Life What is new!!

Well as most people know i am no longer getting married!! i will give that a big yeahhh!!

I have picked up a couple new hobbies!! Yes my bikes, I have recently bought both a mountain bike and a road bike!! I love them both!! And for those wondering i do wear spandex when i ride my road bike!! Me and my buddy Andy decided that we would ride 100 miles this year!! I decided that i might as well sence i decided to blog about my Ride that i can just post my support letter!!

Here it is!!

Dear (put your name here)

My name is Lawrence Lightner.  I am 22 years old and I am sending you this letter because I am hoping to partner with you and the Livestrong Foundation.  The Livestrong program is designed to increase cancer awareness and raise money for research to cure this disease. There are several ways to get involved on many different levels. Here is a way that you and I can team together to support for the Livestrong program and more important raise awareness of cancer.

I will be riding my bike 100 miles in San Jose, California on July 13, 2008.  I have committed to raise $2,500 for the Lance Armstrong Foundation which was founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist, Lance Armstrong, to inspire and empower people affected bycancer.

More than 1.3 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year
alone. Three out of four families in America will be faced with caring for a
family member with cancer. My family is one of those families.

I have not had cancer personally but I have been affected by it.  I have lost close family members and friends to cancer.  I remember being in high school watching my grandpa suffer as he tried to fight off the cancer.  I knew he wanted to give up but he fought for me and my family because we didn’t want to see him go.  I have lost a total of three people that I was close to. The thing that is driving me to do this ride though is not the people I have lost but the people that are being affected by cancer today.  I have two friends and one very close family member who have been diagnosed with cancer.

My best friend Andrew Steelman and I are being sponsored by Blameless Clothing.  We are printing custom jerseys for this event.  If you would be interested in some advertisement please email me at Lawrence@jdgrothe.com or if you would like to give a donation to the Livestrong foundation, visit the following website

http://sanjose08.livestrong.org/*/llightner.

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter.  Thank you in advance for your considering helping raise cancer awareness. 

Sincerely,

Lawrence Lightner

Me and Andy are starting to train for this ride!! We are riding on Sundays around the Modesto area so if you are a biker and want someone to ride with please let me know we are always looking for new people to ride with!!

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