May 21st is the deadline for us to reach the minimum goal of $3500 each.  This gives us our ticket to ride in the last AID's Life Cycle event.  That is 545 Miles, 7 Days camping in Tents at night, riding self powered the road bikes no E bikes from San Francisco to Santa Monica Pier.

Yes, I said last AID's/Life Cycle bike ride, after 31 years, (actually 30 cause it did not happen during COVID) this event to raise money for these two Organizations will not exist.  At least not this ride.  

We are trying to earn the funds to ride in the last AID's/LifeCycle bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles 545 miles over 7 Days, pitching a tent at night and riding self powered bikes during the day with a group of 1500+ people with like minds and 1500+ others who help to move the production down the road. 

I am not sure how this will work but I am adding our team link below where you can then go on the AID's Life Cycle page and choose who you want to donate too.  We both have to reach $3500 by May 21st to earn our tickets to ride.  

More about the 2 organizations and how they help treat those affected and raise awareness of STD's and Aids/HIV Infections.

https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=7473#roster

AIds/Lifecycle Bike Ride fundraiser 545 miles

Our Tickets to ride 545 miles over 7 Days on Self Powered Road Bikes, camping in tents at night with 1500+ others to raise Aids awareness, helping to stop the spread of AID's and so much more.

Cyclist Participant Center

AIDS/LifeCycle has a five-year average of a 30% cost of fundraising. When donating to AIDS/LifeCycle, your dollars are directed immediately to one of San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s or the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s life-saving programs. Want to know more about the direct impact your dollars have? Check out these two charts below.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

San Francisco AIDS Foundation promotes health, wellness, and social justice for communities most impacted by HIV through sexual health and substance use services, advocacy, and community partnerships. The Foundation envisions a future where health justice is achieved for all people living with or at risk for HIV, ultimately striving for a day when race is not a barrier to health and wellness, substance use is not stigmatized, HIV status does not determine quality of life, and HIV transmission is eliminated.

$25,000 provides an entire year of meals for the participants of the Latino Programs which help prevent new HIV infections in the Latino community.

$20,000 supports the expansion of our hepatitis C treatment efforts, as people living with HIV are at a higher risk of contracting Hepatitis C.

$15,000 creates access to PrEP for 75 people.

$15,000 will help us achieve our goal of reducing new HIV diagnoses to fewer than 100 per year in San Francisco by 2020.

$10,000 enables five people to be cured of Hepatitis C.

$5,000 provides one year of substance use treatment services for one program participant.

$5,000 provides our sexual health team with the supplies needed to offer HIV and STI screenings for 560 people.

$3,000 creates access to health and wellness services for 50 queer and trans people of color.

$3,000 helps us reduce HIV transmission among people who inject drugs by providing sterile syringes and disposing of them properly.

$2,000 provides a scholarship for one community member to go to Washington, D.C., and advocate for HIV funding and services.

$1,000 links one person living with HIV to housing.

$1,000 could provide rapid HIV antibody test kits for 40 individuals at any one of our multiple testing sites.

$500 sponsors one night of social programming for long-term survivors of HIV.

$500 could provide funding for up to 50 members for the Elizabeth Taylor 50-plus Network to come together twice a month in order to offer support for individuals working through anxiety, depression, and isolation.

$250 supports one overdose prevention training. $250 could provide for necessary funding for our weekly TransLife Support Group to discuss health and wellness issues and build community to give people the support they need and the family they long for.

$150 allows us to check hormone levels for folks who are taking gender-affirming hormones.

$100 affords a Treatment Advocacy Coordinator the ability to attend medical appointments for up to 25 clients, providing moral support and helping clients advocate for themselves.

$100 covers the cost of one HIV test.

$50 helps us provide free hep C testing, treatment, and support.

https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.team&teamID=7473#roster

The Los Angeles LGBT Center

Since 1969 the Los Angeles LGBT Center has cared for, championed, and celebrated LGBT individuals and families in Los Angeles and beyond. Today the Center’s nearly 800 employees provide services for more LGBT people than any other organization in the world, offering programs, services, and global advocacy that span four broad categories: Health, Social Services and Housing, Culture and Education, Leadership and Advocacy. We are an unstoppable force in the fight against bigotry and the struggle to build a better world; a world in which LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society.

$50,000 supports the annual cost of comprehensive HIV medical treatment services for 45 patients.

$50,000 supports the annual cost of comprehensive HIV wraparound services by a case management team for 105 clients.

$30,000 provides 4 months of mental health therapy to 14 clients.

$25,000 supports the annual cost of comprehensive HIV medical treatment services for 22 patients.

$15,000 provides comprehensive sexual health services, including HIV and STD tests, treatment, education, and counseling to 85 clients.

$10,000 covers a full year of intensive psychosocial case management services for 2 clients.

$10,000 supports the annual cost of comprehensive HIV medical treatment services for 9 patients.

$5,000 covers a full year of lab testing for 9 HIV patients.

$5,000 supports the annual cost of comprehensive HIV medical treatment services for 4 patients.

$2,000 covers the annual cost of medical supplies for 76 HIV patients.

$1,000 covers a full year of lab testing for 2 HIV patients. $1,000 covers the annual cost of medical supplies for 38 HIV patients.

$500 covers the annual cost of medical supplies for 19 HIV patients.

$300 buys 160 N-95 masks to protect the health of our patients and staff.

$280 provides rapid HIV tests for 20 clients.

$175 provides comprehensive sexual health services, including HIV and STD tests, treatment, education, and counseling to 1 client.

$140 provides rapid HIV tests for 10 clients.

$100 covers the annual cost of medical supplies for 4 HIV patients.

$50 buys 26 N-95 masks to protect the health of our patients and staff.

$20 covers treatment medications for one client diagnosed with an STI.

$10 buys 155 condoms that Community Health Programs will distribute throughout the Center.

               Produced By & Benefitting

AIDS/LifeCycle benefits, and is jointly produced by, San Francisco AIDS Foundation (Tax ID # 94-2927405) and Los Angeles LGBT Center (Tax ID # 95-3567895), each of which is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation recognized as tax exempt under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). Donations to AIDS/LifeCycle are deductible for income tax purposes, to the extent permitted by law.