Step Up For Charity: Jim Campbell attempts world record stair climb

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The Step Up For Charity world record stair climb was attempted on October 5th - 6th. It was held outdoors at the Pike Township Fire Departments' Annual Safety Fair. Record temperatures of 90 F combined with high humidity to make the stair climbing conditions absolutely brutal. A total of 83,509 stairs were climbed in 24 hours, well short of the record of 106,308.

Fund raising efforts on behalf of the charities continues! Please don't believe that because the climb is done, so is the work. The fund raising goal was set very high this time around and, to date, very little of it has been raised. Please consider contributing, either through the link provided or directly to the charities. Thank you.

This event is done for the sole purpose
of raising money for charity!

Three main charities are supported by this: to help educate firefighters’ kids through The Jim Cleek Scholarship Fund (an educational endowment in honor of one of my Lieutenants who died of cancer), to educate Police officers’ kids through The Jason Baker Scholarship (a scholarship in honor of a local police officer murdered in the line of duty), and better US Army Officers through The Maude Foundation (a scholarship in honor of my brother in law, killed on 9-11). These are smaller charities that struggle to receive funding and to whom a small donation means a great deal.

100%- every single penny- of the money donated to this event goes to benefit the charities. There are no overhead costs and any expenses (such as this website and printed materials) are covered by other specific individual donations.

"Charity efforts remain on going and I'm surprised that they've required more effort than the actual climbing, as hard as that may be to believe" states Lt. Campbell. “These are charities that are either based in or have strong Indianapolis connections, yet most of the donations come from businesses with little link to this area. It would certainly be motivating to see local folks support a US Soldier, a Police Officer, and a Firefighter who gave their all.”

Please click here to find out how you can help!

Please note: It has been brought to our attention that a California man by the name of James Campbell has been claiming to be a firefighter while appearing at various disasters across the country, including Hurricane Katrina.

This IS NOT the James "Jim" Campbell from this website. Their names may be the same (Campbell is the Scottish equivalent of "Smith" and James is an equally common first name) but their moral and ethical beliefs are worlds apart.

Thank you for not allowing one disreputable person in the world to affect your decision to help a REAL firefighter and humanitarian.