WEST VIRGINIA: Bishop plans to jump off bridge -- to raise money

Episcopal Life-

Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia Bishop W. Michie Klusmeyer will strap on a harness October 17 and slide 700 feet down a zip line to raise money for the Church Periodical Club (CPC).
The CPC provides free books, tapes and magazines for seminarians and others by way of national and international projects with Episcopal Church connections including at the Women's Prison in Alderson, West Virginia, and the Highland Educational Project in the state's McDowell County.

The bishop's fundraising ride will be part of the 2009 Bridge Day festivities in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Bridge Day was first celebrated in 1980 to commemorate the completion of the New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville. It is the largest extreme sport event and the largest gathering of BASE (buildings, antennae, spans and earth) jumpers in the United States. It features more than 300 BASE jumpers, hundreds of rappellers, and more than 100,000 spectators.

This will be Klusmeyer's fourth Bishop's Slide to raise money for outreach programs in the diocese. His goal is to raise $15,000 for CPC from sponsors in and outside of the diocese, and to draw attention to CPC.

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