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Patrick Autissier for Partners In Health
Page Creator: Patrick Autissier
Event: Race Across AMerica
Event Starts: Jun 10th 2007
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www.patrickautissier.org
About my nonprofit:
Partners in Health
Partners In Health is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation based in Boston, Massachusetts, and active in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Russia, and the United States. Our mission is to provide a preferential...
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Fundraising target: $50,000
So far I have raised: $12,665.00
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My personal message:

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page!

As for the past 2 years, this project is about a crazy guy (read: me!) who wants to ride 3,000 miles from coast to coast on his bike in less than 12 days, in order to raise money and awareness for Partners In Health.

But it’s also about a guy who just wants to realize his dream, and by doing so trying to help people who are not as lucky as he is.

This project is simply about passion, dreams, effort, love, compassion, solidarity.

I don't have to convince you that PIH does a fantastic job in many resources-poor countries. The situation of health care is beyond our imagination. But we collectively can do something.

However, I know that there are thousand of great and various charities in need of your help. I will never tell you to fund PIH versus another charity. My role is simply to promote Partners In Health. At the end of the day, it's going to be your decision to help PIH, to help another charity, or even to do nothing. No one can blame you for that decision.

Please, go to www.pih.org for more information. Also, you can read "Mountains beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder. it's about the life of one of the PIH founder, Paul Farmer. If you think I'm nuts, well Paul Farmer is nuttier than I am, because he has devoted his entire life for the poor people, and that's remarkable!

Thanks,

Patrick 

 

www.patrickautissier.org

Donating through this website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts.

Many thanks for your support -- and don't forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!


Online Sponsors to date:
Display Name Date Amount  Comment
gert gooris 7/7/2007 $50.00 Hope you recover soon .......... 
Mascha van den Berg 7/2/2007 $25.00 Patrick, Maytal told me about your amazing tour through the US: fab you're doing this for others !! 
SEUX's Family 6/25/2007 $50.00 Encore bravo pour cet exploit 
Evita 6/23/2007 $50.00 All the best 
Jim Simone 6/21/2007 $50.00 Bonne chance! 
mayalepic 6/21/2007 $25.00 good luck et courage ! bises 
Maytal 6/17/2007 $25.00 Keep on going! it will be so exciting to see you finish this! 
connie 6/13/2007 $100.00 Wow! Cool! 
Victoria 6/11/2007 $25.00 Best of luck Patrick! 
peyerl 6/11/2007 $60.00 Keep peddling - I'll try and catch you when you come through Colorado 
Jully Tin 6/9/2007 $25.00  
Marty 6/9/2007 $50.00 (ISAC) Best of luck, FlowJock! 
Helen 6/8/2007 $25.00 Good luck, Patrick! :o) 
Jen, Zoe, & Grady Newberg 6/8/2007 $100.00 Good luck, Patrick! 
Birgit 6/7/2007 $25.00 Good luck, Patrick. Drive safe! 
Warren Croce 6/7/2007 $25.00  
agnes chenine 6/7/2007 $60.00 Enjoy the ride :-)  
Carol 6/7/2007 $50.00 We will be thinking of you. 
Maciej Simm 6/7/2007 $25.00  
Barbara Pilas 6/5/2007 $50.00 Good Luck!!! 
David White 6/4/2007 $100.00 Cytometry list 
Karen 6/4/2007 $50.00 ISAC member 
The Chalfin-Jacobs Family 5/21/2007 $50.00 Happy riding! 
Laurie Cain 5/16/2007 $100.00 I'm a colleague of Laura Corral's and she sent us the site information. Good Luck! 
Laura Corral 5/15/2007 $50.00 (ISAC member) 
Justin Fishbaugh (ISAC member) 5/14/2007 $50.00  
J. Paul Robinson 5/12/2007 $250.00 Come on ISAC members - Support this great cause! 
Justin Brooke 5/11/2007 $50.00 Good luck on your ride, Patrick! 
Patrick 5/7/2007 $50.00  
Allan Coukell 5/4/2007 $20.00  
Mark Dionne 5/4/2007 $50.00  
Fred Preffer 2/20/2007 $50.00 Patrick.... good luck on this endeavor! 
* Total raised online: $1,765.00
Amount raised offline: $10,900.00
Grand Total: $12,665.00
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