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Please support my ride to end AIDS/Ayudame a ayudar a gente con VIH

From June 1-7, 2008, I'm bicycling in AIDS/LifeCycle. It's a 7-day, 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to make a world of difference in the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS. I've set a goal of more than double the minimum amount required for participants to raise. Please help me make that a reality.

My life has been changed in so many ways by this crafty virus. First when my cousin Kirby Mac Helmick passed away in the early years of the epidemic. He was my age as we were growing up and we shared so many great experiences. His death left a hole in my life that will never be filled. During the 80's and 90's I lived on the East Coast and many of my friends in and out of the music business met an early death. Now many of my new friends and neighbors in Los Angeles are living with the virus and have need for support services and the love of their friends. The support services are vital for many of the more than 60,000 people in Los Angeles who are HIV positive. Your generosity can make a real difference in the quality of their lives. Of course none of your donation comes to me personally, and all of your donation is tax deductible.

To learn more about the support services your donation will fund click on "Beneficiaries" -- to learn more about the ride click on "Experience the Event".

I am thrilled that my daughter Jessica and her partner Marina Valentine are joining me on the ride: yippee!!! What a treat for a Dad! Their participant numbers are #6372 and #6357 respectively. Between the three of us we will raise more than $10,000 to end AIDS. Thank you!

El 40 porciento de la población de Los Angeles viviendo con VIH/SIDA son personas latinas. Este porcentaje esta incrementándose ultimamente. Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center atiende, ayuda a la gente seropositiva al VIH, Hombres, Mujeres y Niños sin importar el estado migratorio de las personas. Para saber mas de los servicios que este centro proporciona, dale click en ¨beneficiaries¨, y para informarte  acerca de la carrera de AIDS Lifecycle dale click al ¨experience the event¨. Agradeceré la donación que me puedas proporcionar. Muchas Gracias.

 


 

Backpacking last fall. A hill-climb is a hill-climb, right?
Backpacking last fall. A hill-climb is a hill-climb, right?
George Kim's Goal: $7,500.00
Current Total: $7,225.00
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Messages of Support for George Kim

Jeanne Skrocki (6/05/08 5:16PM): Hi Kim! Just had a chance to check back in today (Thursday). If by any chance you see this..........HANG IN THERE!! It must be feeling pretty tough now. I'm so proud of you and honored to call you my friend.

Pamela (6/02/08 7:16AM): The gabcast is a wonderful way to be in touch! Thanks for doing this.

Have a wonderful week and take care of yourself.

Shawn Mann (6/02/08 6:51AM): Great news that you're underway and all is well. You'll be in LA before you know it.

Phil Ayling (5/31/08 10:08PM): May your tour be filled with blessings. Thanks for carrying our prayers and wishes with you.

Sherry (Keller) Hoyt (5/31/08 10:06PM): Good luck Kim! I was just Googling you tonight to see how you're doing and came across this website. As you ride by Palo Alto (where we currently live), please wave... I hope the wonderful weather holds up for you and your daughter and her partner and all involved. Bravo! Such a worthy cause.

Shalini (5/31/08 5:02PM): Have a great ride, Kim! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Cécilia (5/31/08 10:52AM): Dear Kim, Wishing you, your daughter and her partner the very best in this beautiful adventure. It sure will cleanse the ugliness all the petty past events. You go, boy! I admire you so much for doing this. I will try to listen to your voice messages on the Gabcast. Cool! Love, Cécilia

Fae Horowitz (5/30/08 6:04PM): You GO guy!!!

Bob Vos (5/30/08 2:37PM): So today's the big day! Good luck on your ride, such fantastic dedication!

Leslie Reed (5/30/08 1:32PM): Go Kim! I hope you have a wonderful experience...you are an inspiration!

Lisa Sutton (5/28/08 9:53PM): So I guess after this the Ring cycle will be a piece of cake.

I wish you the best of luck and will be thinking of you next week. Bravo, Kim.

Lisa

Herb (5/28/08 11:35AM): Hello Kim. The opportunity to work with you, and see your progress over time is Priceless! May your training experiences keep you, center you, and energize you. Press on!

C←cilia Tsan (5/17/08 11:37PM): Wow, Kim! Hats off! You are amazing and I am proud to be your friend ad colleague. This is so much more uplifting than some of the tedious time you and I might have shared sometimes at work...Go for it! Many of us would love to be able to achieve such an incredible goal, because, beyond the personal huge challenge, the cause it will help is so profound and beautiful. Best wishes to you and your two (:-)) daughters! Cécilia

Kim Hoover (5/11/08 6:10AM): Bravo Mr. Scholes!!! I am a former student of yours from Roosevelt. I have always had great respect for you and would like to wish you the very best on this ride!! I have been a runner since the age of five, when my father began waking me up early to join him for a morning jog; rain or shine, snow...those were precious moments. Enjoy! All the very best, Kim Hoover

Shawnet (5/05/08 8:54PM): Hi George Kim,

I work for the LA Opera also. I went to the vending machine area to put my donor info on the board and saw that you beat me to it.

