Our Own Stickboy's Adventure for CCFA- PLEASE READ!

stickboy

cropdustress wrote:

How's the ride going?

going good! In Virginia today..just left George Mason Uni lst nite after hanging with HailHailVitalogy for a bit...thats mah dude! It was good to see him and kick it for a bit as always. Hoping to bypass at least Richmond today, but Im kinda stuck at Mickey D's using their power and wifi to see whats going on with my Giants and Rangers,
j-bug, SOLAT and Mrs Vedder thanx guys...the bay area will DEF know when I arrive...trust that!

chime

It's good keeping track of you. Thanks for blogging .... keep safe, have fun

{{{hugs}}}

Everyone just a reminder keep an eye on http://www.myspace.com/cycleacrossamerica

stickboy

Chime wrote:

It's good keeping track of you. Thanks for blogging .... keep safe, have fun

{{{hugs}}}

Everyone just a reminder keep an eye on http://www.myspace.com/cycleacrossamerica

{{{hugs}}} right back atcha pippa!

I'm updating the blogs and pics right now...just added 2 more blogs as a recap from the past week.

luv-ed91

Wow, stickboy, you're really making great timing - must be pedaling your ass off!!! I see you're making your way through Richmond - you're getting close to my home . . . hope you stop in for a visit, & the offer still stands if you need a place to lay your head (or a good home-cooked meal - Mickey-D's has to be getting old) If not, maybe I'll see ya on your way through & I can send you on your way with a little goodie bag

Keep us updated & stay safe, Eli!!!

stickboy

luv-ed91 wrote:

Wow, stickboy, you're really making great timing - must be pedaling your ass off!!! I see you're making your way through Richmond - you're getting close to my home . . . hope you stop in for a visit, & the offer still stands if you need a place to lay your head (or a good home-cooked meal - Mickey-D's has to be getting old) If not, maybe I'll see ya on your way through & I can send you on your way with a little goodie bag

Keep us updated & stay safe, Eli!!!

well actually I'm a lil bit behind! If you consider the 1st time I did it last yr from South Beach to Savannah which is almost 500 miles, it took me like 6 days. I'm already a week and a half in and I've barely covered that much I don't think...I gotta google and see how many miles from lets say NY to Richmond, VAd

Now cause of the rain and a few stops to hang with other fellow jammers and peeps I've fallen behind that pace...SO today I put the pedal to the metal and hit these bike trails all the way down US1 for a few hrs. Till now. Had to stop in and see how my teams were doing..so I'm by Quantico, the Marine corps grounds..should hit frederickstown in a few hrs and then we'll see how far Richmond is from there. If I'm around your hood, I'll hit you up for sure

pm me your addy and number if you want and if I get close then I'll give you a shout Mickey D's is def getting kinda ol but I gotta use them for their internet..esp on a sunday when no libraries are open for me to juice up the laptop either :(
ttyl luv-ed

luv-ed91

pm sent - and I have your camping gear hook-up, so don't worry about buying anything

stickboy

luv-ed91 wrote:

pm sent - and I have your camping gear hook-up, so don't worry about buying anything

pm sent back, and for the record...I can't thank you enough. Much love

found another mickey D's to stop in for wifi service and gonna call it a nite
bout 70 miles outside of Richmond, by Frederickston. Tomorrows another day

stickboy

SOLAT319 wrote:

Hey Stickboy what kinda bike do you have? Also, do you have a pre-planned route or are you kind of writing it as you bike along? Again, good luck and be safe! Don't take beer from strangers, only from jammers

its nothing special. a 10 speed Ross.
I plan my routes every day pretty much at internet spots like Mickey D's

mostly because it looks and feels kind of intimidating when you look at it as a whole so I try to conquer one state ata time

and no. no beer for eli. maybe some wine or some bud , but no beer

vduboise

wow Stickboy-
good luck.
you inspire me to do something myself.
I've made my donation- thanks for making the ride.

demetrios

Stickboy, it's great what ya doing man!
drive safe! i made a little donation, from help on the facebook page.
didn't know how to donate if you lived in canada.

take care!

