Welcome to the page of
James Woods
$346.00
Raised to Goal of $3,000.00
Achievements
$100
$1,000
$1,950
$2,500
$3,000
$4,000
$6,500
$10,000
Self Donor
Strava
Bike Rally 2024: Back to Montreal!
How it started: Toronto, August 6, 2023
UPDATE MARCH 17, 2024
It's getting real!
I'm back on the bike trainer and trying to get my mojo back. Looking forward to getting out on actual roads again -- goal is to get me and Ridley back outside March 31.
Yesterday we had our first team social with team Patric & Will. Nice bunch of folks and I'm looking forward to training/riding/camping with them all.
Let's do this!
- James
UPDATE FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Happy New Year! After some abdominal surgery in January, I've been off the bike trainer for a few weeks and I'm itching to get back on. Training for August starts now!
I missed the deadline for team self-selection, so I'm interested to see whose team I land on.
Onward!
- James
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Welcome to my Friends for Life Bike Rally 2024 page!
If you're new here, last August I rode my bike for six days from Toronto to Montreal, met some really wonderful, lovely people, and cried a few tears (it's a really emotional, moving week long event).
In August 2024, I'm gonna do it all again.
And I swear, if I have enough spoons at the end of each day, I'll go to the drag shows and the lip-sync contests and the karaoke parties.
But the reason we do the Bike Rally isn't the glorious scenery or the joy of riding or the camaraderie of the kindest community of people anywhere: it's the money we raise to help people living in our community: people with AIDS who need food, wellness care, peer support, or just to be in a place that is welcoming and safe for them.
AIDS never went away -- the medical community just found better ways to keep people from getting sick, better ways to keep them from dying. So there are still people in our community living with AIDS, who need the community support that the Toronto PWA Foundation and other organizations like it provide.
You can help support them this giving season by making a secure online donation to my 2024 ride using your credit card. No amount is too small, no amount is too large! Since I'm no longer a first year rider, my fundraising goal is a little higher this year. I hope we can make it.
Thanks for taking a minute to drop by. Your support means the world.
James (and Ridley, the sweetest ride this side of the Don Valley)
Achievements
First $100
First $100
Personal Progress:
of Goal
$346
Raised
$3,000.00
Fundraising Honour Roll
Marion and Bob McGeein
$102
James R Woods
$102
Andre Liu
$51
Fergie and Annie Gunning (from their treat budget)
$51
M Berting Brett
$40