ALL-OR-NOTHING – Our Fundraising Campaign Ends Soon & We Need Your Help!
Team Larry / Friday, January 7th, 2011 / 3 Comments »
We begin this year with a lot of energy and excitement, and also with a new website!
We are very thankful to the wonderful people at EGR International for supporting Ride with Larry and helping us build this great new site.
And its getting down to the wire for our fundraising campaign! If we don’t reach $50,000 by February 1st than we won’t get any of the money which will go to all the filming expenses that quickly accumulate on a project of this size! You can see the list below for just a few of our goals with this film. If everyone makes a small contribution, the equivalent of their morning cup of coffee or greater, think of how powerful that would be! We hope that you join us with your support to help us achieve this goal! Please share the link with others who would like to contribute: http://kck.st/faTC3H
Over the coming months we will be adding to the website and using this blog as a platform for Larry to post video messages about his training, resources and information for Parkinson’s patients and families to improve their lives, stories of Parkinson’s from around the world (send us yours, we’d love to include it here), exciting news on Parkinson’s research, guest articles, and updates from the film crew. So stay tuned!!
Among the things we are looking to achieve this year on Ride with Larry are:
1. Film Larry in South Dakota this February to document his winter training & begin his video blogs
2. Travel to Europe to film two very important research studies
3. Interview geneticists studying Parkinson’s and collecting 10,000 genetic samples of Parkinson’s patients
4. Interview Larry’s neurosurgeon in San Francisco
5. Travel to states such as Ohio, Georgia, New York, Connecticut and more where doctors and researchers are working on curing Parkinson’s and improving lives
6. Find the youngest person with Parkinson’s
7. Travel to South Dakota this May & June to follow Larry as he rides across his state
8. And many, many more interviews with experts, spokespersons, and patients in the Parkinson’s field
Together we can make Ride with Larry happen and help improve the lives of many people with Parkinson’s.
Thank you for all your help!
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Can other people with parkinsons (or without) join the actual ride?
Hi Sandy-
Yes, yes, and yes! The last day of the ride is open to everyone and we’d love to have you join us!
More details about the ride will be available in mid-February. At the moment we’re a bit pressured and working really, really hard to reach our $50,000 fundraising goal by February 1st. We still have about $15,000 to go and only 14 days left!
The production team will be making a trip to Vermillion in a few weeks to film Larry’s winter training. We’ll also have a chance to meet with the bike committee and sort out all the details!
Thanks for your support,
Katie from Team Larry
[...] We’re so thankful to have $38, 656 raised so far, but as you know Kickstarter is an all or nothing deal. If we don’t reach our $50,000 by February 1st, all the money will be refunded to the generous donors who believe in our project and have taken the time to support our efforts. [...]