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News Briefs Florida: Tuesday's Angels Are on the Shoulder (of the Road)June 24, 2003 A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! Eleven riders in the annual 100 Percent Solution Bike Ride
for Life -- a 308-mile ride from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to
Melbourne, Fla., and back -- collected $53,000 for HIV/AIDS. The
ride raised $65,000 last year and $60,000 in 2001. The coastal
ride was founded by two cyclists, Rob Hancock and Mike Walkowski,
who were upset to learn that a national AIDS ride they had
participated in donated only five cents out of every dollar
raised to agencies working directly with HIV-infected people.
Hancock and Walkowski approached the all-volunteer group
Tuesday's Angels to establish the ride in 1996. The ride's name
is derived from the fact that 100 percent of the money raised
goes to the Fort Lauderdale organization, which provides
emergency funding for people with HIV.
Adapted from:South Florida Sun-Sentinel 06.22.03; Ralph De La Cruz A note from TheBody.com: Since this article was written, the HIV pandemic has changed, as has our understanding of HIV/AIDS and its treatment. As a result, parts of this article may be outdated. Please keep this in mind, and be sure to visit other parts of our site for more recent information! This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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