Donation Drive Officially Underway

The donation drives are officially underway! There are two drives.

The first and main fundraiser is for "Challenged Athletes Foundation." As stated before, I am hoping to raise $70,000.00. That's not a misprint!!! Together we can do it if we all work to pass on the information about my ride for charity and make others aware! We can make this a national experience! Donations to this charity are tax deductible!!

The second fundraiser is to help me with the cost of the trip. I expect it to cost me around $3,000.00 to do the ride. I now have $200.00 toward that amount and growing. I don't have a lot of time to raise it and plan on leaving on April 19th, 2009 if I have at least 50% of that raised by then. Sorry, but donations to help with the expense of the ride are not tax deductible. You can send donations to Russell Barber, 22997 Hampton Ct., Grand Terrace, CA 92313 or If you have a Paypal account you can donate by using my email address, marathoner26.2@sbcglobal.net.

There is a certain amount of psychology to fund raising! Many people have a hard time being the first to donate, but as they see donations being made they find it easier to donate themselves. I guess it all boils down to wanting to be a winner, or on the winning side. Don't put off your donations it is easy to forget when you put it off. Remember, that if you can only donate to one fundraiser please pick "Challenged Athletes Foundation."

If you know of a good location to put a collection box for old cell phone and ink cartridge donations please let me know. Good places are your place of employment, churches, schools, stores.

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Thanks for your help!