Michael Barron's
AIDS/LifeCycle Homepage

I'm Working to End AIDS

What an amazing group of riders, roadies, volunteers and staff help raise $11.6 million for the HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center.  Special kudos to the riders for an exceptionally safe ride.  More thanks to the roadies for a very smooth event. As the offices in both SF and LA try to clean up from the ride, get set for ALC 8 and hopefully take some R & R, please know how grateful we are to everyone who helped make ALC 7 such a success.

For those who registered for ALC 8 on the ride, and yes there were over 800 of you (another record) we will be emailing you information in July to help you begin your new ride year.  We have much to do, we are redesigning our website, looking to eliminate or heavily reduce the amount of paper we produce and send you next year, and improve upon the logistics of this year's ride (which won't be easy).  We will be sending you a post ride survey this month, so please let us know what worked and what did not and any suggestions you may have.

Personally, I need to find a permanent apartment as I have been subletting for the past 6 months and need to find some great digs for Jack and me.  I'd like California to become my home and not just where I work.  I split my time between SF and LA, please stop by either office to let us know how your post-ride ("droop" they call it) is going and share your stories, photos and ideas with us.  ALC 8 can be even better still, with your help.

All the best,

OLD CAPTIONS

In 1995 I rode the Boston to New York AIDS Ride with 3400 of my closest friends.  It was an incredibly impowering event for me and within three months I had quit my job of ten years and started working on the Rides fulltime.  Since then I have worked on 26 rides around the country.  I was the Logistics Director for the Philadelphia to DC Ride, the Florida Ride and the Ride Director for the Red Ribbon Rides (AKA Walgreens Red Ribbon Rides) and the Sunshine Ride for Children.  I have also been doing fundraising for over 20 years (yes I must have been a child). 

I moved to California from Fort Lauderdale to be the Director of the AIDS/LifeCycle and I am thrilled to be on this team with this wonderful staff.  I have gotten to know all of them through volunteering on the past 5 ALC rides.  If this is your first Ride, congratulations!  I hope AIDS/LifeCycle 7 changes your life the way these events have changed and improved mine.

All the best,

Michael