We CAN and MUST make a difference!

Dear Friends and Family,

In just 3 mos and 5 days, I have raised $5,500 for the amazing services that San Francisco AIDS Foundation provides. I cannot express enough the sincere gratitude that I have for everyone who has supported me.

When I first set out to do this ride, it was about the journey of making a difference, at arms length...but that's changed. In my fundraising and connecting with the AIDS/LifeCycle community, I've already made a couple of good friends who are HIV+. Now, my goal is personal...I ride for them, I ride for the people with whom I will make friends on this ride, and I ride for those who I will never meet: your brothers and sisters, your mothers and fathers, your sons and daughters. We've all been touched by HIV and AIDS...and I'm tired of saying "some day."

The SFAF is working to provide critical services to support those people living with HIV/AIDS and to those people who need educational and preventative services to avoid from contracting the disease. The unfortunate thing is that HIV and AIDS are still here and there's still so much work that needs to be done before it can be a thing of the past.

From June 6-12, 2010, I'm bicycling in AIDS/LifeCycle. It's a 7-day, 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to make a world of difference in the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.

I've lost too many friends (even one friend is too many) to this disease and I'm determined that I will not lose another. Help me reach my goal to raise $10,000 to benefit the SFAF so that it can continue to providing it services to the so many in need. Any amount helps, and please remember, your gift is tax-deductible.

I'm not giving up, and I hope you won't either, until HIV and AIDS are things of the past. Would you please help me change "some day" to "today."

Thanks for your support.
Tony

P.S., You can monitor my training/progress at http://chainring-tattoo.blogspot.com. You can also click the "Team Dylan-Hyde" box to the right to see where we are at reaching our ultimate goal of raising $20,000.

If you prefer to make your donation by check, please click here for a printable donation form.