Read the original article that was printed in the Press Democrat on August 1, 2024
On December 14th the Arlene Francis Center prescreened Half-Life Documentary and raised $1,500 towards funding the sound track.
Kirk Keeler was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Through the trials & tribulations of living with this disease, he was inspired to rock climb a route up Half Dome in Yosemite to help bring awareness to cancer screening. With two years of training, amongst chemo treatments and trying alt treatments like RSO, the climb was accomplished on August 3, 2024. Kirk Climbed Snake Dike, 5,000 feet above Yosemite Valley with a film crew! Half-Life, a documentary by Kaare Iverson, was accepted to be shown at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City in February. We raised $1,500 to help with the costs of the soundtrack, but, we are not done yet. We need your help. Scan the QR code to help us reach our goal. The money we raise will pay for editing time and admission costs for other Film Festivals.
Scan the code to help fund the soundtrack to Half Life!
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“Kirk’s goal, ultimately, is to climb Half Dome with Kevin, but more get the word out about how critical pre-screening is to discovering if you have colon cancer or not,” said Jen Miramontes of Cancer Champions in Kirk’s Documentary. “It’s really loud and clear to me that I don’t want people to go through what I’ve had to go through,” Keeler adds at the end of the short film trailer. “It’s not just a climb that I want to do and accomplish. I want it to be for something bigger.”
December 14th, 2024 Fundraiser
Arlene Francis Center needs to raise $10,000 to fund the soundtrack to Half Life, Documentary by Kaare Iverson about Kirk Keeler’s amazing achievements. We opened our building for a night of Music, Photography, Pre-Screening of the film and other Nonprofits that all come together to educate people on how important it is to get screened for cancer. Kirk did a huge thing learning something new and doing something most people wouldn’t fathom. We still need help. Click the link below to help pay for soundtrack editing and film festival submission costs. together as a community, we can help raise awareness and support someone that’s actively trying to help raise awareness of the importance of early screening for cancer.
This is your opportunity to help be part of something big.
We cant do this on our own and we need your help. Graphic Artists, we need help creating a Poster for the movie. If you are interested, please email us.
Martin Hamilton passed away 3 weeks after asking us to host this event. He really wanted to connect with Kirk because he knew him from New College of California North Bay. The Arlene Francis Center is continuing with his wishes and we’re asking you to support Martins last connection. If you knew Martin, he was always connecting and supporting people and we need your help to make this connection shine. We are at 11% of our desired goal. Scan the QR Code to help support this Documentary.