JOEJOEJOE

stickboy wrote:

yo you are the man!
I just got it and you friggin Rock! I might have to use it towards maybe getting a tent or camping stuff when I start to hit the west and start camping out. I truly appreciate your gesture JOE!

No, YOU are the man. My pleasure.

stickboy

vduboise wrote:

wow Stickboy-
good luck.
you inspire me to do something myself.
I've made my donation- thanks for making the ride.

hey I been meaning to get in touch with you for a while..I remember what you tried to do to help out my friend mandi to make it up to the MSG shows and even tho it never happened, your gesture meant a lot. I thank you for that and the CCFA will def appreciate your donation. In the end when its all said and done I need to get all of you who helped and are continueing to help proper due respect and acknowledgement.
Fans like you and the rest are amazing
much love to ya



demetrios, thanx megale.


and J, mid nov. might be a longshot, but we'll see. I'm gonna try and hit up that San Antonio rock and Roll marathon for Mikey if Im in texas by that time
we'll see how the road takes me tho

joejoe... I'm gonna hold onto it for a bit and see what I may need down the line cause for now I'm good..maybe a tent, some hiking boots, or a lil gas burner and campping and cooking stuff?

MakeMeCry43

Wow, that's so cool Stickyboy! And by the sound of it you're probably having one hell of an adventure, I really wish I could "adventure" like that someday and more over it's also really for a great cause, sheesh! The amazing things that PJ fans do on here always baffles me! I really wish you all the best Stickyboy and hey, take your time, enjoy what's around you and such, but don't drag on for too long....And have a really great adventure! Take care of yourself out there and don't do anything too straining , Hope to hear from you soon stickyboy!

Have a damn good time

Sareen Deoja

We R Hardcoree PJ Fans but we have our sound too but ...Tribute to the Greatest band ever PJ ... We R from Nepal but residing in Minnesota ..Do chk em coversss .. hope u guys like it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RntZ2B8yyG4
Alive cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8p5...ture=re lated

Yellow Ledbetter cover

Humble tribute to Eddie and the rest of the Band members from Nepal

Solat13

Good luck Eli!

Just got back from vacation and saw the sticky!

Have a great ride and I can't wait to hear about your trip.

edvedr13

good luck !

stickboy

MakeMeCry43 wrote:

Wow, that's so cool Stickyboy! And by the sound of it you're probably having one hell of an adventure, I really wish I could "adventure" like that someday and more over it's also really for a great cause, sheesh! The amazing things that PJ fans do on here always baffles me! I really wish you all the best Stickyboy and hey, take your time, enjoy what's around you and such, but don't drag on for too long....And have a really great adventure! Take care of yourself out there and don't do anything too straining , Hope to hear from you soon stickyboy!

Have a damn good time

Cairo huh? from my moms birthplace!

well thank you for the words and I am DEF trying to take it easy and more importantly safe. Doing just like my bro in law said..."savor" each moment, each scene..everything. Every day I feel like a new adventures about to take place. SOme good, some bad, some strenuous cause of the uphills so plenty of walking and bikepushing but all in all its worth it till the end. Its gonna be 2-3 months that I'll carry with me for a long time. Meeting the peeps from here and random nice people from state to state all adds to the whole experience. Hopefully I can reach the goal of 50,000 I set for the CCFA by that time.

Solat thanx man and hope you had a good vaca!

J...meet me in San Antonio bro....lets do this!

eddiejammers

Dude this has to be biggest and best thing you have ever done. I have to say I am really impressed with your dedication. Steph and I will be donating and if you need any money on you trip give me a call. For all those people that have met Eli you are some lucky individuals. We have been friends for some years now and I can say he created the Pearl Jam fan that I am today. I also can accredit him to meeting my girlfriend of 4 1/2 years. He's a man among men and I wanted to say Eli I salute you. I'll be in touch just good luck and be safe. shane

stickboy wrote:

Cairo huh? from my moms birthplace!

well thank you for the words and I am DEF trying to take it easy and more importantly safe. Doing just like my bro in law said..."savor" each moment, each scene..everything. Every day I feel like a new adventures about to take place. SOme good, some bad, some strenuous cause of the uphills so plenty of walking and bikepushing but all in all its worth it till the end. Its gonna be 2-3 months that I'll carry with me for a long time. Meeting the peeps from here and random nice people from state to state all adds to the whole experience. Hopefully I can reach the goal of 50,000 I set for the CCFA by that time.

