Aspen Club and Spa

The Aspen Club and Spa invites you to attend our 10 year annivesery since the Club was remodeled, December 18th from 4:30 pm - Close.

10 years ago Challenge Aspen was the beneficiary of our grand opening night and at that time Amanda Boxtel was the director. This year we are proud to announce we will be supporting individuals in the community who are undergoing Stem Cell research. Amanda Boxtel who recently returned from India with incredible results will be one of the individuals going back to India in January. Leah Roland will be going for the 1st time in the spring.

So save the date and plan on attending our Re-Grand opening party December 18th from 4:30 pm - Close. We will have food, drinks, music and a special guest of honor.

To Learn more about Amanda Boxtel click here

To Learn more about Leah Roland click here

Tonight the Aspen Club and Spa will be hosting a benefit dinner for Challenge Aspen. Music will start around 5pm and will continue until 8pm. Dinner will be included with your ticket. We also will be serving wine and beer. The event will be on the deck if the weather is nice. However if it rains we will move the event indoors. Bring the family out to enjoy a great evening of food, music and to support a great local organization.

Challenge Aspen provides recreational, cultural, competitive and educational experiences for individuals who have mental or physical disabilities.  

Making possibilities for people with disabilities
Please join us for Tuesdays with Michael
Benefit Barbecue
proceeds benefit Challenge Aspen

DATE: Tuesday, August 14th
TIME: 5:00 - 8:00 pm
LOCATION: The Aspen Club, 1450 Ute Ave

kids jumpy castle - family fun
live music by Big Daddy Lee & the Kingbees
food & beverages included
donations appreciated

We hope you can join us!
Our thanks to Michael Fox and his team at The Aspen Club & Spa for hosting this event.

Post blogger Amanda Boxtel, co-founder of Challenge Aspen, is reporting amazing results during her trip to India for embryonic stem cell therapy. “I am ecstatic to report that I am the proud owner of a very strong hamstring in the left leg,” she blogs. “Yes, my lower left leg can now move backwards from the knee down to the foot on its own! This is a first!!!!! In fact, I feel my gluteus maximus beginning to kick in, along with other abdominal and leg muscles that haven’t felt alive for fifteen years…. The awareness in my lower limbs is strangely phenomenal—as if a little electrical current has been turned on filtering pins-and-needle tingles all the way to my toes.” Click here to read the full story

I have attached a letter from Amanda Boxtel that I want each of you to read.  Amanda is one of the most amazing people I have ever met and someone I am honored to call a friend.  Almost 15 years ago, Amanda was in a freak skiing accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down.  She went on to start Challenge Aspen which has grown into a successful internationally recognized, non-profit organization that enables individuals with disabilities to recreate and realize their life potential.   When we reopened the new Aspen Club in 1998 it was with a fundraiser for  Challenge Aspen. 

 As Amanda describes in her letter, she is trying to embark on her life’s next journey, a novel stem cell procedure in India this summer.  In the procedure embryonic stem cell cells taken from a human embryo are injected into her injury.  Over seventy spinal cord injured individuals have shown radical success with regards to regaining bladder/bowel function; sensation; and muscle growth.   It was a big decision for Amanda and one I want to be supportive of.

 She is looking to raise $30,000 to pay for her trip and the procedure.   Anyone who knows Amanda knows her cheerfulness, courage and determination.   I want to do all we can to help her.   

 Thank you in advance.

 All the Best,

Michael Fox