Pole To Peak For A Cause -The Kilimanjaro!

Photo by David P. MacDonald

Pole To Peak is the biggest and most challenging charity event the pole industry has ever seen and at its helm is non other than KT Coates, a major force in the pole fitness sport.

KT Coates and Kate Whitley have joined forces to organise a charity climb to help raise money for Debbie Plowman who tragically fell from the pole at Christmas and is now paralysed from the neck down and still has 2 children aged 2 and 5 to support. She can not breath with out the help of a ventilator, she can not talk and can only communicate by blinking.

This has moved both ladies so much to do their part in helping out by creating awareness for the cause as this is something that  could happen to any of us, so we would like to invite everyone from around the world that is related to the pole industry to join them on a charity fund raiser to raise £40,000 to help make Debbie’s life a little more comfortable and help in her hopefully rehabilitation.

Debbie has also inspired both ladies to create their own charity endorsed by the International Pole Sports Federation – The Pole Sports Benevolent Fund, a company founded by KT Coates. The charity is run by a group of volunteers for pole dancers by pole dancers. It will give pole dancers the opportunity to apply for grants in times of need or to create non-profit pole events or activities. They decided to do this after many years of fund raising for charities that were happy to take their money but not happy to be associated with the pole fitness industry. By creating the charity foundation, it will enable pole dancers worldwide to support each other without any prejudice.

The event will take place 8-18^th September 2011, Kilimanjaro – Tanzania
Minimum fund raising amount of £3000 – £1850 covers the cost of the trip, £1150 goes directly to Debbie.
The Person/school to raise the most will win a fantastic prize. They are looking for 35 people to take part and 20 places have gone already
Please don’t panic about the amount of money that needs to be raised as there is over a year to raise it and schools/individuals can create events to help generate sponsorship. If anyone would like to sponsor KT Coates’ climb on the great mountain, that option is also available.

Visit the website for more details at PoleToPeak.com