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Thank you
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"Side by side or miles apart,
dear friends are always
close to the heart."
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With Kathy
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There are Angels amongst us indeed!
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Lauren
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You have
to hang in there---you make
this world a much better
place. You really
aaaaaaaarrrrrgggghhh the
best!!!
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Bob,
You probably do not remember
me but we talked on MySpace
a few years ago after my
HIV/AIDS scare and after a
friend of mine passed away
from
HIV/AIDS related
symptoms. Continue to do the
work that you do, you are
inspiration to so many
people both positive and
negative!
Much luck and blessings,
Philip |
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For
the last 4 years, I've had the honor and privilege
to meet two very wonderful families here in
Wisconsin. I have
 trained
w/ all but one at the gym. The 'other' one I
have had the pleasure of riding
Harley's together!
Can you guess which one? They are extremely
supportive of Da Pirate, my mission and very
compassionate towards HIV/AIDS. Despite
the miles, we've stayed in constant contact
and although the visits aren't as often as I'd
like, my love and gratitude towards them is
unwavering. They have become family to me and
I'm grateful for such dynamic friends! Thank
you Mr. and Mrs. Venn and Mr. and Mrs. Tenuta.
You continue to give so much! |
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Da 3 musketeers at Lake
Michigan- 2003
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With Rob and Rebecca-2006
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With Joel and Julie Venn-2006
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Mr. Tenuta, Da Dawg and
Da Hawg-2003
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Da 3 Musketeers unite again-2006
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With Rob Venn-2005
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With Katlyn, Lauren and
Morgan Venn-2004
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"Friends
are quiet Angels who lift us to our feet when our
wings have trouble remembering how to fly..."
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HIV positive speaker
and
AIDS activist Bob
Bowers, One Tough Pirate,
also known simply as
"Da
Pirate,"
has been
living with
and surviving
HIV/AIDS for 26
years.
Bob
started as a
youth HIV/AIDS
educator
with
peer education
programs in Los
Angeles shortly
after his diagnosis.
To broaden his
personal message of
prevention through
education,
hope and
awareness of the
disease,
Bob founded the
nonprofit
HIV/AIDS educational
organization,
HIVictorious, Inc.
in 2005.
HIVictorious
addresses
youth HIV/AIDS
education and
prevention
and provides
AIDS awareness in
Madison, Wisconsin
and throughout the
United States
through Bob's public
speaking and it's
AIDS awareness
poster contest,
"What
if it Were You?"
Mr. Bowers
long-term survivor
of HIV/AIDS,
and someone who has
lost dozen of
friends to AIDS,
Bob is
wholeheartedly
committed to
educating today's
youth and young
adults,
about the realities
of
HIV/AIDS
as well as
living with AIDS
long-term.
Mr. Bowers
is a champion for
hope and survival
despite some of the
difficult
circumstances that
we ALL face in life. |
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"Compassion is our cure."
~Bob Bowers
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