Solat thanx man and hope you had a good vaca!

J...meet me in San Antonio bro....lets do this!

stickboy

eddiejammers wrote:

Dude this has to be biggest and best thing you have ever done. I have to say I am really impressed with your dedication. Steph and I will be donating and if you need any money on you trip give me a call. For all those people that have met Eli you are some lucky individuals. We have been friends for some years now and I can say he created the Pearl Jam fan that I am today. I also can accredit him to meeting my girlfriend of 4 1/2 years. He's a man among men and I wanted to say Eli I salute you. I'll be in touch just good luck and be safe. shane

shane....man

nothing but love for you brotha. And for Steph...I'm lucky and blessed to have friends like you guys, for real
I know you always got my back bro...never a doubt.

MakeMeCry43

Your mom was born in Cairo? Seriously? WOW

Aww you're absolute welcome! I mean what you are doing is really inspiratonal, I mean who doesn't love to embark on some wacky adventure? And meet great people, PJ fans or not, because sometimes meeting people from all walks of life just adds it to the whole adventure! Sometimes people are more important than anything So I really hope you have a lot of fun and a great one! And it's just great that it's for a cause, really shows what lengths a person can go to just to help out, Also that's another part of the adventure is that you get tired lol, you're supposed to be roughing it out and that's what you're doing And it's great! You got all my good vibes and wishes hehe....Have a great time Eli! We're all with ya

stickboy

MakeMeCry43 wrote:

Your mom was born in Cairo? Seriously? WOW

Aww you're absolute welcome! I mean what you are doing is really inspiratonal, I mean who doesn't love to embark on some wacky adventure? And meet great people, PJ fans or not, because sometimes meeting people from all walks of life just adds it to the whole adventure! Sometimes people are more important than anything So I really hope you have a lot of fun and a great one! And it's just great that it's for a cause, really shows what lengths a person can go to just to help out, Also that's another part of the adventure is that you get tired lol, you're supposed to be roughing it out and that's what you're doing And it's great! You got all my good vibes and wishes hehe....Have a great time Eli! We're all with ya

yea my moms got some Egyptian in her..she lived there for many yrs before moving to the States.
Def cool to keep meeting new and different people every day from the PJammers to the locals, and just everyone i general. Everyones been pretty great so far

stuckinline

made a donation........

best of luck to you stickboy!

stickboy

stuckinline wrote:

made a donation........

best of luck to you stickboy!

good job! and thanx again! I been trying to get the people at the CCFA to put up a tracker to see how much we've raised so far and I havent gotten a response yet...like 4 emails later, SO I'm gonna put up their emails here and if you guys wanna harass them too just to put a lil more pressure on them, feel free! seems like ever since I started they havent even checked to see how I'm doing and theres like no participation from them after that


mprzypyszny@ccfa.org
Cwalker@ccfa.org
OFarrell@ccfa.org


Also since this is my first time doing something like this any tips, and/or advice would def be appreciated. Like I been trying to reach out to sponsors but to no avail so if anyone has ideas on how to go about it or who I should hit up for sponsorship, let me know Thanx again for everything boys and girls!

chime

stickboy wrote:

good job! and thanx again! I been trying to get the people at the CCFA to put up a tracker to see how much we've raised so far and I havent gotten a response yet...like 4 emails later, SO I'm gonna put up their emails here and if you guys wanna harass them too just to put a lil more pressure on them, feel free! seems like ever since I started they havent even checked to see how I'm doing and theres like no participation from them after that


mprzypyszny@ccfa.org
Cwalker@ccfa.org
OFarrell@ccfa.org


Also since this is my first time doing something like this any tips, and/or advice would def be appreciated. Like I been trying to reach out to sponsors but to no avail so if anyone has ideas on how to go about it or who I should hit up for sponsorship, let me know Thanx again for everything boys and girls!

