KidA
08-10-2006, 11:32
Hey guys - figure it couldn't hurt to cross-post this from over at SOCNET so here goes:
http://www.specialops.org/events.asp#Cannonball
I'm participating in a Cannonball-style (daily time-trial) race across the country 10-19 September 2006 and I'm raising donations to go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
I'll be riding a 1964 Vespa I've built myself: 2-stroke 235cc motor, 32mm Mikuni carb, carbonfiber reed valve, expansion chamber, external quick release race tank, etc, etc.
The Foundation, as many of you know, provides college grants (not loans) to children of Special Ops personnel who were killed in the performance of their duties (training or in the stink), so it's a worthy cause.
To donate: go to the site (http://www.specialops.org/events.asp#Cannonball), scroll down, and click Make a Contribution. If you want it to be on behalf of the Cannonball you have to put a message in the "Notes" section that your donation is on behalf of the gay scooter thing, the cannonball thing, or Mike Garrett (me). If you forget then they still get the money, it just doesn't get listed on the funds I've raised - no biggie.
None of the money comes to me. I am paying for everything else (gas, two-stroke oil, food and hotels, shipping my bike to Portland, flying to Portland, on my own.
There's more info on Socnet, to include the route if anyone is buying beer when I pass through. http://www.socnetcentral.com/vb/showthread.php?t=62055
Thanks.
I am not really on these boards that often but will check back from time to time - I can always be reached through Socnet as well.
http://www.specialops.org/events.asp#Cannonball
I'm participating in a Cannonball-style (daily time-trial) race across the country 10-19 September 2006 and I'm raising donations to go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.
I'll be riding a 1964 Vespa I've built myself: 2-stroke 235cc motor, 32mm Mikuni carb, carbonfiber reed valve, expansion chamber, external quick release race tank, etc, etc.
The Foundation, as many of you know, provides college grants (not loans) to children of Special Ops personnel who were killed in the performance of their duties (training or in the stink), so it's a worthy cause.
To donate: go to the site (http://www.specialops.org/events.asp#Cannonball), scroll down, and click Make a Contribution. If you want it to be on behalf of the Cannonball you have to put a message in the "Notes" section that your donation is on behalf of the gay scooter thing, the cannonball thing, or Mike Garrett (me). If you forget then they still get the money, it just doesn't get listed on the funds I've raised - no biggie.
None of the money comes to me. I am paying for everything else (gas, two-stroke oil, food and hotels, shipping my bike to Portland, flying to Portland, on my own.
There's more info on Socnet, to include the route if anyone is buying beer when I pass through. http://www.socnetcentral.com/vb/showthread.php?t=62055
Thanks.
I am not really on these boards that often but will check back from time to time - I can always be reached through Socnet as well.