Please disregard the following post as I have decided not to participate in this year’s JDRF Death Valley ride. I will however continue to contribute to JDRF by participating in other JDRF events. If I change my mind, I will use other means for any fundraising efforts
1st. things 1st. I am NOT currently asking for donations.
One of my life long friends contacted me tonight and was notified that he may be given the opportunity to be a Bike Coach for this years JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes in Death Valley, CA on October 13-16th. and he has asked me if I was interested in joining in on the ride. The short answer was HELL YES! But the long answer is, I honestly do not know if I will even be able to raise the minimum required amount of $2,000 and quite honestly, I would truly need to raise the necessary $4,000 to have my airfare and hotel taken care of by JDRF. Requirements posted here: http://ride.jdrf.org/files/General_F...ng_Options.pdf
What I am not able to raise(of the required selected package level, 2, 3 and 4k) I would have to cover personally... While I would dearly love to participate in the ride, I just don't think I have the resources to make this happen, especially with all of the past shady "fund raising" that has gone on another, now defunct forum, which I know will make this even more difficult. It's even been difficult raising a few hundred dollars for the JDRF walks I have been involved in. Fundraising is not allowed where I work and my only other friends exist here on the forums and I know you all have helped out before and are having difficult times of you own... Believe me, I totally understand....
Ok with that out of the way, I have a very serious question to ask of all of you... IF I was to sign up for the ride, how many of you would truly be interested in donating to support my ride. Your donations go DIRECTLY to JDRF via an online system. NO $$$ is sent to me, just so you know. This is a NO Scam zone!
Anyway, if you would, please post:
#1. If you would donate
#2. How much you would be willing to donate. (NO amount is too small, $1 would gladly accepted.)
I will use the information you provide as an estimate to see what my chances are for actually raising enough to register for the ride. If the estimate goes very well, then and only then will I create a JDRF rider page where I would then ask for the official promised donation to be collected.
Here are some links should you with to check things out for yourself.
Death Valley Ride Info: http://ride.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114364
Fundraising and requirements: http://ride.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114799
Thank you so very much for your support, it truly means a great deal to me and my Type 1 Daughter.
Derek Wayland
1st. things 1st. I am NOT currently asking for donations.
One of my life long friends contacted me tonight and was notified that he may be given the opportunity to be a Bike Coach for this years JDRF Ride to Cure Diabetes in Death Valley, CA on October 13-16th. and he has asked me if I was interested in joining in on the ride. The short answer was HELL YES! But the long answer is, I honestly do not know if I will even be able to raise the minimum required amount of $2,000 and quite honestly, I would truly need to raise the necessary $4,000 to have my airfare and hotel taken care of by JDRF. Requirements posted here: http://ride.jdrf.org/files/General_F...ng_Options.pdf
What I am not able to raise(of the required selected package level, 2, 3 and 4k) I would have to cover personally... While I would dearly love to participate in the ride, I just don't think I have the resources to make this happen, especially with all of the past shady "fund raising" that has gone on another, now defunct forum, which I know will make this even more difficult. It's even been difficult raising a few hundred dollars for the JDRF walks I have been involved in. Fundraising is not allowed where I work and my only other friends exist here on the forums and I know you all have helped out before and are having difficult times of you own... Believe me, I totally understand....
Ok with that out of the way, I have a very serious question to ask of all of you... IF I was to sign up for the ride, how many of you would truly be interested in donating to support my ride. Your donations go DIRECTLY to JDRF via an online system. NO $$$ is sent to me, just so you know. This is a NO Scam zone!
Anyway, if you would, please post:
#1. If you would donate
#2. How much you would be willing to donate. (NO amount is too small, $1 would gladly accepted.)
I will use the information you provide as an estimate to see what my chances are for actually raising enough to register for the ride. If the estimate goes very well, then and only then will I create a JDRF rider page where I would then ask for the official promised donation to be collected.
Here are some links should you with to check things out for yourself.
Death Valley Ride Info: http://ride.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114364
Fundraising and requirements: http://ride.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=114799
Thank you so very much for your support, it truly means a great deal to me and my Type 1 Daughter.
Derek Wayland
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