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Be Good on Good Friday : Please Make a donation to My Ride!

mrbadde (mrbadde) — 2011-04-22T04:59:59Z

A message from Raoul Badde mxxxx@xxxcom.

Dear Friend,

*update #2*

I'm making further progress in my training during the lead up to the big week! I'm clockin in some 40+ mile rides right now and I'm starting to get a little nervous about the how long the week will really be BUT I know it can be done. I've even got Felix riding along in a trailer for some of the rides (shorter mileage). If you've already made a donation I really appreciate your contribution and would only ask that you post my links below on your facebook or other public forum account. If you have not made a contribution please help me out by clicking on the links below.

I am at 11% 29% of my goal for the moment so I have a long way to go before I make this but only a limited amount of time (46 days!!) to make it happen. If each of you gave $25 after receiving this mail I would easily reach my goal within days! Of course more is encouraged but any amount of help is greatly appreciated.

I want to thank you in advance for making a contribution (because I know you will). ~below is the original e-mail i sent in late February.

First I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this e-mail. The reason you’re getting this message is that we either work together or have known each other for quite some time now. I hope that you’ll help me in obtaining my goal. Let me explain:

It is important to me that I be able to help in ways outside of just paying my taxes. Over the past couple of years I’ve done a little here and there to give back in the communities that I live, work and play in. I volunteer for Banking On Our Future: http://www.bankingonourfuture.org/ teaching kids in underserved schools about the basics of Banking and Finance.

In my business I donate $1 dollar for every loan I fund to California ReLeaf: http://californiareleaf.org/ to hopefully offset all trees that get removed by the business I do. These take a small amount of time and money to participate in and are both entirely rewarding.

With this in mind I started thinking about other ways that I could give back to causes I believe in.

As you likely know I’m always up for a challenge and in last year I’ve taken on learning and experiencing many things that I had always wanted to do but had put aside.

This year I am challenging myself to ride my bike more frequently and subsequently to ride my bike a very long distance: from June 5-11, 2011, 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 am shooting to make a goal of $5,000. As much as I would love to just write a check myself, that kind of money isn’t just lying around. So, I need your help. I’m hopeful that by asking all 500+ of you that we can band together to help reach my goal. Of course, $5,000 is not the limit. If we can reach $10,000 or $15,000 that would be even more amazing.

Help me support the San Francisco AIDS Foundation by giving what you can.

http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/mrbadde

I am asking that you please make a donation of any amount and forward the link above and as much of this message as you like to everyone you know. The greater the numbers of people know about this, the more money and awareness we will raise.

Also: If you’re on Twitter or Facebook please feel free to find me there as well and also share the link above on your wall or in your tweet. Let’s crowd source this number to be HUGE!

www.twitter.com/mrbadde

www.facebook.com/mrbadde

I appreciate your willingness to Donate and look forward to being able to write over 500 personal Thank You notes this summer!

Sincerely,

Raoul Badde

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mrbadde (mrbadde) — 2011-04-12T23:07:30Z

Dear Friend,

*update*

I'm making progress in my training during the lead up to the big week! If you've already made a donation I really appreciate your contribution and would only ask that you post my links below on your facebook or other public forum account. If you have not made a contribution please help me out by click on the links below.

I am at 11% of my goal for the moment so I have a long way to go before I make this but only a limited amount of time to make it happen. If each of you gave $25 after receiving this mail I would easily reach my goal within days! Of course more is encouraged but any amount of help is greatly appreciated.

I want to tahnk you in advance for making a contribution (because I know you will). ~ below is the original e-mail i sent in late February.

With this in mind I started thinking about other ways that I could give back to causes I believe in.

As you likely know I’m always up for a challenge and in last year I’ve taken on learning and experiencing many things that I had always wanted to do but had put aside.

Help me support the San Francisco AIDS Foundation by giving what you can.

http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/mrbadde

Also: If you’re on Twitter or Facebook please feel free to find me there as well and also share the link above on your wall or in your tweet. Let’s crowd source this number to be HUGE!

www.twitter.com/mrbadde

www.facebook.com/mrbadde

I appreciate your willingness to Donate and look forward to being able to write over 500 personal Thank You notes this summer!

Sincerely,

Raoul Badde

Help me support the San Francisco AIDS Foundation by giving what you can.

mrbadde (mrbadde) — 2011-02-25T17:50:48Z

Dear Friend,

With this in mind I started thinking about other ways that I could give back to causes I believe in.

As you likely know I’m always up for a challenge and in last year I’ve taken on learning and experiencing many things that I had always wanted to do but had put aside.

Help me support the San Francisco AIDS Foundation by giving what you can. http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/mrbadde

Also: If you’re on Twitter or Facebook please feel free to find me there as well and also share the link above on your wall or in your tweet. Let’s crowd source this number to be HUGE!

www.twitter.com/mrbadde

www.facebook.com/mrbadde

I appreciate your willingness to Donate and look forward to being able to write over 500 personal Thank You notes this summer!

Sincerely,

Raoul Badde