3 posts tagged “aids marathon”

Today is the World AIDS day. The UN, the World AIDS campaign info have these stats:

New reports by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that, as of 2006, the epidemic continues to spread in every region of the world. By now more than 65 million people have been infected with HIV and well over 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981, 2.9 million in 2006 alone. At this rate, the WHO predicts that in the next 25 years another 117 million people will die, making AIDS the third leading cause of death worldwide.

The organizations urge everyone to take action against AIDS. I have already taken my action...

What's yours?

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This just in..
Pharma company Bristol-Myers Squibb will donate a dollar every time someone goes to their site, and lights a candle.
Go here: www.lighttounite.org

Some of you may already know, I am training to the run the Miami Marathon with the National AIDS Marathon program.

I have personally committed several hours of training each week. I shall be in Miami end of January for my first marathon, if all goes well (*touch-wood*, no injuries, etc.). Despite the title of this blog, I do love running, and see it as a great motivating factor. I am hoping this will lead to other long runs.

I am running to support the Whitman-Walker Clinic of Washington DC, which runs services for the care of AIDS patients in this area, and prevention of AIDS. This is a worthy cause, and one that certainly deserves our attention!

How YOU can help make a difference...
Please click here to make charitable donations for this cause! Your contributions are tax-deductible in the U.S. They will help support needy patients. And you will have the satisfaction of donating for a great cause. I am raising ~$3000 for this cause and am one-third along the way.

Need help with donation suggestions? Consider donating...

$500
$250
$100
$50

Or, if you are from MIT (hello guys!) or prefer the complicated math, try the following algorithm:

$26.2    - one dollar for each mile of the run
$52.4    - two dollars per mile
$104.8  - four dollars per mile
$209.6  - you get the drift...

Or, just about any amount you think is worthwhile! Every dollar counts, and that's what's important. I shall be listing all major donors here.

All donations will go to the Whitman-Walker Clinic. (I shall be making my own arrangement for travel, etc.)

Once again, here are the links:

My donation page (safe, electronic means for making the donation).
Tax ID#: 52-1122-122

Donations may also be mailed to
National AIDS Marathon Training Program
P.O. Box 3978
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-3978

Runner ID#: DC-2477

Should you wish to write a check, please email me (remove NOSPAM) and let me know.

If this drive ends up supporting even one life, it would have succeeded!

Thank you for your generous contributions!
Cheers,
Atul

Some of you may know already, but others will pinch themselves, rub their eyes and do a double check.

I'm training for a marathon. Yes, a full twenty-six miles. And then point two.

Now, I'm not a big runner. So far, I've been a rather reluctant one, doing short 3 mile runs on the 'mill. Twenty-five minutes to half-an hour. That was good enough for me. I had thought of longer, five-mile runs, even tried a couple of times. Thoughts of longer runs remained just those... wishful thinking.

But now, it's the full monty. The big enchilada. The whole nine yards (pardon the pun)... and then some.

And I'm running for life... Not quite mine, but for others who I can help support.

So folks, here it is. I'm training for the ING Miami Marathon in January 2007, with the National AIDS Marathon Training Program. These nice folks train people for the half- and full-marathon, and in return, the people raise funds for AIDS service organizations. One good turn deserves another. Or vice versa.

So, here's a request for your support
This is a worthy cause, and I would like to ask for your support! I'm raising $3000 for the Whitman-Walker Clinic for AIDS patients, in Washington, DC.

Did you know that more than one million Americans, and 40 million others around the world, are living with HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS? With more than 20 million deaths so far, AIDS is now the leading cause of death among all people aged 15 to 59 worldwide.

Regrettably, approximately 1 in every 20 adults in the District of Columbia is living with HIV/AIDS. So, the money I am raising will benefit Whitman-Walker Clinic, the largest provider of HIV/AIDS services in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. The Clinic provides direct medical care, food, housing and other really important AIDS services -- to help keep people alive until there's a cure.

How *you* can help...

Please click here for a safe, electronic means of donating. Remember, your contributions are tax-deductible!  (For outside US donations, please consult your local tax laws).

If this drive ends up supporting even one life, I think I will have succeeded

Thank you for your generous support!