AIDS Ride fundraising tips
a baldo
I know this part is less fun than training and actually riding, but we
do need to raise $$ to fund our ride.
We each need to come up with $280 (which is less than it would be if
we were doing this individually rather than as a team).
So far I've got $143 and Siddharth has $150. You can see how we're
doing as a team, here: http://tinyurl.com/COC-century
Last year the $$ seemed to come in a lot faster; perhaps because it
was the first time I'd asked for money, and because people were
excited that I'd lost all the weight. This year it's going slower.
The official web page has some fund raising tips, here:
http://aidsrideforlife.org/downloads/STAP%20ARFL%20Fund%20Raising%20tips.pdf
Below is a copy of the email I sent a few months to my friends,
neighbors, and relatives, asking if they'd like to help sponsor my
ride. Feel free to use anything in there that is helpful.
anja
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Hi Everyone,
One of the things I wanted to do after losing 180 lbs was ride a
century again. You can read more about my journey back to health and
an active lifestyle, here: www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp
The event I selected is the AIDS Ride for Life, and I did it September
2010. It circumnavigated Cayuga Lake and took me 6:53 of actual
biking (about 14.7 mph on average), and 8:38 including breaks off the
bike. My friends and relatives (including many of you at LSL)
generously donated $360 to sponsor my ride! Here is a story about
that ride, with pictures:
www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp
Over the past year I've managed to KEEP the weight off (in many ways
harder than getting it off in the first place) and I'm going to ride
in this event again. It'll be held on September 10, 2011 (9/10/11).
This year I'll be riding with friends from the Cornell Outing Club,
who are fellow avid outdoors people. Our team page is here:
http://tinyurl.com/COC-century To find my page just click on my name.
The money we raise will benefit the Southern Tier AIDS Program which
provides comprehensive HIV/AIDS services in the Southern Tier of New
York. Founded in 1984 as a local response to the HIV epidemic,
Southern Tier AIDS program provides effective and innovative HIV and
Hepatitis C (HCV) prevention education and outreach services to people
living with HIV/AIDS. Having grown up in the SF Bay Area in the 1980s
I suppose I'm particularly sensitive to issues surrounding this
disease.
If you are inclined to sponsor me, I'm grateful. If not, no worries.
It's all good. Heck, I'm just happy to be in the shape I'm in, to be
ABLE to ride in something like this!
Many thanks for your support -- and please forward this to anyone who
you think might want to interested!
Angela Baldo
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