Hi Everyone! Happy New Tax Year! (I'm sure you're now looking for a good deduction?)
Once again I will be riding 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in AIDS/Lifecycle 7. This is my annual "annoy you to ask for a donation" email, the first of a few to ask for a (tax deductible!) donation to my goal of $5,000.
The past year has been a difficult one for my very good friend, Michael F.- who is a cycling buddy and also a Positive Pedaler. After years of taking the same meds and maintaining a decent number of T-cells, and having the ability to ride his bike from SF to LA TWICE- he has recently had to be hospitalized and his t-cell count has gotten dangerously low. He is now on a new cocktail of pills and they are hoping to get him on the mend ("and back on his bike too, damnit!" he says) soon.
That is only one of the reminders of why I choose to ride each year. Not only for those whom I remember, but for those who are the face of AIDS and HIV in my life.
Now remember someone you have lost, or think of that great person you know who struggles with HIV. Chances are you know someone, or know someone who knows someone. That is how widespread AIDS still is. Young people in the U.S are at persistent risk for HIV infection, especially youth of minority races and ethnicities.
Your donation to my AIDS/Lifecycle Ride will go directly to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation in support of the services it provides both locally and globally.
Thanks in advance for even considering it for a moment!
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