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HAM Radio Operators Needed to ensure the safety of bicyclists for the May 17th Tour de Cure in Tyrone (Atlanta) Georgia

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009
Time: Various
Address: Sandy Creek High School
360 Jenkins Rd
Tyrone, GA 30290

Contact Doug Papciak doug@dougpapciak.com

Friends,

The Tour de Cure is less than a week away. To those of you who have donated, thank you. If you haven’t had an opportunity to yet, I have until 18JUN08 to collect funds. Today I hit the half way mark to my fundraising goal of $10,000. Wahoo! That doesn’t include Bank of America matching funds.

The team coerced me into attempting to do 31 miles at this year’s event. Many of you have asked for photos to see how we train for such an event on a unicycle. Video links are below.
Favorite video of our police incident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTYkQjt1hyg
Operating radio on UNI for first time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utFjylQrgBQ
Video of our training ride 10APR08: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6605ssTOCLM
Training Ride Video2 17APR08: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9z5k6t-Id8

I hope to have video of my new $1,000 ugly purple unicycle with hydraulic brakes soon.

Join my team or support me: http://main.diabetes.org/goto/doug

Risk Test: http://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp

Thank you for your support!

Doug

Friends,

Once a year I shamelessly solicit donations for the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure fundraiser. Donations are tax deductible and Bank of America matches donations of $25 or more (from Bank of America associates). I also like to remind you to take a diabetes risk test since your risks rise significantly as you get older…and heavier.

Twenty one million American have diabetes. One out of 3 children born after the year 2000 will get diabetes in their lifetimes. Over 6 million Americans and over a quarter million Georgians have diabetes and don’t even know it yet.

I normally try to think of an off the wall way to get your attention and encourage more awareness and bigger donations. Perhaps something like doing the event on a unicycle. Let me know what ideas YOU have to raise the bar on fundraising and awareness. I have already committed to doing this year’s event on a unicycle even though I haven’t been on my unicycle for a long, LONG time. And, of course, I will be riding with a HAM radio this year.

Hey, donations are tax deductible and what else have you done that you REALLY feel good about today.

Join my team or support me: http://main.diabetes.org/goto/doug

Risk Test: http://www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp

Thank you for your support!

Doug