Climate Ride for WABA!

Coolness! That is a great choice of a ride to do. It is fun and there are a lot of great people.

This forum has been good for fundraising. I’ll certainly contribute after the holidays. I found Facebook to be a great resource too. Twitter was okay for me… I haven’t had as good results with it in comparison to Facebook.

Something like the climate ride, you can canvas local and even non-local businesses too. I did a little of that last year with the Tim Johnson Ride on Washington. I’ll be doing that again in 2012. I’m happy to share what works for me and what doesn’t as I start that process. The fundraising for TJROW probably won’t start until after the holidays.

I have a similar amount that I need to raise for my ride, though less time to do it.

Look forward to seeing how things go and helping out where I can.

Have fun!

Pete

Congrats on going big for your first major group ride! You could have done a 60 mile Diabetes ride and been happy but this one should give you memories to last a lifetime. The ride itself sounds really cool and it’s a cause after my own heart, having a Master’s in climate science and all… so sad these days how scientists and years of research are treated like garbage just because some talking heads on tv consider themselves experts. Best of luck! Do you know what route you’ll be taking? I rode from Boston to DC in August and there was some really cool countryside in NJ and eastern PA that I wasn’t expecting.

My wife, her sister and I raised more than $10,000 for Sarcoma research at Dana Farber this year through the PMC, but most of it was from family, friends and coworkers. We did NOT have much luck with social media for some reason. Maybe we don’t have the right kind of friends like Dirt. This year we’ll need to raise more like $12,000 so we’ll have to figure out some new sources of funds.

I’ll be interested to hear updates on how training is going and how you’re feeling as it gets closer.

Bumping this

Zanna is riding for WABA, the climate, and an Arlington team on the National Bike Challenge. Please pick a reason to support her and push her fundraising over the top!

Dana