I wonder if I met you on any training rides. I ride with Shifting Gears and chain gang and Pos Peds. My Name is Shawnet and I work in the box office. This is my first ALC ride.

I think it is so wonderful that your daughter is riding with you. If you pass by the box office, say hello. I'm so nervous about the ride but really excited.

see you around the theatre or on the road.

shawnet Rider # 5383

David Driscoll (4/23/08 2:29PM): Hey George. Or is it Kim? I get all confused, which is easy for me to do! It was great to meet you in person this past Saturday at Day on the Ride! You are doing great frundraising and obviously training well....cuz you are in GREAT shape! Way to go. Look forward to riding with you! Thanks for being a part of Team Great Outdoors. Hugs -David :-)

Piotr Jandula (4/19/08 11:43AM): Kim, I wish you a life changing experience. I hope you will come back from the ride with the heart full of hope for humanity and the world. Thank you for doing the ride. This world can be better... one person at the time, one rider at the time, one service of G & L Center at the time. Blessings for the happy journey, Piotr

Kathy (4/14/08 4:55PM): Best of luck, Kim You , our daughter Jess, and Marina will have a great ride. What a wonderful experience and for such a worthy cause!

Robert Schumitzky (3/31/08 5:25PM): Well, I always knew you were a great athlete from our days on the tennis court. Congratulations on your dedication and effort to a great cause.

Michael Matlock (3/28/08 5:30PM): George, best of luck and thank you. On a personal note, I'm trying to determine if your reference to Kirby Mac Helmick is the same as my good friend from Oklahoma. My memories of Mac are still vivid and forever. Thanks.

Stephen Erdody (3/03/08 9:13PM): It's wonderful that you are doing this. You are making John William's cello section very proud. I love the training blog! If I can get into shape, maybe next year...

Jim Rosen (2/28/08 10:03AM): as promised... good luck, have fun, wear sunscreen, shades and a hat, and stay hydrated. your online bud.

John Walz and Vince Ryan (2/24/08 4:37PM): Hey Kim, Vince and I are very proud of you. I hope we can do this ourselves one day.

Julia Cser (2/21/08 5:26PM): Wow, Kim, I'm so excited for you! What a gift it is to know such an amazing human being. Thanks for all that you are doing. You inspire me so much.

David Young (2/09/08 6:28AM): Courage is required, and you have the right stuff! Congratulations on having your heart in the right place. All the best to you from your colleague.

a Loustalot (2/05/08 11:02AM): Jorge, Dia con dia, mi admiracion por ti crece y crece. Eres un increible ser humano. Gracias

JoAnn (2/04/08 9:35PM): I send you my support in memory of Emily Bernstein. She dreamed of one day doing this ride. I know her spirit will be with you.

Daniel (Rhoda) Carmin (2/04/08 1:42PM): Yet another reason for me to be proud to call you my friend.

Helen Reich (1/31/08 3:02PM): Go, Kim! I didn't know you did THAT kind of cycling!

Judy Ormond (1/29/08 7:47PM): I'll be pedaling with you in spirit. Your opportunity for some cool lycra! Best of luck to you!

Chris Fava (1/28/08 10:54PM): Welcome too our team, George! I'm looking forward to meeting you! Chris

Peter Szczepanek (1/28/08 8:18PM): Looking good Kim. This is a great project for you and your team to be involved in. I'm totally inspired now to do the puny 75 miler that same week for the Miller Arts Ride here in MKE. Good luck preparing for this long haul!

danis (1/28/08 5:35PM): Hi Kim! You are lookin' good and this is going to be a LONG ride! Have a great time and keep up the good work. MISS YOU.

Suzanne LeFevre (1/28/08 5:38AM): HI KIM. Great to hear from you. Sounds like a lot of fun. I went crazy, biking last summer in the Tetons. I love it. Enjoy, and good luck. Suzanne.

Marina (1/26/08 2:02PM): I'm look forward in sharing this experience with you.

Jessica Scholes (1/25/08 3:00PM): You are looking LEAN and MEAN on that bike. Way to go DAD!!

George Kim's Links

L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, a leader in battling AIDS and caring for those who are HIV-infected since the earliest days of the pandemic, provides free medical care to those who can't afford treatment and distributed more than $17 million worth of free HIV medications last year. The Center also provides one-on-one and group therapy, mobile testing/counseling, education, advocacy, and prevention services. Each month 700-1,000 people are tested for HIV at the Center.

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