If they won't help does anyone in the US know of an equivalent to http://www.justgiving.com where we could set up a page for Eli that would track the sponsorship then send it to the charity?

I tried googling but I keep getting mainly UK based hits

sennin

Can you make it to Seattle by Nov 3rd?

http://events.showboxonline.com/calendar/view_entry.php?id=516&date=20081103

Fahka

man im a lil pissed about how lazy ccfa is being with this :( This is such a big opportunity! I mean look at how much money and awareness has already been raised, and your trip has just begun! Ill send ccfa an email and be like "yo hey, wtf ccfa?" hehe I mean this is just such a big deal for them.. you would think they would be knocking down mountains to make it easier/more efficient for you but they wont even return your email??


So man charities would be beside themselves to get a chance like this.. maybe we need a few back up charities just in case...
We are all rooting for you lou! There are so many people that affected by chrons and colitis , i know those families are so grateful for what you are doing.


stay safe and happy

Fahka

stickboy wrote:

good job! and thanx again! I been trying to get the people at the CCFA to put up a tracker to see how much we've raised so far and I havent gotten a response yet...like 4 emails later, SO I'm gonna put up their emails here and if you guys wanna harass them too just to put a lil more pressure on them, feel free! seems like ever since I started they havent even checked to see how I'm doing and theres like no participation from them after that


mprzypyszny@ccfa.org
Cwalker@ccfa.org
OFarrell@ccfa.org


Also since this is my first time doing something like this any tips, and/or advice would def be appreciated. Like I been trying to reach out to sponsors but to no avail so if anyone has ideas on how to go about it or who I should hit up for sponsorship, let me know Thanx again for everything boys and girls!

i did a google search for "how to obtain a sponsor" and this is the first thing that popped up.. check it out

http://sa.websbiggest.com/sponsoranything/index.cfm

stickboy

good job kids! This is why I love yall:


email 1:

Hello Eli,



We at CCFA are loudly cheering for you go across state lines in your ride for a cure!



Presently, there is still a delay in getting the web site to where it should be. I am actively working with the IT team to speed up the process, but as you know, the switch over to new software is a major issue.



As you requested, I enquired about adding a tracker so that you could see at a glance how much money your effort has raised so far, but unfortunately it cannot be added at this present time. I will have the results for you in terms of what money your event has raised hopefully by later this afternoon. I am meeting with the IT manager who will be gathering this information from the site, then I will email you with the results.



I commend your noble efforts, and thank you for your selflessness in taking on this event that will make in a difference in the lives of the people who are suffering from these chronic illnesses.



You will be hearing from me soon.



Thank you!



and email 2:


Hello Eli,



You are doing great!



You have accumulated a total of $560 from 14 contributors.



I will have a more detailed list of donations as soon as the report can be is created.



Thank you so much for your efforts!


you guys RRRRRROOOOCCCKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I gave them hell too J, and I'm sure once they started getting the emails from you guys they musta been like OH SHIT :eek: Seems like if you don't pressure them or harass them they won't do shit. Oh well we're all doing a great job and I still got plenty of work to do...we're only at about 600 bucks so I gotta keep getting the word out.


mandi you know I love ya for everythingm kid, and it was great to hear your voice yest....tried today but maybe the Diz ws sleeping, lol

sennin, I wish I could make it there for that..if you see Mike, let him know...the phsycho he ran into on 72nd and Columbus in NYC with the girls is on his way! and hope he and everyone else is proud to have fans like you guys who make all this happen. Thanx to everyone

pippa I'm sure we'll figure it out and straighten everything out in the end

cropdustress

Where are you now?
No updates for a few days, so I assume you're on the road somewhere...

Fahka

cropdustress wrote:

Where are you now?
No updates for a few days, so I assume you're on the road somewhere...

He was in route to Charlotte NC for the last few days and has made it there:) I'm sure he'll be posting an update tonight sometime..