail : jumprun@earthlink.net . Phone number : (310) 428-4633 Fax (310) 693.2563

Thank you for your patience. If you have sent any emails to JFTC Headquarters that have NOT been answered then please RESEND them to Adrian. Same if you have made phone calls and/or left messages than have not been responded to. Our team will endeavor to answer ALL question within 48 hrs, and will respond (even if we don’t have an answer during that time period)!
SLOT ASSIGNMENTS:
There have been many changes in the original JFTC slots. Each of you have been individually notified when this has happened but I encourage ALL JFTC participants to again check the exit orders and plane assignments as you might now have new teammates around you. The link for this is http://www.jumpforthecause.com/formation_info.html

PAYMENT DUE DATE and Monies Received to date list:
We have decided to EXTEND the payment due date to 15 August. Final payments of the amounts due for both confirmed participants and K plane participants will be due by that date. Please look at the Money list (dated June 1) on the website HERE: http://www.jumpforthecause.com/fundraising_totals.html If these totals do NOT match what you feel has been sent in under your name then please contact Doug . Remember there is a lag between the time you (or your sponsors) send in a donation and it being posted on the website so please do not contact Doug for payments made in the last 7 days.

HOTEL ASSIGNMENTS:
An email went out earlier with all hotel and roommate assignments for JFTC participants who are using event rooms. Please contact Karina if you have any questions. The Hotel information is on the website here: http://www.jumpforthecause.com/travel_information.html but not the rooming assignments to protect your privacy. All is subject to change so please be patient with us as the event grows nearer.

Flying Angels:
The popular “Flying Angels” program where a JFTC participant can wear the name of a loved one (embroidered on a Chest Strap cover) is again in place. Please see the link on the right side of this page for information on this fantastic program. Do not delay as creating the covers takes some time.

September Big Way Camp:
Registration is now open for the P3 September Big Way Camp being held at Perris 3-6 September.
The cost of this event is $840.00, which includes 18 jumps, coaching, video debriefs, an event DVD, T-Shirt, and Banquet Dinner. A $200 deposit is required to secure your slot. For detailed information and to download the registration form, go to www.skydiveperris.com/expert.html and click “Calendar of Events”. Or, you can go directly to http://www.skydiveperris.com/calendar/bigwaycamp0909.asp. This will be the perfect “tune up” for JFTC and Men’s way participants!

Tunnel Training (big way specific) at Perris: Hannah Betts, 4 way World Champion, is offering tunnel sessions to specifically work on Big Way Skills such as efficient fall rate body positions, precise movements, and stability. Please contact her at Hannah Betts for more information or to book time.

That is all I have for this month. Each event I go to I see more and more BRIGHT PINK along with BIG SMILES . The word is out on JFTC and the word is GOOD!. The entire world is cheering for us–and with the money we raise we WILL make differences in many people’s lives–not just our own.

Thank you all for choosing to go on this journey with me.
Blue skies, pink suits
kate