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    Default Fundraising for Ovarian Cancer Research

    Hi everybody.

    In case you didnt hear about it yet, I signed-up to fundraise for an organization that supports ovarian cancer research. It's called Ovarian Cycle and started-out in Atlanta as an indoor cycling event.
    http://www.ovariancycle.org

    They have allowed me to have a fundraising page, even though I'll be doing all my riding here in Hawaii. My next ride will be during the Haleiwa Metric Century (100 kilometers or 62 road miles), where I'll be participating on behalf of Ovarian Cycle.

    My biggest ride this year will take place on the Big Island during September (Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month), when I will be attempting to ride the circumference of the Big Island on my fixed gear/single speed bike. As far as I know, no one has ever ridden the circumference of the Big Island, let alone on a fixed gear bicycle.

    If anyone would like to help me fundraise, here is the website I have set-up
    http://www.ovarian808.org

    You can help with a donation and/or by distributing the link around to anyone you think might be able to donate.

    I'm participating this year in memory of my mother, Olivia Leina'ala Browning, who lost her life to ovarian cancer in February 1992.


    Benefitting agencies are the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and the Ovarian Cancer Institute. Currently, there is no reliable and easy to administer test to detect ovarian cancer in its earliest, and most treatable stages. As a result, most women who have it only discovered their condition when the cancer has reached its later, and more terminal, stages. Both benefitting agencies are working to develop early detection tests, which would benefit thousands of women every year by finding ovarian cancer while it is most treatable.


    Thanks for any help.

    Duane

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    Default Re: Fundraising for Ovarian Cancer Research

    Hi DJ Duane, I'm sorry about your mom and I wish you luck in your fundraising effort! I tried to donate a small amount, but your site doesn't utilize paypal. Is there any way you could use paypal to accept donations?


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    Default Re: Fundraising for Ovarian Cancer Research

    If you wanted to send a check, there is a printable flyer available through the donation page.

    I'll ask the webmaster about Paypal, but I think they charge a small percentage of each transaction.

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    So far, I'm doing better for Ovarian Cycle than I did individually for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, American Diabetes Association, Paradise Ride 2005 and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

    Overall, I'm in 6th place of the 32 fundraisers this year.

    I'm more motivated for this Cause than I had been for any of the others, even though they were all very important to me.

    When I found-out that ovarian cancer research money was actually cut by seven million dollars a few years ago, I can't describe how angry and resentful I was.

    But, it did make me more determined than ever to keep going.

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    Oh, dang, I'm out of the Top Ten.

    Well, back to work fundraising.

    Considering the fact that I'll be riding my bike 62 miles in April and 300+ miles in September, I figured that I should be doing better right now.

    The 300+ mile ride is going to be me riding my bike around the circumference of the Big Island. September was the month chosen because its Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. No one has ever ridden the circumference of the Big Island as a solo rider. Neither has anyone ever done it on a fixed gear/single speed bike. I'm doing both.

    I better eat more between now and then.

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    Well, I asked the Ovarian Cycle webmaster about Paypal and he said that it is already tooo late in the 2006 season to setup something with them. Maybe next year.

    Paypal does deduct a fee for every transaction, though, and Ovarian Cycle tries to keep costs as low as possible so that more money can go into ovarian cancer research. However, if the benefits will outweigh the costs, it may be worth a try for 2007.

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