Aspen Club Raises Over $100,000 For Stem Cell Research

December 20th, 2007 at 09:42pm Post Staff 43

ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)—The Aspen Club and Spa knew its benefit for three embryonic stem-cell pioneers was going to be big.

But the party--and the money raised--turned out to be even bigger than expected.

 Club officials are reporting the 30th Anniversary club benefit for Amanda Boxtel, Leah Roland, and Casie Burtard--three young woman heading to India for embryonic stem-cell research--raised more that $100,000, with more than $12,000 raised in the auction of a Labrador puppy.

Boxtel journeyed to India for the experimental therapy now banned in the United States. She reports a range of improvements, including movement in her toes, muscle tone in her quadriceps and hamstrings, and improved bowel function. Boxtel has been paralyzed from the waist down for over fifteen years, and Roland and Burtard are hoping for similar results. 

Embryonic stem cell research and therapy is limited because of political concerns. Boxtel's trip to India for the therapy cost more than $30,000.

The Aspen Club's tenth anniversay, twenty years ago, was a benefit for Challenge Aspen, co-founded by Boxtel.

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