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For those of you that
know me, you may not
know that while living
in Los Angeles I became
close to a man named
Bob Bowers.
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That's our Bob! |
Bob was the
first person with
AIDS
that I had ever gotten
to know, and also one of
the first recorded cases
of HIV in the country.
Bob changed the face of
AIDS for me, and
countless other students
he was working with. He
respected us enough to
expect us to be the
change for
AIDS. He was
strong, honest, totally
bad ass! and always down
to earth.
I'm not riding because
Bob continues to thrive
25 years after being
diagnosed; I'm riding
because for 25 years he
has given hope,
strength, and
empowerment to thousands
upon thousands of
people. Living with HIV,
AIDS or not. Thank you,
Bob. You taught me that
there is something I can
do about it.
Because of his influence
I went on to complete
three
AIDS Walk LA
events, two March of
Dimes marathons, and two
Breast Cancer awareness
runs.
So, as a graduation gift
to myself, I'm bicycling
in AIDS/LifeCycle 8 from
May 31-June 6, 2009.
Crazy, right? I've never
done anything like this
before. It's a 7-day,
545-mile bike ride from
San Francisco to Los
Angeles. I'm using most
weekends until May to
train for it. My goal is
to raise $5,000 dollars
for the San Francisco
AIDS Foundation.
Please spread the word
to help me reach my
goal! Feel free to send
this link to anyone and
everyone you know.
http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/Liana |
