While I have your attention, I’d like to get a little publicity for something I’m doing this October. Since about 2007 I’ve been volunteering for BORP, the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program. BORP provides sports and recreation opportunities for people with disabilities, and runs programs for wheelchair basketball, power soccer, goalball, adaptive cycling- they have a great website if you want to check out what else they do!
I am the team equipment manager for the three power soccer teams, and the equipment specification committee chairman for the national organization. I helped with the US national team in their journey to win the 2011 FIPFA world cup in Paris, France. Power Soccer is a sport played by athletes who use electric wheelchairs to strike a 13 inch soccer ball with cage-like guards around their feet in the front of the chair. The sport is played on in an indoor basketball court with four players per team.
I am trying to raise at least $750 for BORP as I ride 65 miles in October. The page to donate is here:
http://borp.kintera.org/joecarrow
If you want to ride with me let me know! If you want to help more, you can send my donation page to your friends, corporate philanthropy contacts, or your family. That would be great! Even if you donate you should totally do that!
As an added incentive to donate, I am offering something special this year. If you liked the pictures from my bike tour, then or the rest of my Flickr photo stream, then I will send you a print for your donation! I hope it’s something that will make people more likely to donate (not less!), so here it goes!
- For a $25 donation I will send you a post card sized print from the bike tour set.
- For a $50 donation I will send an 8×10 print from any of my Flickr galleries.
- For a $100 donation I will send three 8×10 print from any of my Flickr galleries.
- For a $250 donation I will send three 8×10 prints, and one mounted print up to 14″ on a side.
- For a $750 donation I will send the above, plus a mounted print up to 24″ on a side.
- For a $5,000 donation, I will fly anywhere in the USA to do a photo shoot, and give you the above prints plus a framed print up to 24×36.
After you make a donation, just email me at joe@totallyshould.com to let me know which picture(s) you want. Prints will go out approximately a week after the ride. If you want to donate but don’t want a print, that’s OK too.