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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: DrewXT on February 08, 2019, 09:03:18 PM
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Hi Guys,
I wouldn't usually post something like this on the forum, but I feel strongly enough about this, that I'm hoping you can spend a minute or so reading this, and consider my post.
My best mate was diagnosed with MS a few years ago, and the 4WD Club I'm the President of is entering a team into the MS Melbourne Cycle and 1/2 Marathon.
I'm going to drag my unfit body around a 30km course, which includes going over the West Gate Bridge, and my wife and 6 year old twins are also dusting off their bikes for this great cause. My wife and kids are doing a 6km lap of Flemington Racecourse, while I complete the 30km with some of the other guys in the Club.
I never had a full appreciation of just what MS does to people who have it - my mate is one of the toughest guys I know He has battled on running his 4WD accessory business, whilst also being primary carer for their disabled child It would be one of lifes greatest joys to see a cure developed for people afflicted with this terrible condition.
If you have a bit of coffee money (or more) to spare - donations are tax deductible, would you please consider making a donation to help the MS Foundation in their search for a cure?
Cheers,
Andrew
https://www.msmelbournecycle.org.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=14215 (https://www.msmelbournecycle.org.au/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=14215)
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Good on you mate.
I'm in.
Rowlie
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Good on you mate.
I'm in.
Rowlie
Thank you so much Rowlie :cup:
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No worries - feeling a bit lonely though.
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No worries - feeling a bit lonely though.
Hi Rowlie.....
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Hi Geoff - thanks for allaying my loneliness.
I feel better now.
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Hi Rowlie.....
Thanks heaps Geoff, very generous of you!!
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I do the MS 100km Brisbane to Bay ride each winter. Go well. Great cause. They have a whole crew to clap you over the line - a very humbling experience.
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I do the MS 100km Brisbane to Bay ride each winter. Go well. Great cause. They have a whole crew to clap you over the line - a very humbling experience.
I was going to do this ride this year but then I had a look at the terms and conditions to agree to and the minimum was to be $250 be raised. Well I don't have time to be chasing people for money and had made a donation and was ordering a riding shirt, so I opted not to do it. :'(
Foo
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Yes it adds up. I just do it quietly on my own these days. I was part of a team for a few years, we got the highest fundraiser award one year ($27k) which was a crazy effort - most of it came from others who could attack corporate budgets. For your money you do get mostly closed road, food and drink stops, mechanics and sag busses. I needed the mechs last year in the rain, I was out of spares and gas before half way. That’s the other thing about preset dates - weather.