Gift From A Friend
I will always be so grateful for the wonderful gift I received from my friend's wife. She gave to those who supported her in the MS150 a bottle of wine that came from her family's vineyard in Spain. Of course the gift meant a lot more to me cuz I was there volunteering for our bike club and supporting her. That whole weekend was spent supporting her. There were four of us...me, my friend, his wife, and a friend. The 4 of us had a blast. We all joined the company bike club together and trained for the MS150 together...but only my friend's wife actually did the ride. The 3 of us ended up volunteering. The only reason the 3 of us didn't ride is cuz the donation money needed to be raised by each person was a minimum of $400. That's way too much! I can't even raise $100 from my friends when I do my Komen Race For The Cure run.
We're so proud of her though...she was able to raise more than $700. For the 4 of us, it was our first time participating in the MS150. It's such an exhilarating experience. I met so many ppl volunteering for our club. I didn't even know we had so many ppl. We had about 250 riders and about 50 volunteers.
The ride's first day ended at LaGrange and the second day ended in Austin...for the finish. We volunteered at the LaGrange campsite. I was in charge of the drinks. That was fun. We had beer, gatorade, soda, and water. I think someone stole a few beer cases though. Then in the morning I helped to put out breakfast to feed everyone in our club before they took off for Austin. Didn't volunteer at the Austin site cuz we wanted to be at the finish line cheering on our friend. It was great to see her make it. We yelled at the top of our lungs. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Man!, that was awesome!
I want to actually ride next year. I just hope I can raise $400. I bet they'll probably raise it to like $500. They've been raising the cost for the last 3 years. I just don't have that many friends. And the friends that I have are shady. They'd never give up money for charity. I know cuz I've done so many and so many times, I had to come up with the rest to meet the minimum otherwise I'd have a guilty conscience and wouldn't be able to sleep at night. But whatever...that's not what it's about. It all about giving back. I don't know what it's like to have a health problem and I hope I never do, but at least I'm doing what I can to help those who do have complications to enjoy life. And if I ever had problems, it's nice to know that ppl are out there doing what they can.
We're so proud of her though...she was able to raise more than $700. For the 4 of us, it was our first time participating in the MS150. It's such an exhilarating experience. I met so many ppl volunteering for our club. I didn't even know we had so many ppl. We had about 250 riders and about 50 volunteers.
The ride's first day ended at LaGrange and the second day ended in Austin...for the finish. We volunteered at the LaGrange campsite. I was in charge of the drinks. That was fun. We had beer, gatorade, soda, and water. I think someone stole a few beer cases though. Then in the morning I helped to put out breakfast to feed everyone in our club before they took off for Austin. Didn't volunteer at the Austin site cuz we wanted to be at the finish line cheering on our friend. It was great to see her make it. We yelled at the top of our lungs. AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Man!, that was awesome!
I want to actually ride next year. I just hope I can raise $400. I bet they'll probably raise it to like $500. They've been raising the cost for the last 3 years. I just don't have that many friends. And the friends that I have are shady. They'd never give up money for charity. I know cuz I've done so many and so many times, I had to come up with the rest to meet the minimum otherwise I'd have a guilty conscience and wouldn't be able to sleep at night. But whatever...that's not what it's about. It all about giving back. I don't know what it's like to have a health problem and I hope I never do, but at least I'm doing what I can to help those who do have complications to enjoy life. And if I ever had problems, it's nice to know that ppl are out there doing what they can.
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