585 miles
"Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world."
- Grant Peterson
Friends and colleagues, I need your help. After months of grueling training, I am nearly ready to participate (for the first time) in California’s annual AIDS/Lifecycle Ride. The goal of the AIDS ride is to raise funds to support HIV/AIDS services. I have committed to ride my bicycle for 7 consecutive days, for a total of 585 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles. For those who have not heard of this event, it is the official cycling event of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center (http://www.aidslifecycle.org).
The AIDS Ride is about HIV/AIDS and aims to raise money to help the beneficiaries continue to provide the critical services and education needed to meet the growing needs of our community. The event serves to increase awareness and knowledge about HIV/AIDS among participants, their donors and the general public. It is our collective hope that this event (and similar ones) will address the widespread misperception that HIV and AIDS are no longer a problem – (in fact more people are living with HIV & AIDS today than ever before, which means a much greater need for services). In California alone there are more than 55,000 people living with AIDS, and another 125,000 living with HIV, many unaware of their infection.
So…in the spirit of both trying to help out the world (and keep myself in shape), I have spent countless hours in the gym, complained incessantly to loved ones of being sore and purchased a brand new bike!
To contribute to the AIDS/Lifecycle Ride, just click here (all donations are tax deductible):
Thank you so much!
Lali