Doing a charity century and a half, Bike MS

[SteveTheTech]

Greetings fellow cyclists,

I’m passing the hat to raise funds for a charity that is very close to my heart, the National Multiple Sclerosis society. This awesome group of people has helped my wife through a very rough time in her life and now it is time that I help them help others. There are several ways the MS society assits and educates recently diagnosed patients within our community and I can tell you first hand the people that work for the organization truely believe in the cause they represent. There is little I can personally do to make the lives of those with multiple sclerosis easier but if I can participate in this ride to help raise needed funds and awareness I would gladly go as far as I can time and time again.

Please consider making a contribution, but know that I am not attempting to be pushy I still find it difficult to ask even knowing it is not directly for me. I will not bore you with a wall of text if you are interested I posted a short link to my page explaining why I do this.
http://www.tinyurl.com/stevebikes4ms

I just wanted to take one last second to thank those who helped out last year. With the combined support I was a top fundraiser for this event.

You guys rock thank you for your time and consideration.

Steve

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[SpokeGrenadeSR]

done. cheers, i’m doing nj’s coast the coast with my brother this coming weekend.
gonna try to do one every year for the foreseeable future (started in 2010).

[SteveTheTech]

Thank you kindly sir,

Send me the link for your page and I shall return the favor

I wish you all the best on your ride that looks like a very nice event.

[SpokeGrenadeSR]

@SteveTheTech 19979 wrote:

Thank you kindly sir,

Send me the link for your page and I shall return the favor

I wish you all the best on your ride that looks like a very nice event.

ive happily reached my goal already, but if youd like to contribute to my bike&build ride this summer i’ve provided that link. i’ll be co-leading a group of 32 other young adults in a trip from portsmouth, nh to vancouver, bc to build homes along the way and spread the word about the need for affordable housing. we’ve got to raise $4,500 each and i’m at $4,420 .

however, i totally understand if you’d prefer to place your donation toward to MS as it’s a family matter with you, so i’ll provide that link as well. choose as you wish. either one will be a for a good cause!

and thank you sir, i hope you have a lovely ride as well.

http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/6196
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=7615229&pg=personal&fr_id=17891

[SteveTheTech]

@SpokeGrenadeSR 20029 wrote:

ive happily reached my goal already, but if youd like to contribute to my bike&build ride this summer i’ve provided that link. i’ll be co-leading a group of 32 other young adults in a trip from portsmouth, nh to vancouver, bc to build homes along the way and spread the word about the need for affordable housing. we’ve got to raise $4,500 each and i’m at $4,420 . [/quote]

http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/6196

That is an awesome charity event, I love that concept.
I know I have trouble getting a week away from reality, that is a bucket list item many of us will never get to experience. I wish you and your team nothing but the best and look forward to seeing some pictures from your travels.

[SpokeGrenadeSR]

thanks boss, i’m really stoked on the whole thing. this weekend i’ll be getting some time in on a habitat build site in lorton so i’m excited to get a taste of what my summer will be like.

i had a wonderful time on the MS coast-the-coast ride, my brother and i were able to squeeze in the century (twice the length of his previous longest ride ever). these events are always such a great experience, i’m always pumped to see so many people out supporting a cause like beating MS.

here’s to hoping you have as awesome a time as we did!
..obviously you will haha

also! i do have a blog that i’ll be doing my best to keep updated en route, it’s gogogadgetbikethighs.tumblr.com in case youd like to live vicariously through my posts.

also also! thank you for your donation!! is there anywhere along the route that you’d like a post card from?

[creadinger]

Hope that helps! I’ll be posting a new thread on here soon about a cancer fundraiser, so I know what it’s like to raise money.

I also did an MS150 ride a few years ago and loved it. It was the central Pennsylvania one, from Holidaysburg to State College and back. I grew up there so it was so cool to go back and ride some of the roads I knew from the vantage point of a car.

Best of luck!
Chris

[SteveTheTech]

@SpokeGrenadeSR 20311 wrote:

thanks boss, i’m really stoked on the whole thing. this weekend i’ll be getting some time in on a habitat build site in lorton so i’m excited to get a taste of what my summer will be like.

i had a wonderful time on the MS coast-the-coast ride, my brother and i were able to squeeze in the century (twice the length of his previous longest ride ever). these events are always such a great experience, i’m always pumped to see so many people out supporting a cause like beating MS.

I’m sure you will have no problem hitting your goal, that is such a great cause and an awesome feat on your your part. I will definetely be following your travels. Do you at least get to sleep in a hotel/motel or will you really be roughing it?
The BikeMS rides are awesome they are so well supported, I wish I had a SAG wagon to follow me on my rides out in the country some days. The people cheering you on along the route is what I find most touching. I did a ride in NC a few weeks back and there was one house we passed who had someone living there with MS with their kids and the neighbors kids cheering the entire time the group passed, it is quite a moving moment and something I will never forget.

@creadinger 20321 wrote:

Hope that helps! I’ll be posting a new thread on here soon about a cancer fundraiser, so I know what it’s like to raise money.

Many thanks sir,
Please do not hesitate to ask for some help here. Many people I have met in the cycling community like to pay the good karma forward, especially if we are planning on soliciting at some point in the future. I try to chip in to as many as I can during the charity ride season.
Last year I had a hell of a time working up the nerve to ask for money, I just don’t like asking for things. There were many people that kept telling me to remember that I am not looking for a personal handout. The money I have raised goes directly to a charity. The second go round is a little (only a little though) easier since I now believe that it is really not for me but for a cause I truely belive in with people who really need some help.

Very best of luck to the both of you.

[SpokeGrenadeSR]

@SteveTheTech 20430 wrote:

I’m sure you will have no problem hitting your goal, that is such a great cause and an awesome feat on your your part. I will definetely be following your travels. Do you at least get to sleep in a hotel/motel or will you really be roughing it?
The BikeMS rides are awesome they are so well supported, I wish I had a SAG wagon to follow me on my rides out in the country some days. The people cheering you on along the route is what I find most touching. I did a ride in NC a few weeks back and there was one house we passed who had someone living there with MS with their kids and the neighbors kids cheering the entire time the group passed, it is quite a moving moment and something I will never forget.

i actually just reached it a couple days ago! you were the 2nd to last for pushing it over the top.
we’ll be staying at churches and community centers most of the way, camping one or two nights. and because it’s a large group (33 including me) we’ve got a van for bags, food and equipment and as a leader i have to drive that every 4 days, which i don’t mind, allows for some extra effort to go fast the day before i drive.
and yes, that’s one of my favorite parts as well, it’s so energizing riding by a group of people who are yelling out encouragement.

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