Date: 12/09/06
Kupenda is the other organization that we raised money for as we cycled across the country this year. We were able to raise $20,000+ for this organization. That money will go towards building a boarding facility at a school in Kenya for children who are disabled.
Andy Buaer, who is the vice president of Kupenda, makes awesome video's just like our AFC driver PhillyK. His latest video is called Breaking the Curse. Video's like this can really help to move people to action and make a difference in our world.
-Pattt
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Saturday, December 09, 2006
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Speeches, Speeches, Speeches
Date: 12/7/06
Adam and I have been giving tons of motivational/informative talks lately!
On November 21st we gave a talk at Howard County Community College. Our friend Maura, who we met through our Mid Maryland Triathlon Club, teaches there and she wanted us to come to her class room to talk to the kids about managing your finances, helping others, and getting out there in the world to make a difference! We met lots of cool people there and we even found one guy who is interested in joining AFC in our future events. We suggested he go to Princeton Sports, buy a bike, start training, and keep in touch.
(At Howard County Community College talking to the kids)
On November 27th we spoke at Northrop Grumman, where I work. It was a speech mainly focused on living a healthy life and combating diabetes! It is sooo good for other diabetics to see Adam being so active and doing so many cool things despite his disease. It is especially good for parents of children who have recently been diagnosed to talk to Adam. They can see that their child will never be limited by their disease and Adam can give them some excellent advice on how to manage diabetes while being active.
Last night we traveled to Frederick, MD to give a talk at the newly formed Frederick Triathlon Club. The talk mostly focused on the biking/endurance aspects of out trip and the charity work that we did for ADA and Kupenda. We met tons of new friends and hopefully we will see them all again. We hope to work with the club and they may be interested in helping us in the future! The meeting was held at Fix Frederick Bike Shop. It was one of the coolest shops we have seen yet! They had more fixies and single speed bikes than any shop I have ever been to. The owner, Stacey, was super nice and gave us free T-Shirts :). We hope to work with that shop more in the future and she might want us to return to give a talk to the fixed gear riders who frequent her store.
(at FixFrederick Bikes with the Frederick Triathlon Club!)
-Pattt
Love Life!
Adam and I have been giving tons of motivational/informative talks lately!
On November 21st we gave a talk at Howard County Community College. Our friend Maura, who we met through our Mid Maryland Triathlon Club, teaches there and she wanted us to come to her class room to talk to the kids about managing your finances, helping others, and getting out there in the world to make a difference! We met lots of cool people there and we even found one guy who is interested in joining AFC in our future events. We suggested he go to Princeton Sports, buy a bike, start training, and keep in touch.
(At Howard County Community College talking to the kids)On November 27th we spoke at Northrop Grumman, where I work. It was a speech mainly focused on living a healthy life and combating diabetes! It is sooo good for other diabetics to see Adam being so active and doing so many cool things despite his disease. It is especially good for parents of children who have recently been diagnosed to talk to Adam. They can see that their child will never be limited by their disease and Adam can give them some excellent advice on how to manage diabetes while being active.
Last night we traveled to Frederick, MD to give a talk at the newly formed Frederick Triathlon Club. The talk mostly focused on the biking/endurance aspects of out trip and the charity work that we did for ADA and Kupenda. We met tons of new friends and hopefully we will see them all again. We hope to work with the club and they may be interested in helping us in the future! The meeting was held at Fix Frederick Bike Shop. It was one of the coolest shops we have seen yet! They had more fixies and single speed bikes than any shop I have ever been to. The owner, Stacey, was super nice and gave us free T-Shirts :). We hope to work with that shop more in the future and she might want us to return to give a talk to the fixed gear riders who frequent her store.
(at FixFrederick Bikes with the Frederick Triathlon Club!)-Pattt
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