Once again I am participating as a rider in the Wisconsin AIDS Ride, ACT 17.  This year is my 23rd straight year of riding in AIDS rides.  At the completion of ACT 17, I will have participated in 34 AIDS Rides.  I started on this journey after finding out that my college roommate, Elizabeth Glaser, had passed away from AIDS in 1994.  She was infected from a transfusion, and after losing her daughter to AIDS related illness, she along with two friends, started the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.  I have met many people living with HIV/AIDS since I began participating in these rides, so while I still honor and remember Elizabeth, I ride for everyone dealing with this disease.

I hope you will consider giving generously to AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, where your donation will help many people in Wisconsin living with HIV/AIDS.  Thank you.