When I was planning out my rides on Friday evening, I never would have imagined that we would have blown past our goal of $10,000 so quickly this weekend. Crystal and I are simply humbled by all your generosity and support to raise funds for OMS research. For those of you that have already offered your support, Thank You!
As many of you know, I went to Oxford England earlier this year for an international OMS conference (a conference that we literally made happen through your donations last year for our One More Step hike). It was at this conference that I set a personal goal to fund and issue a research grant for OMS. We would like to raise $50,000 by April 2013 with the goal of issuing a research grant for OMS through the Pablove Scientific Advisory Committee by June 2013.
This bike ride was just the first step towards reaching that larger goal. Although, we have already surpassed our $10,000 for the ride, we have a ton of momentum and with 2 weeks to go, we're wondering how much more we can raise.
Right now we are at $13,100, and are the 2nd highest fundraiser for Pablove Across America!
With all the momentum, and 2 weeks left, can we get to #1? Currently the top fundraiser is sitting at $17,800. It's a stretch goal, but for those of you that haven't already donated, there's still time left to get us to #1 and get us that much closer to our larger goal of $50,000.
Please take a moment to keep the momentum going: http://stayclassy.org/naveen.
And for how I fared this weekend? Well, I thought I was doing pretty well on my climbing until I finished my ride on Saturday and saw how many of you had donated. Clearly, this is one challenge that I wasn't too sad to lose ;)
Please take a moment to keep the momentum going: http://stayclassy.org/naveen.
And for how I fared this weekend? Well, I thought I was doing pretty well on my climbing until I finished my ride on Saturday and saw how many of you had donated. Clearly, this is one challenge that I wasn't too sad to lose ;)
Total Miles: 187 miles
Total Elevation: 11,653 feet
Total Dollars Raised (so far): $13,100
And here's my biggest fan, little Keira who met me in Santa Cruz with Mom and Akemi after my Saturday ride for an afternoon at the beach.
