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AIDS/LifeCycle 2019 - 14th time is a charm!

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You can't keep a good man down - or me, apparently! Yes, I am returning as a Roadie for ALC2019 - June 2-8, 2019!

As many of you know, I have been participating in AIDS/LifeCycle for quite some time - this year marks my 14th time doing this event! From June 2 - June 8, 2019, I will be making the trek from SF to LA once again with the amazing Gear & Tent team. To mark this momentous year for me (having just turned 50), my goal was to raise $50,000 - and I have now surpassed that!  My current total is $50,717.35!!  This is truly incredible.  NOW I want to see how much I can surpass that original goal.

I am hoping this is something you will support. I have been living with HIV since August of 2000 and have committed myself to do everything I can to help in this fight until HIV is a thing of the past. We are close! And I know I will see a world where the kids in my life will not have to worry about HIV and AIDS at all. I hope you believe that as well.

A quick story - my cousin and her husband have 4 children who I adore. One morning, when the kids were very young, they saw me taking my meds. When they asked what the pills were for, I asked them if they have ever heard of HIV and AIDS. They said they had and they asked if people died from it. I started to explain, "yes (their faces dropped and they got visibly upset), but that is why I take the pills - so I won't get sick". Once we talked about it, they felt better about what they had learned. When my cousin came home and we were having dinner, one of the girls, very innocently, announced "Sean has AIDS". My cousin and her husband looked at me, horrified. My cousin proceeded to tell me I had no right to talk to their kids about such things and that it was not my place. The kids started to get upset again. Privately, I told my cousin that I did not want to ignore the kids' questions and that I wanted to make this something that was NOT scary for them - so they would not be afraid of this. I felt I had done that, but my cousin felt otherwise. She wanted to keep them in the dark about the whole subject.

And THAT'S why I continue to do this ride. I do not want the kids in my family - or any kids - to grow up with that stigma and fear that so many of us have lived through for so many years. It's something I feel so passionately about - and I hope you do too.

On a last note, I would like to ask you to think about the people you have lost to HIV/AIDS, or those you know who are living with HIV. You may only know one person - me. But I would like you to think of how different the world would be today if those people who have passed on were still here; or think about what those living with HIV have taught you and brought to your life. Again, that may just be me. But I would like you to keep ALL of us in your thoughts as you decide to donate.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support.

xoxoxo

Sean Ray

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$52,825 Raised
$52,000.00
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$100
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$100
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$100
Brian Schneider
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$200
Chip Graves
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$103
Chris McCall
$515
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$51
Christopher Rice
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$150
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$256
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Dan Lauten
$100
Daniel Fabricant
Dave Fowler
$154
David and Aaron
$154
David Miranda
$150
Deb Choy
$100
Denise Killoran Heiligenstein
$150
Dennis and Will
$100
Derek Gordon
$150
Don Bowman
$103
Don Spradlin
Dorothy Giammona
$51
Dorothy Giammona
Dr. Mario Champagne
$103
Eddie Metairie
$200
Emily Jaquette
Emily Nichols
$50
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$500
Fred Baumer
$100
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$40
Gill 'D. Gill' Sperlein
$50
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$100
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$50
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$200
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$200
Jay Allen
$500
Jay Scott
Jeanne Batacan-Harper
$51
Jeff Miller
$50
Jeff Ouellette
Jefferson McCarley/Gary Keener
$100
Jeffrey Milla
$500
Jeremy Zondlo
Jesse DeRose
Jessie Amoroso & Michael
$515
Jim Allen Hannah
$50
JIM BEAUMONTE
$154
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$250
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$200
Jody Schaffer
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$50
John Johnson
$257
John Olsen
$500
John Thomas
$103
Jose Comoda
$50
Joseph VictorSieger
$51
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$20
Justin Donahue
$51
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$250
Kali Diwa
Karen Pitcher
$100
Kathy dere
$25
Kelly Hart
$20
Ken Conroy
$260
Ken Passman
$100
Kevin Ng-Tang
$188
Kevin Porter
Khanh Doan
Lance Gallagher
$100
Larry Galdeano
$103
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Laura Kurtz
$51
Leah Golden
Linda Bouton
$100
Lj Strunsky
$200
Lois Tema
$100
Lolita Williams
$20
Luis & Crispin
Lynne Carmichael
Mae Schoenig
$206
Marius Greenspan
Mark Leno
$154
Matt and Jennifer Glass
$51
Maureen Maloney
$100
Melinda Lee
$250
Melissa Milne
$50
Melissa O'Keefe
$25
Michael J. Connolly
$100
Michael Kang
Michelle Franzoia
Mick Laver
$257
Mick Laver
Molly and Brian Molloy
$50
Mr. Abraham 'Abe' Livchitz
Mr. Al M Brazil
$100
Mr. Darrin Martin
$150
Mr. Kevin Gee
$100
Mr. Lancehart Numazu
$50
Mr. Leland Dale Foster
$515
Mr. Patrick OHara
$100
Ms. Kathryn Sheehan
$757
Nancy Podolsky
Nate Wagner
$50
Nick and Angela
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$1,000
Patrick O'Hara
$100
Patty Moore
Paul Campana
Paula A
$103
Paula Albertson
$257
Pauline Roothman
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Pia Sprague
R. Karl Hebenstreit
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$200
Rebecca Nowall-Fleet
$50
Regena and Ben Bubenheim
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$500
Rich Lang
$250
Richard Spaulding
$100
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$2,000
Ron Kimmel
$154
Roseann
Roy Casstevens
$51
Ryan Leung
$103
Ryan Senkier
Sandra
Sara Altier
$50
Scott Marlowe
$51
Scott Walton
$75
Sean Flamingo
$25
Sean Ray
$350
Shane Ray
Shannon J Halkyard
$50
Shawn Burke
$355
SHN Theathres
$210
Sooz
Stacy Dugan Hofmann
$103
Steve Dykes
$154
Steve Gallagher
$100
Steven Engen
$103
Steven Valdez
$250
Susan Nance
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Tara & Mike Bergmann
Teresa Ancona
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$1,000
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$400
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$50
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$100
Thomas C & Brian D
$100
Timothy Connell
$50
Todd Delzer
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$50
Tonja
Tresenia Griffin
$103
Victor Antonetti
$100
Victoria Python
$51
VMWare Foundation
$250
Wade Crosson
$250
Will & Dennis
$1,000
Will Swagger
$51
Zach Taylor
$51
Zack, Derek & Hank
$257

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