TogetheRide 2021: Team ALCaholics

Team ALCaholics at the ALC 2019 halfway point!

Team ALCaholics

Team ALCaholics is a fellowship of people who share a common affliction: an addiction to the warm, fuzzy, sweaty feelings that one experiences during a 7-day, 545-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles known as AIDS/LifeCycle. The term "love bubble," as veteran ALC participants call it, refers to the sense of feeling encapsulated by tremendous positivity, admiration, affection, and respect for fellow riders, roadies, and others involved in the life-changing experience.

During our inaugural year (2015), we set a $100K fundraising goal, and raised $210,871, more than double our original goal. For ALC 2016, we set our fundraising goal at a lofty $250,000, and thanks to the tremendous support and generosity of our donors, we raised over $300,000, bringing our two-year fundraising total to over half a million dollars! In 2017, with a team of 70 cyclists and roadies, we raised over $438,000! In our five-year history, we've raised $1.65 million! We are more excited than ever to return to AIDS/LifeCycle 2021 with a lofty $350K fundraising goal!

There are no requirements to be an ALCaholic. We have new and experienced participants of all ages from all around the world. As riders and roadies, we come together to support each other in our mission to end HIV/AIDS. See our mission statement and values here: http://bit.ly/aboutALCaholics

**Become an ALCaholic!** Just click the "Join Team" button to the right. Contact team captain Jeffrey Huang (contactALCaholics@gmail.com) for more information.

**Support our habit!** You can click on any of the team members' names and donate to them directly. Or, if you'd like to become a sponsor for the entire team, please contact team captain Jeffrey Huang (contactALCaholics@gmail.com), and we can make special arrangements.

AIDS/LifeCycle benefits, and is jointly produced by, San Francisco AIDS Foundation (Tax ID # 94-2927405) and the Los Angeles LGBT Center (Tax ID # 95-3567895), each of which is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation recognized as tax exempt under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). Donations to AIDS/LifeCycle fundraising pages are deductible for income tax purposes, to the extent permitted by law.

Thank you for your generous support. Your donations bring us one step closer to ending AIDS. Until that happens, ALCaholics will keep coming back!

What your donation does:

$10,000 helps provide counseling services for more than 250 clients.
$5,000 helps keep the HIV testing RV rolling for one year.
$2,500 helps four HIV-positive people receive stable housing for one month.
$1,000 helps provide two Community Education Forums where 150 men can learn more about HIV.
$250 helps provide ten rapid HIV antibody tests at a testing site.
$175 helps provide case management for 15 HIV-positive clients who are homeless.
$150 helps provide 1,000 syringes through the street-based Syringe Access Services.
$100 helps provide the travel cost for a Treatment Advocacy Coordinator to attend the medical appointments of 25 clients, provide moral support, and help clients advocate for themselves.
$25 helps a financial benefits counselor assist one person in navigating the private and public benefirst systems.
$10 helps provide 143 condoms to the SFAF and LA LGBT Center's service sites.