Some of you may know Tod Foulk for his work in various fashion events around town, including Portland Fashion Week. Now you may see him floating down the river—for a cause:

Harkening back to those daring do days of yore, Tod Foulk of SEMPER Fashion, the Portland, OR. fashion show production company responsible for Rock the Runways, Fashion Paloozazaza, and Portland Fashion Week since 2005 among many events, is helping Miss Oregon 2007 Kari Verdig to raise 100k for the Make a Wish Foundation. To do so he has chosen to inner tube the over 100 miles of rough and open water from the mouth of his beloved Sandy river in Troutdale to the Pacific ocean at Astoria. Piloting his vintage 1992 bellyboat/fishing tube named Fiona after his daughter, will not be an easy task. Millions of tons of cargo traffic bearing down can crush him in an instant, dangerous shoals lurk from below, tangled masses of dead trees promise to ensnare him in their claw-like embrace, while deadly sea creatures and restless native threaten to eat him at every turn of the river. The trip is expected to take nearly a week, with Tod pulling into shore at nights for a good meal, and a fine and refreshing Rockstar Energy Drink by fireside while hourly watching for cannibals. This trip is not all fun and games however, as Tod plans to keep up his studies with the latest volumes of Book Moda, Sunset Magazine, Cosmo and Vogue. He is well provisioned for the arduous trip with Rockstar Enegry Drink, dried apricots, oranges, and hershey bars to ward off the chill. But any further food donations Tod wishes made in his name to the Oregon Food Bank. He is seeking corporate sponsorship at the rate of 1.00 per nautical mile completed, please contact him directly at todfoulk@msn.com.