June 8, 2016 from National Parkinson Foundation
"300 Imperfect
Jumps" Raises Funds for Parkinson's Disease Research
On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Kevin Burkart,
will host "300 Imperfect Jumps," and will attempt to jump out of a
plane with one arm 300 times in one day, in honor of his father who is living
with Parkinson's disease (PD). Burkart will attempt to set an adaptive
athlete world record for skydiving. The event will be held at Skydive Twin
Cities in Baldwin, Wisconsin from 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.
In 2008, Burkart completed "100 Perfect
Jumps" in one day and raised $48,000 for Parkinson's disease research. In
2010, he upped the ante and completed 150 skydives and raised $78,000. In 2013,
after a spinal cord injury left one arm paralyzed, Burkart returned to the
skies and completed 151 "Imperfect Jumps for Parkinson's Disease" and
raised an additional $135,000 for a grand total of nearly $250,000.
"Everyone at the National Parkinson
Foundation is rooting for Kevin and his ambitious goal of 300 skydives in one
day with one arm," said Paul Blom, NPF's Interim CEO. "Kevin is an
inspiration to so many and his message is one of triumph in the face of
adversity."
This year, Burkart's goal is to raise $300,000
for the National Parkinson Foundation's (NPF) Team Hope™ community fundraising
program. Proceeds from the event will support NPF's mission to make life better
for people with Parkinson's through expert care and research and will support
local programs at the NPF Minnesota Chapter.
Affecting an estimated one million Americans
and four to six million worldwide, Parkinson's disease is the second most
common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's and is the 14th leading
cause of death in the United States. There is no cure for PD and 60,000 new
cases are diagnosed each year in the United States alone.
SOURCE National Parkinson
Foundation
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