As some of you loyal readers know, I’m not only an artist but an avid bike rider. I say avid because I not only like riding bikes… i LOVE riding bikes. Obsessively. I have eight of them, six of which i built. Anyway, this year, I’m doing the AIDS Lifecycle 2010 event here in California, which as you will read below, involves riding from San Francisco to Los Angeles, raising money for AIDS prevention and awareness. So take a moment to read on, if you can. And if you will be in the SF Bay Area at the end of the month, you can come out to our fundraiser at the Wild West Side bar and meet me if you haven’t already!

Thanks for looking, and for your contributions if you can make them…and please note, if you like my comic art and such, I’m running a few donation promotions, including sketches done in the What I Tole You! style and full color character commissions per my usual work ( http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/blog ). Ask me about these if you are interested. If you want Post-It Small Curiosities sketches like you see on this site, view the donation promotion here:
http://www.whatitoleyou.com/aids-lifecycle-2010-sketch-promotion.html

Thanks!

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Information on AIDS Lifecycle 2010:

In June 2010, I’m riding 585 miles of gorgeous California coastline on a fixed-gear bike over 7 days, in order to raise money ($11M dollars a year for each of the last 3 years) for AIDS prevention and treatment, cure research and services for disenfranchised gay and lesbian youth in the SF Bay Area.

AIDS/LifeCycle is a fully supported, 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, June 6-12, 2010. It’s a life-changing ride—not a race—through some of California’s most beautiful countryside. AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and is designed to advance their shared interest to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.

With that stated, I humbly ask you to look into your hearts and see if this is something that you want to give a few bucks to.  if so, you can donate by credit card at this link — http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/thom_chiaramonte

(if you’d rather write a check, there’s a link at the bottom of that page which will help you do so.)

and don’t forget, many companies will match their employees’ charity donations.  If you work for one of these generous organizations, please make sure and give them your receipt so that you can see your gift increased!  (just remember to do so in enough time to get the matching gift into the revenue stream before 6 June.)

Each rider must raise $3,000 before the event, and I’m riding with my buddy Blair as a team (The Team Lope Tyre Club) and we collectively raise $6,000 with a goal of higher than that… so everything helps!

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Fundraiser Event Notice: Team Lope is also having a fund-raising party in gorgeous SF!

DATE : Sunday, 25 April
TIME : 2PM-6PM
LOCATION : Wild Side West, 424 Cortland Avenue @ Wool Street, between Andover and Bennington Streets, Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA, USA
MAP : Wild West Side

The Wild West Side offers a great, multi-level outdoor area.  There will be drink specials, trivia contests with killer prizes, and a special treat for anyone who’d like to make me, or even one of their friends, suffer: we will have a bike on rollers on which you can force us to ride and balance for dollars! Obviously, we’ll be accepting donations at the fundraiser, too.

Thanks for your consideration, and lets all endeavor to contribute to a future free of the stigma of AIDS!
Thom
Team Lope Tyre Clubbe

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