Once more unto the breach, my friends.

First, for perspective, I want you to see the amounts that the top ten TEAM fundraisers have raised for the Tour de BBQ. This is groups of people, people.

Top Ten Teams

Tour de BBQ 2011

1. KC Central Naz - $520.00
2. Team St. Paul's KCMO - $360.00
3. SPIN! - $300.00
4. Illini for Phylis - $235.00
5. Heavenly Nails - $195.00
6. MOD Riders - $100.00
7. Team Roadkill - $100.00
8. Aldersgate - $75.00
9. Team NDC - $20.00
10. Team Holmes - $20.00

Now I will show you the top ten individual fundraisers. 

Top Ten Fundraisers

Tour de BBQ 2011

1. Steve Tomac - $1,210.50
2. Justin Husman - $1,025.00
3. Carrie Helfers - $1,000.00
4. Andrew Warren - $520.00
5. Craig Henwood - $355.00
6. Jonathan Nye - $300.00
7. Stacey Corrado - $245.00
8. Niki Fehling - $170.00
9. Titus Fehling - $150.00
10. Michael Alexander - $150.00

Proof here.

As you can see, I am back in second place, and have accomplished my goal of raising 1/15th of the total event goal.  Steve came out of nowhere with a breakaway, but I am "reeling him in", as they say. This is the last time I will ask you to donate, if you haven't already.  The ride takes place on Oct 1, and I will be on the road to Kansas City with my lovely daughter on Thursday, so I am effectively done fundraising as of Wednesday. 

Thanks again to all those that have donated. The list is very long, and I would like to thank you  all individually, but I won't, because I'm real bad with thank you notes. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for your generosity. When I started this process, I set a goal of raising $500 - and I was scared that I wouldn't make that. Instead, I have raised more than twice that, and some if it was even from blog readers, which makes me feel like I have actually accomplished something by writing here in fits and spurts. 

I do have one more post that I want to finish before I ride, and I hope to do that tomorrow. 

In the meantime, please take a second and drop a few coins in my cup if you haven't already. 

Something about this photo seems wrong. 

Thanks again for even reading this dreck. Thanks even more for supporting me in my charity drive. 

A Quick check in - fundraising.

So, the story about my favorite comedian moved my readership not a bit, eh? Very well. My next post will be much more personal. I have mentioned the subject here once before, but what is coming should be much more comprehensive.

First, I want to thank the people that have donated so far - I appreciate it. Because of you, I am still in the top 5 as of this posting

Top Ten Fundraisers

Tour de BBQ 2011

1. Carrie Helfers - $525.00
2. Craig Henwood - $355.00
3. Michael Alexander - $100.00
4. Benjamin Andrews - $100.00
5. Justin Husman - $90.00
6. Niki Fehling - $50.00
7. Chad Helmer - $25.00

Proof here

I wanted to assure you that if you decide to DONATE that you won't be getting spam email - the fundraising isn't done through Livestrong, but instead through eventunited, who hasn't sent me an email yet. if you are not donating because you are worried about spam, then please, donate. Eventunited hasn't spammed anyone who has donated yet, so I think that excuse is removed.

Please, donate something - I'm competitive, and I want to stay in the top five - but also, I want to raise some money; be the pro from Dover who rolls into town, rides the shit out of some miles, eats he hell out of some barbecue, and raises a bunch of money in the process. 

Keep in mind that I don't HAVE to raise this money to ride - I want to raise some money. I am a charitable person, but I've only ever given to things like this, I've never attempted to raise the money. 

Help me (and help cancer research) out. 

DONATE 

Please, sir? 

I am a "top five" kind of guy.

The list of top five fundraisers for the 2011 Tour De BBQ.

Tour de BBQ 2011


1.Craig Henwood - $355.00

2.Michael Alexander - $100.00

3.Carrie Helfers - $100.00

4.Benjamin Andrews - $100.00

5.Justin Husman - $25.00

6.Chad Helmer - $25.00

Proof here
 
I would like to stay in that lineup until the ride starts - and beyond.
 
I'm working on my posts telling you why I wish to raise money to fight cancer, so stay tuned for those.
In the meantime, DONATE
 

I wimped out.

And didn't ride today - I'm feeling a bit under the weather anyway, and had a meeting to attend - excuses, excuses. Perhaps, as Steve said, I'm a fair weather cyclist.

Since I am a fair weather cyclist, and dreaming of 70 degree temperatures just like everyone else, I did some wishful thinking and signed up for the Tour De BBQ in Kansas City on October 1st. The weather should be nice, and it combines two of my favorite things; bicycling and eating BBQ. I will make a couple of posts here soon about why we need to raise money to fight cancer, and my own personal experiences, but I expect those posts to be leaden and without joy - so if you want to avoid those, just donate my way up to my goal of $500 right now and save us both the heartache.

Donate here.

I don't aspire to be a Fatcyclist and raise thousands upon thousands of dollars - though it certainly would be nice. Instead, I want to see if I can raise merely $500 in the roughly two months I have until my ride. My lovely wife raised $2000 to participate in the three day a few years ago, and I hope I can do a quarter of that, with your help.


Don't make me resort to stronger measures.

Donate!