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Sarah Gonser Quattrochi is fundraising
Keep Bridge Chattanooga Shining in Memory of Ryan
Many of you know that our dear friend, son, brother, colleague, and neighbor - Ryan Keller - was the original visionary behind Bridge Chattanooga. However, five years ago today, Ryan was taken from us by suicide. Everyone who loved him has walked a different journey in coming to terms with this fact.

It is undeniable that Ryan had a zest for life that rubbed off on those who knew him. He joked, planned, adventured, pondered, and toiled to create avenues to make every day more meaningful, adventurous, and FUN for those he met along the way. It is likely that most people never knew of Ryan's inner struggles.

What we want you to know, and what we hope Ryan would be proud of, is that the work he started and the legacy he left continues today through Bridge Chattanooga. Ryan's experience inspires us to place relationship-building and skill-building to help our students experience mental well-being as a core component of Bridge Chattanooga's programming. Trauma and mental health challenges know no boundaries - these are human challenges that we must acknowledge, discuss, and prepare for each day.

There are many details to be told about how Bridge Chattanooga came into being and where we are headed. But for now, for August, as we remember and celebrate Ryan, we want you to know that we're ready for the 2022-2023 school year and we're here to carry on with our mission to connect students to nature, create adventure, and inspire joy.

If you would like to support Bridge Chattanooga in Ryan's honor, your gift will help us connect more than 100 students to nature throughout the next year.

Here's how your support can help:

$25 will cover a daypack, bug spray, and sunscreen for one student

$150 will cover snack and dinner food for one week of programming for 10 students

$300 will fuel our van for one month of adventuring

$1,000 will sponsor a high school summer intern's complete experience in 2023

Thank you! We are grateful for the gift of Ryan's life and appreciative of the generosity that has fueled Bridge Chattanooga's ministry.
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Sarah Gonser Quattrochi is fundraising
Bridge Chattanooga Giving Campaign
Our campaign started with Giving Tuesday right after Thanksgiving. The community showed up to help us beat our $2,500 goal! So we’ve raised our goal for year-end. This money will help us carry our programming on into the summer months and then forward into the 2019/2020 school year!

Bridge Chattanooga is making a difference in the lives of local students by enlarging their view of the world. We are connecting kids from Dalewood Middle School in the Brainerd community directly to nature through outdoor adventures and learning opportunities, to local artists and business owners, volunteer opportunities, and a community of caring adults all while teaching important life skills like communication, conflict resolution, empathy, and healthy friendship-building.

Bridge Chattanooga is a program of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga. All funds raised will go directly to the Bridge Chattanooga program and will help with staffing, transportation, supplies, field trip admissions, snacks, and dinner for our students.

We are so grateful to our incredible volunteers and program partners, especially First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Dalewood Middle School, TenneSEA (Student Environmental Alliance), Southeast TN RC&D, and Helen Ross McNabb Center.

We would welcome you to join us as a guest, volunteer, or donor at any point. To find out more information about the program, please visit us at www.facebook.com/bridgecha, e-mail at [email redacted], or call at [phone redacted]. We love to share our story in person, so if you'd like us to come visit you or a group that you are connected to, please let us know!
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About The First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga

1505 N. Moore RoadChattanooga, TN 37411

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Protestantism

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1962

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