How You Can Help Me

I will be representing Washington State as the first rider from not only WA state (but the entire West Coast) for this ride. Did you know that no one from the West Coast has ever been on this ride before??? No? Well neither did I until a few weeks ago when I attended an EMS conference and listened to Steve Berry EMT-P talk about the ride. Did you also know that the EMS community has a National Memorial Tree in Roanoke Virginia? No? Well, again, neither did I. As I sat listening to Steve talk about this ride and the reasons why people ride, I felt a calling to do this ride!

I am in need of your help and support for the Ride.
I am in the process of gaining support to make the ride in 2009. 100% of funds rasied will be forwarded directly to the National EMS Memorial Bike Ride (NEMSMBR) and will benefit families of our fallen victims. A portion of proceeds will then be sent back to Team Tamie to offset some of the expense for the ride. Donations are 100% TAX DEDUCTIBLE! Please be sure to either submit an invoice, letter or statement with it that it is for Team Tamie -Tamie Zabroski. I have listed the proposed cost for me to participate in the memorial bike ride.

Checks should be made payable to the NEMSMBR and Donations should be mailed to:

Milton Fire Department
Team Tamie
1000 Laurel St
Milton, WA 98354

You may now donate online at:

http://www.muddyangels.com/

Click on the 'Support The Ride' on the right hand side of the page. In order for me to get credit for the ride you must put my name (TAMIE ZABROSKI) on the 2nd Address Line. Thank you so much for your support!!

Suggested Donor Levels:

Title Sponsors: $2500+
Yellow Jersey Sponsors $1000
Green Jersey Sponsors $500
Polka Dot Jersey Sponsors $250
White Jersey Sponsors: $100


2009
Memorial Bike Ride Projected Cost
Approximately $2500
Breakdown:
Registration Fee
~$250
Donation Fee(which will go to our Family Fund to support the families of providers who have suffered a catastrophic event).
~$250
Lodging 11 days @ $125 Night(rounding up-sharing the cost with another Muddy Angel)
~$600
Transportation costs
~$800
Food @ $30 day
~$330
Gu,Powerbars
~$75
Bike Rental
~$110

Honoring the Flight Crew LODD 9/29/2005

On Sept. 29 2005, an Airlift Northwest helicopter crashed while flying from Seattle's Harborview Medical Center to its home base in Arlington. The aircraft went down in Brown’s Bay, just north of Edmonds.

The three people onboard the helicopter died in the crash. The victims were Erin Reed, RN, an adult flight nurse; Lois Suzuki, RN, a pediatric flight nurse; and Steve Smith, a rotary wing pilot employed by CJ Systems Aviation Group.

They left Harborview Medical Center at 9:04 pm to return to their homebase at the Arlington airport about 40 miles north.

LOIS SUZUKI 1958-2005



Kay Suzuki, Lois's mom told me, "She loved what she did as an Airlift Nurse and felt it was the most exciting and self-satisfying work she was involved in. Her laughter was most remembered by all, and boosted everyone's spirit".


ERIN EACHUS REED 1957-2005



From Sandy Brians, Erin's mother, "I want to tell you about wonderful people who are now lost to the air ambulance community and to their family and friends. Erin Reed had been severly burned when a molotov cocktail intended for another couple landed at her feet. She spent 84 days in the hospital and her life was changed dramatically. Erin launched her EMS career as an "ambulance driver". That phrase hated by all EMS medics, but that's what she was. She got her paramedic certifications and worked in Santa Rosa, California. Erin overcame her fear of fire to become a firefighter/paramedic in Marin County California. Erin and her husband moved to Boston where she was unable to find work as a firefighter. She began working for BostonMedFlight as a paramedic while putting herself through school, choosing nursing as a career. While in Boston Erin fell in love with FLIGHT. Upon graduating from school, she joined her husband in Tennessee and went to work in the emergency room of Holston Valley Hospital. She eventually decided to start her new life in Seattle, Washington.When she went to Seattle she persuaded me to get a computer to "keep in touch". I had to go back to the phone as she was not good about returning my e-mails! I saw more of her after the move to Seattle. On one visit to my mom's we talked about her desire to work in flight. She was discouraged as she feared 40 was the age of no return, when the door would close on her dream, and the dreaded birthday was only a few years away. I still remember the phone call telling me she had finally got the job with Airlift. Erin was thrilled, overjoyed, thankful her dream was realized!


More about the crew will be following shortly. I am in contact with Lois and Erin's mothers learning what I can about them.