Beau's AIDS/LifeCycle Challenge

nobody@vox.com(Jamison) — Tue, 13 May 2008 13:38:12 -0700

Our office was featured last week as one of Valleywag's 10 best workspaces and a mention of our bike garage right before Bike to Work Day gave Beau an idea. Last friday morning Beau had that smile he gets whenever he comes up with something really good (he does it quite a lot) and I knew this was going to be good.

So many people here in the Six Apart office bike, walk or ride transit (we don't even have parking) already, I'd barely noticed the Bike to Work Day was coming up. Beau didn't need to convince anyone that we as should do something together as a company to support Bike to Work Day, so we'll be doing something special here on Vox along with TypePad. For folks in San Francisco, we'll be handing out snacks and drinks to cyclists out front. .

Beau is going another step further though, offering to donate $10 to AIDS/LifeCycle for everyone in the office who rides a bike to work on Thursday. This will be the third time I will be riding the 7 day, 545 mile fundraiser and this year Alex and Mike are joining me as first time riders.

You can help us too with a donation of support to (me) Jamison (rider 2008), Alex (rider 2004), and Mike (rider 2050).

And if you're in San Francisco, swing by Six Apart HQ thursday morning for snacks on your way to work. We're located at 548 Fourth Street, midway between Bryant and Brannan on the way towards the Caltrain station.

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nobody@vox.com(Jamison) — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:03:22 -0700

Guess what I'm doing for my summer vacation?

I'm spending 7 straight days riding my bike 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles to fight AIDS. On June first I'll be setting out on my third AIDS/LifeCycle ride.

If you are not familiar AIDS/LifeCycle yet, this week long fundraising event for the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and LA Gay and Lesbian Center raised over $11 million last year alone to help those living with HIV/AIDS and through counseling, education and working with governments to develop policy that will stop the spread of the disease.

I've set a goal of raising $6,000 this year and I need your donation of support to get there. Every rider has pledged to raise a minimum of $2,500, but I know I can do more because with the support of friends and coworkers I've raised over $12,000 between the two previous times I've ridden.

Please consider making a donation of support to help those living with HIV/AIDS and stop the spread of this deadly disease. Thank you all.

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just 'cause you feel it

Beau's AIDS/LifeCycle Challenge

I need your support