Co-Founder/VP of BPI Sports, James Grage, Sponsors the Second Annual Paralyzed Veterans of America Florida Chapter 5k …

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --The co-founder/VP of BPI Sports, James Grage, has signed up to sponsor and run in the Second Annual Paralyzed Veterans of American Florida Chapter 5k Run, Walk, & Roll and has committed to donating money to Shriners Hospitals for Children - Tampa, with the amount depending on his own finishing time.

On April 6, 2014, the Second Annual Paralyzed Veterans of America Florida Chapter 5k Run, Walk, & Roll will be taking place in Coconut Creek, Florida at Tradewinds Park. This event was created to bring awareness, and generate support for Paralyzed Veterans of America Florida Chapter, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the lives of Veterans with spinal cord injury or dysfunction. James Grage, the co-founder/VP of BPI Sports, is not only sponsoring the race, but is also running it himself.

Due to a serious car accident, Grage has not run in over 15 years. Grage saw this race as an opportunity to challenge himself, and as a way to help yet another organization out Shriners Hospitals for Children. Regardless if a family can pay, Shriners Hospitals for Children provides treatment for children in the specialty areas of: orthopedics, burn care, spinal cord injury, and cleft and palate.

Grage, on behalf of BPI Sports, has committed to donating $10,000 to Shriners Hospitals for Children - Tampa if he completes the race under a seven minute mile; and if he completes the race under a six minute mile, he's going to double the donation, and give $20,000. To further up the anty, Grage will be pushing his friend, Michael Sayih, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy across the finish line.

"This race is an opportunity to give support to two very deserving organizations that aren't quite as well known as some of the bigger nonprofits. The fact that I am simultaneously also able to challenge myself in the process is merely icing on the cake. But putting some real money on the line, for such a good cause has been more than a little motivating. I'm honored to be a part of it, and have been training my absolute hardest."

About Shriners Hospitals for Children - Tampa

Over 50,000 children have received orthopaedic specialty care in a family centered environment at Shriners Hospitals for Children Tampa since opening in October 1985. Shriners Hospitals for Children Tampa continues to focus on providing the highest quality pediatric medical care to children regardless of the family's ability to pay and relies on the generosity of our donors to deliver our mission. Located on the University of South Florida campus, the Tampa location is a major referral center for complex and highly specialized orthopaedic treatment for children throughout the state of Florida and South Georgia.

About Shriners Hospitals for Children

Shriners Hospitals for Children is a pediatric health care system of 22 hospitals dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing specialty care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the family's ability to pay. Shriners Hospitals for Children relies on the generosity of donors to deliver this mission every day.

Media Contact: Jamie Santillo, Shriners Hospitals for Children - Tampa, (813) 972-2250 x7642, jsantillo@shrinenet.org

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