Cancer Sucks! Coachella Boardie on a mission to do my part to end it.

[erikua]

I am on a quest to end the big bad dreaded C after Cancer struck close to home in 2008. No one ever wants to hear the phone call informing you a loved one was just diagnosed.

In hopes of preventing those phone calls from occurring one day in the future for other families, I've signed up with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Team in Training to raise awareness and funds to research cancers as well as provide patient care and support to those currently in the fight.

Simply put, I am the messenger raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for a larger cause that most likely, unfortunately has affected someone we each know. Save a life... honor a friend or family member who is fighting Cancer.. make a donation! (100% deductible on your taxes)

go here to find out more information on the mission and how you can help! :http://pages.teamintraining.org/dm/ambbr10/eriktrevino

Become a fan on Facebook: http://bit.ly/cX9Ses

[Monklish]

Go fuck yourself.

[chairmenmeow47]

i'm all for curing cancer. but how will bike riding cure cancer? can't people instead just give money directly to the cause?

[algunz]

A coworker was just diagnosed with Lymphoma. Last Wednesday he was fine and then Thursday morning he was in the hospital.

Sad

[rskapcat]

The people doing the ride collect donations. Same thing as Race for the Cure.

[Monklish]

Maybe instead of riding a bike you should become a fucking scientist.

[algunz]

Or a cancer statistic.

[daxton]

Maybe instead of riding a bike you should become a fucking scientist.

I'm ashamed to say that was actually pretty funny. Good cause, though.

[chairmenmeow47]

The people doing the ride collect donations. Same thing as Race for the Cure.

i also don't understand how running cures cancer. i would instead think one of the first steps to finding a cure for cancer is to cut out all the middle men from the transaction and just give money directly to cancer research foundations.

and i've not only known people who have have died from cancer, but have had my own personal scare as well so it's not like i am not sympathetic to the cause.

[erikua]

Maybe instead of riding a bike you should become a fucking scientist.

Perhaps..... but funds are still needed for those scientist. Hope you never get bit by the cancer bug or loose a child, mom, brother, sister, father to cancer. Good luck with that Karma.


As for how riding a bike cures cancer (or running a marathon, race for the cure, etc), well it gets the message out. Someone may donate when someone ask them to donate rather then just log into www.lls.org and donate directly which you still can. So regardless how you donate, just donate what ya can. It's a horrible illness as I have witnessed first hand. I truly hope no one here has to go through that...

[erikua]

i also don't understand how running cures cancer. i would instead think one of the first steps to finding a cure for cancer is to cut out all the middle men from the transaction and just give money directly to cancer research foundations.

and i've not only known people who have have died from cancer, but have had my own personal scare as well so it's not like i am not sympathetic to the cause.

Have you donated directly then? Here is a direct link to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Put your money where your mouth is and donate directly.

[J~$$$$]

you are fat.

[chairmenmeow47]

Have you donated directly then? Here is a direct link to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Put your money where your mouth is and donate directly.

put your money where your asshole is. i guess if biking riding doesn't cure cancer, bullying people into donating will

[erikua]

put your money where your asshole is. i guess if biking riding doesn't cure cancer, bullying people into donating will

Just saying....

[chairmenmeow47]

i have donated in the past. several times. i don't know why you expect with only a 100 posts in two years on this board we are all going to be comfortable sending checks directly to you to go bike riding. if you want to bike ride, fine. if you want to find a cure for cancer, get involved in the research past the collecting other people's money part.

[Monklish]

Better yet--how about you raise money by actually doing something PRODUCTIVE instead of just some pointless bullshit run? Like sell something. Bake some fucking cookies or make some fucking crafts or donate your services--whatever it is you actually do that contributes to society in some way--to people in exchange for donations. That's actually doing something good for a cause. What you're doing is basically just asking people to donate money to give you an excuse to run a pussy marathon.

[brando4n82]

Maybe instead of riding a bike you should become a fucking scientist.

what a waste to society you are.

[brando4n82]

Better yet--how about you raise money by actually doing something PRODUCTIVE instead of just some pointless bullshit run? Like sell something. Bake some fucking cookies or make some fucking crafts or donate your services--whatever it is you actually do that contributes to society in some way--to people in exchange for donations. That's actually doing something good for a cause. What you're doing is basically just asking people to donate money to give you an excuse to run a pussy marathon.

