icebrrrg.com » Charity http://icebrrrg.com life and trials of another EMT/pre-med student in NYC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 AngelRide has come and gone http://icebrrrg.com/2009/05/angelride-has-come-and-gone/ http://icebrrrg.com/2009/05/angelride-has-come-and-gone/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 20:34:52 +0000 matthew http://icebrrrg.com/?p=1220 DSC_0206

… and with it, a full recharging of the “all is right with the world” batteries. This was the sixth annual AngelRide CT (and the 4th one I’ve done), in which 250 or so bicyclists rode from Norfolk CT to Mystic CT over two days. As charity rides go, it was pretty easy — just an 80 mile day and a 60 mile day), but there are some nifty hills in there to keep them cyclists honest.

DSC_0128 I was on the motorcycle safety crew again, and it was a real pleasure to spend three days on the best bike in the world (the 1998 Honda VFR, of course). And it was great to see some old friends and make some new. We brought in a great handful of new moto recruits, who I’m sure will be back in 2010. They did an awesome job wrangling the wayward bicyclists and keeping them self (though we had one of our motos go down in some gravel — he’s okay though).

This ride raises money for the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a legacy of Paul Newman. The Camp allows DSC_0182kids with cancer and other terminal or just-plain-tough diseases to be regular kids for a week or two, and play like regular kids — without sacrificing medical care. So we all helped some kids be kids, kids who normally had to worry about WBC counts, rad therapy, or being to weak to swim in a lake. It’s a very good cause, and I’m thrilled I got to help out again.

So, as always, pics are up on Flickr, here … enjoy!

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Why just shave your head? Why not do some good in the process? My good friend Jay shaved his for this charity earlier this year, and I say, “darnit, let’s get some more eyes on the prize and raise more money for these kids”. 

So how about it? Will you donate to (a) support the new, bald me, and (b) help out some kids in need? Just clicky the linky and have your credit card handy. :) If you want to see some quite hilarious pics of the before, during and after, check out the photos.

Thanks! No pressure, no one has to donate, you’ll get good karma if you do, hope y’all enjoy the photos!
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