Tom Kelly's 60th Birthday

Last year we lost a great friend and Olympic medalist, Jeret "Speedy" Peterson. My memory of Speedy is how much he cared about and helped others. And I appreciate my network of friends making a donation in his memory to The Speedy Foundation on the occasion of my 60th birthday.

The Speedy Foundation is dedicated to understanding mental illness, preventing suicide and fighting its stigma through education, research and advocacy. It is a non-profit organization dedicated to understanding mental illness, preventing suicide and fighting stigma through education, research, and advocacy. It was formed in 2011 in the loving memory of Idaho native Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, an Olympic freestyle aerials medalist whose life was characterized by his service to others. The Speedy Foundation raises money to support education and research to help prevent suicide and engages with advocacy groups such as the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to increase awareness of suicide prevention with the public.

The Speedy Foundation is administered through our own Park City Foundation, an amazing organization the provides a channel for donations to a wide array of vital non-profits in our community. it gives us a great sense of pride in our hometown of Park City to be able to give back to causes that both help those in need and also make our community a better place to live.

A three-time Olympian, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson grew up in Boise, ID, skiing at nearby Bogus Basin. As an athlete, he was successful at the highest level of his sport, winning an Olympic silver medal at Vancouver in 2010 and capturing the hearts of fans worldwide with his trademark quintuple twisting triple flip, “The Hurricane.” As a person, he was always known as someone who looked out for others and cared deeply for his family and friends. In his athletic career he won a U.S. Junior Championship as well as the 2005 season-long FIS World Cup title. In 2007 he set a world record score of 268.70 at Deer Valley Resort, which is not likely to ever be broken. As a young athlete, coaches gave him the nickname Speedy for the cartoon character Speed Racer with his big helmet and his flair for moving around quickly. While a loving, caring outgoing young man, Jeret also battled depression and took his life in July, 2011 at the age of 29. Today, in the spirit of Jeret’s own passion of giving to others, The Speedy Foundation has been developed by his family and friends and is focused on understanding mental illness, preventing suicide and fighting stigma through education, research, and advocacy.