Right...baking cookies and making pottery is so much more productive than running....



I can tell the marathon concept is just wayy over your head. Don't worry. It's Ok

[chairmenmeow47]

what a waste to society you are.

i know, right? if only monklish would bike ride for a useful cause!

[captncrzy]

You guys are being assholes. He's just trying to raise money for a good cause. I say we all go jump on that dumbass that is trying to raise money for a trip to Coachella.

http://www.coachella.com/forum/showt...send+coachella

[Monklish]

Right...baking cookies and making pottery is so much more productive than running....

Yes, it is. Because then you can say, "Hey guys, wanna buy these cookies for a dollar? Here is something in exchange for your money. You are actually receiving something enjoyable as a proceed AND your consumerism is going to a good cause. Unlike donating via a marathon, wherein you get absolutely nothing whatsoever for your money and the only person who possibly receives any joy from the process is the asshole running and claiming he's doing it for a good cause at your expense."

Effective charity is not asking people to donate just because.

[AlecEiffel]

I actually spend 8 hours a day working on a cure for cancer. Riding a bike ain't doing shit. Randy is right on this one, There are more productive things you can do to raise money for cancer research than riding a bike.

[erikua]

run a pussy marathon.

Not a marathon... it's a century cycle race. Regardless... doubt you could complete or even train for either.

[brando4n82]

Yes, it is. Because then you can say, "Hey guys, wanna buy these cookies for a dollar? Here is something in exchange for your money. You are actually receiving something enjoyable as a proceed AND your consumerism is going to a good cause. Unlike donating via a marathon, wherein you get absolutely nothing whatsoever for your money and the only person who possibly receives any joy from the process is the asshole running and claiming he's doing it for a good cause at your expense."

Effective charity is not asking people to donate just because.

mm yes randy. for people like you...you need insentives like....cookies, to donate to a cancer fund.. cause lord knows no one ever get a sense of satisfaction and or a good feeling for donating whatever amount to a good cause Jackass

[erikua]

i have donated in the past. several times. i don't know why you expect with only a 100 posts in two years on this board we are all going to be comfortable sending checks directly to you to go bike riding.

No where did I ask you for or provide an address to mail me a check. Only a weblink to a donation page run by LLS.

[Monklish]

Not a marathon... it's a century cycle race. Regardless... doubt you could complete or even train for either.

Hard to say. What's EASY to say though is that I would absolutely never ever ever fucking attempt it. Instead I would offer up my professional services in exchange for donations, thereby incentivizing the general public to actually want to donate rather than just patting myself on the back for riding a fucking bike.

[chairmenmeow47]

You guys are being assholes. He's just trying to raise money for a good cause. I say we all go jump on that dumbass that is trying to raise money for a trip to Coachella.

is that guy using cancer as an excuse too?

i am just sick of all the advertising and marketing behind specific diseses. and i'm really sick of hearing about these runs and bike rides. i'm sick of people at work making me feel guilty for not giving them money or participating. you know what? if i want to go hiking or go bike riding, i call my friends and do it on my own dime. i don't need a shitty tee-shirt funded by people's donations to do it. if i am feeling altrustic, lonely for my grandpa, i shoot $10 to a cancer foundation and i'm done with it. then ALL that money goes directly to the cause rather than a percentage going to tee-shirts and water bottles.

i think it's extremely strange to come onto a message board of people you don't interact with regularly and ask them to send money directly to your home address.

[erikua]

You guys are being assholes. He's just trying to raise money for a good cause. I say we all go jump on that dumbass that is trying to raise money for a trip to Coachella.

http://www.coachella.com/forum/showt...send+coachella

Wow! Seriously? Some one is asking for funds to go to Coachella yet I'm being hounded for this like I unplugged the power in the Sahara Saturday night?!?!?!? It's ok.. the cause is larger than any words exchanged on here.

[chairmenmeow47]

you just changed your website then. because it said to mail a check directly to you, with a tucson address and that you promised it would go to the right place.

[zajaa]

wow this thing got messy real quick