50 Days Until Opening Ceremonies!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THE “TEAM TIM” FUNDRAISER A HUGE SUCCESS!
It was really a magical night for me to have so many people who have influenced my life all in one room along with new friends and supporters.  To have my family and close friends along with my extended families at Teach For America, Brandeis, Riverdale Country School and Fencing, not to mention the members of the Salmagundi club in attendance made this night so special for me. I’m still blown away by the outpouring of support and can’t say thank you enough or how much it means to me to be able to share this dream and experience with everyone.  There were just over 100 people in attendance at the event and around 140 people total overall who offered support.  A special thank you to Ellen Stolzman and her family for helping to make this event a reality while I traveled around the world! THANK YOU THANK YOU!

You can check out pictures from the event here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2055362&l=61637&id=9804644

TRAINING UPDATE:
With 50 days until opening ceremonies my teammates and I are training hard. We have been having a training camp with the Ukrainian and Spanish National teams in New York City for the last 10 days as we prepare for the final Grand Prix World Cup in Las Vegas, Nevada next week as well as get ready for Beijing. Its been a really great experience to practice with so many of the worlds top fencers.  

10,000 NEW FENCERS CAMPAIGN!
I’m just about to launch a personal passion project to get 10,000 new people to fence in the United States in conjunction with the added media attention brought by Olympic Games to our sport.  I’m spear-heading this effort, but have some great partners who I’ll announce soon aiding me with this endeavor.  Needless to say, if you have never fenced before, you will be hearing from me soon! More details to come ina week!

MEDIA/WEBSITE UPDATE:

• I just posted some new material on my website: www.timmorehouse.com (The training section should be launched this week)
• http://fencing.usoc.org/athlete/videos/525 (United States Olympic Committee Website Interview. Video 1: I’m talking about Teach For America. Video 2: About how I started fencing)