Join me in raising money for Native American youth scholarships
Joe Diehl was selected for the second time, to be a participant in the 2024 Moab 240 Ultramarathon. Only 300 runners compete in this 5-day/4-night trail run covering 240 miles of wilderness terrain and 31,564 feet of elevation gain in extreme conditions in October – through the Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park in Moab, UT.
Joe is using this opportunity to raise funds for the Northwest Indian Housing Association’s Brook Kristovich Memorial Scholarship fund, recently renamed in honor of the late Brook B. Kristovich, chairman for over 20 years, and a close friend of Joe’s. The program provides scholarship funds to needy Native American youth.
https://www.nwiha.org to see Brook’s memorial.
Please donate a specific amount “per mile” (or just a flat amount).
Note that a $5 per mile donation ($1,200) will ensure that at least one student will be awarded your gift (the minimum scholarship award is $1,000).
By finishing within the 117 hour limit, Joe will make history by being the oldest finisher in the history of the race. The current oldest finisher is also a Seattle resident!
Hall of Fame donors to Joe’s prior ultramarathon fund-raising events with over $8,500 raised: RT Hawk Housing Alliance, Susan K. Diehl, Mitzi Carletti, Laurie Ann Cloud, Mike Madden, Tom Ranken, Colleen White, Doug Chapiewsky, Ed Goodman, Richard Novak, Jacqueline Kontry, Brook and Teresa Kristovich, Charles Anderson, Brit Kramer, Pamela and David Mushen, Preeyel Dalal, NAIHC Staff, AMERIND Risk Management, Lillian McDonell, Jeff Caldwell, Silvia Harrison, Colleen Taucher, Carlita Alegria, Cora Gaane, Susan Guzzetta, Alaiyah Domebo, LindaLee Retka, Tedd Buelow, John Mifsud – and several anonymous donors.
This Year’s Donors:
Susan K. Diehl
Please note that while there is no guarantee that Joe will succeed due to the vicissitudes of wilderness trail running over 117 hours in extreme conditions, all proceeds will still be donated to NWIHA’s program no matter the outcome (“finish, live or die” policy). Joe has run countless 5k’s, 10k’s and marathons since 1963; he set various high school cross-country and track records. He has in recent years competed in many marathons and has completed 5 ultramarathons to date (though attempting many more).
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Brook Kristovich Memorial Scholarship Fund
Brook B. Kristovich passed away on July 13, 2024 after a long and amazing career in tribal housing programs. Brook was a husband, brother, father and trusted colleague. An enrolled member of the Native Village of Napaimute in Alaska, Brook always gravitated to leadership positions at tribal housing authorities as well as at national and regional tribal organizations during the bulk of his career. Brook graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Washington University in 1984.
Brook committed his career to serving the housing needs of Native Americans in Indian country. He led tribal housing programs for 30 years – which began at the Spokane Indian Housing Authority and later, the Colville Indian Housing Authority – both in Eastern Washington State. He also served the Quileute Housing Authority in La Push, WA and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation in Pendleton, OR.
He then relocated to the Southwest where he served the Mescalero Apache Tribe Housing Department, Santo Domingo Tribal Housing Authority – and most recently, he was appointed to serve as the Director of Housing at the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
Brook led both national and regional organizations, including serving for 20 years as the Chairman of the Board of the Northwest Indian Housing Association. Brook represented his region on the Board of Directors of the National American Indian Housing Council, served as a member of the Board of AMERIND Risk Management – and notably, was elected President of the Traditional Council at his own tribe – the Native Village of Napaimute.
Brook’s leadership was grounded in his integrity, commitment, spirituality, hard work and his vast experience in tribal housing programs. His family, colleagues and co-workers knew him as a caring and loving person who saw the good in everyone.