
10th ANNUAL SWIM CHALLENGE FOR CHILDREN'S October 17-18, 2020 Beaver Lake, Arkansas THE BIG DAM(NED) SWIM Swim Start Time 8.08pm (October 17) - Completion 7.47pm (October 18) - 23hrs 39min Celebrating the 11th Anniversary of Noah's Successful Surgery
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The English Channel Challenge for
Arkansas Children's Hospital
On September 15, 2009 Noah Sarkin was critically injured, suffering a fracture to his head while practicing
soccer. Four neurosurgeons at Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas
performed a craniotomy, which included the cauterization of a severed artery
and reconstruction of part of his skull with titanium plates.
The surgery was a wild success. Ten
years later, Noah's story continues to thrive, as a senior attending the University
of Kansas, where he is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in
Business.
In 2010, the Sarkin family
established the English Channel Challenge for Children's. Its
original purpose was a one-time fundraising event, a solo swim challenge
crossing of the English Channel. In 2011, Noah's dad made an unsuccessful
crossing attempt, but in so doing, the English Channel Challenge for Children's
as an annual fundraising event was born, with a mission to conduct an annual swim challenge
which must equal or exceed the 21 mile distance of the Englsh Channel crossing.
Since
2011, the Sarkin family, with Noah's dad swimming, and Noah, his brother Cade,
and mom, providing crew support, have taken on 8 annual swim challenges,
including a successful crossing of the English Channel in 2017.
These annual fundraisers have raised
more than $400,000 in support of programs provided through the Arkansas
Children's Hospital Foundation, including financial assistance to families for
travel and lodging and providing fun and interactive environments inside the
hospital for the children, programs which are only possible through donations
from the public. The needs and demands are high and involve significant effort
by the Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation to raise needed funds to
maintain and sustain these programs so that Arkansas Children's can meet and
exceed its mission to improve, restore and sustain the health of all children.
The10th Annual English Channel Challenge for Children's is going from two years of pool challenges back to the open water. Ten years ago a relay team of 24 swimmers crossed the 45 mile length of Beaver Lake. Honoring this feat, this year's Challenge will entail a solo swim crossing following the relay course of ten years ago.
By doing these annual swim
challenges, we seek to continue bring attention to how fortunate our community is to have this all important internationally- renowned world- class pediatric healthcare resource right on our doorsteps. We also hope to do a small part to ensure that every child tucked in at
night at Arkansas Children’s Hospital can feel like a child and not a patient.
The children of Arkansas Children’s Hospital do not realize how much they are
supported by the generosity of donors like you. The Arkansas Children’s Hospital
could not provide lifesaving healthcare to hundreds of thousands of children
without your help. Thank you for your generosity and support.
- Steffan, Casey, Noah and Cade Sarkin
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