WP Engine workers have a option to beat the Texas warmth and transfer the needle on psychological well being care on the identical time: collaborating within the 14th annual Dam That Most cancers paddleboarding occasion.
The premier fundraising occasion for the Flatwater Basis, Dam That Most cancers is offered by TYLER’S and goals to supply funds for an typically missed side of most cancers care: the psychological burden that may befall sufferers and their households throughout and after prognosis.
Flatwater Basis connects people with therapists who might help them discover the power and psychological fortitude required to tackle a most cancers prognosis, and the group has supplied greater than 60,000 hours of remedy to individuals in want since its inception in 2010.
Yearly, groups seize their gear and paddle for as much as 10 hours throughout 21 miles of lovely Lake Austin to earn donations and attain their targets. On September 11, 2023, greater than 200 paddlers will tackle the problem, hoping to push previous final 12 months’s record-setting complete of greater than $1.2M in donations!
After the paddlers have taken on the waves, all of Austin is invited to the Dam That Most cancers post-paddle celebration on the LCRA Redbud Middle from 6–8 p.m., positioned inside strolling distance of the end line.
Assist us Blow Our Objective Out of the Water
WP Engine workers have participated in Dam That Most cancers yearly since we first joined the trigger in 2017.
This 12 months, we’re official sponsors of the occasion and have three workers in attendance in addition to many extra collaborating as donors. Collectively, they’re hoping to lift $9,000, however we’re solely a few third of the way in which to our aim.
Whereas the time to enroll and paddle for your self has closed, you possibly can nonetheless take part by serving to groups like ours attain their donation targets!
If you happen to’re in a position to donate, you possibly can discover the WP Engine group web page right here to assist present care to most cancers sufferers and their households who’re searching for assist throughout what’s going to possible be one of the tough occasions of their lives.
“21 miles appears lengthy, however it’s nothing in comparison with the months and even years-long battle that follows a most cancers prognosis,” stated WP Engine Onboarding Supervisor Michael Clayton, a participant on this 12 months’s fundraiser.
“I’m so proud to participate on this 12 months’s occasion as a result of I do know that our contributions are going to ease not less than a few of the psychological load for sufferers and their households as they start that battle.”
We’ve nonetheless acquired a option to go earlier than we’ll attain our aim, and any donation you can also make will assist Flatwater Basis present very important psychological healthcare providers to most cancers sufferers and their assist networks.
ERGs Main the Cost for Crew WP Engine
Worker Useful resource Teams (ERGs) are voluntary, employee-led teams that goal to foster inclusivity within the office. WP Engine is house to 9 distinctive ERGs, and Flourish is taking the reins—or reasonably, the oars—to facilitate WP Engine’s involvement on this 12 months’s occasion.
Flourish is a bunch that goals to destigmatize and convey consciousness to neurodiversity and psychological well being within the office, making them the proper driving pressure to assist the targets of Dam That Most cancers and the Flatwater Basis.
An enormous thanks goes out to everybody who’s making this occasion attainable, together with the occasion organizers at Flatwater Basis, the paddlers, and each single contributor. Each greenback counts, and we hope you’ll contemplate supporting the WP Engine group this 12 months.
If you happen to’re within the Austin space, you possibly can attend the post-paddle celebration on the LCRA Redbud Middle as properly—we’ll see you on the end line!
