Shifting Gears United

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Marine Corps Marathon Virtual Weekend Update

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Latest updates:
Monday, October 19, 2020
Pepsi Cola is sponsoring drinks and snacks for our MCM weekend and future events. The director from Pepsi Cola located in WPB is originally from Newark NJ, right by Harry’s firehouse. What a small world- I invited Pepsi Cola to attend our team dinner and Sunday.

The Moose Lodge located on Indiantown Road is loaning us their American flag, smoking up shredded pork for 100 people – they will also be volunteering Sunday.

Old Florida bar & grill donating Asian Cole slaw
Bubba burger donated 20 boxes hamburgers.

The Film crew and athletes arrive Saturday LaQuinta – Jupiter
I’m setting up the interviews between film production and the athletes being interviewed the name of Documentary is called “Never Surrendered” Dick Traum’s story.

Things are coming together. Harry and I have been making trips to storage getting all items needed in place.

SGU received paperwork we are a official non profit born 9/11/2019

Talk soon
JK

Coronavirus Florida: Tequesta Paralympian Holding Food Drive

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Palm Beach Post – 04/24/2020
Link to Article

TEQUESTA — Looking for a meaningful, but safe, reason to get out of the house this weekend?

A Tequesta-based non-profit organization is holding a food drive Saturday and Sunday to stock area food pantries that are strapped for supplies as the coronavirus pandemic puts people out of work.

The organization, Shifting Gears United, is led by Jacqui Kapinowski, a two-time U.S. Paralympian paralyzed from the chest down who lives in Tequesta.

Kapinowski said she started calling around to local food pantries in late March and learned that many had depleted inventories as more people depended on them for food.

“The pantries are empty and they need to be filled,” said Kapinowski, 57. “And that’s what my goal is.”

The drive runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 107 Fairview West in Tequesta on Saturday and Sunday.

A drop-off table will be set up at the foot of the driveway there and volunteers will collect the goods as donors drive away.

Kapinowski, who also leads handcycle and kayak programs for those with disabilities in the area, suggests donating non-perishable goods, such as canned foods, peanut butter and boxed pasta.

“People are already dropping things off,” she said. “The garage already has cases of food in it. It’s unbelievable.”

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