[NJSBMWR] Rally for the Cure
Don Eilenberger
deilenberger at gmail.com
Sun Aug 11 18:40:13 EDT 2019
Hi Manny,
Glad to hear the caution you're taking on PCa.
The site was correct - but that doesn't take into account BMW riders
going to any event that has "free food" - they always arrive early so
they don't miss out on the "free food". I sort of mentally accounted
for it - and the food wasn't ready until noon, but there were people
registering and eyeballing the door prizes well before 12PM.
Cross Country was not "open" for this event. Dan and Lois were in the
showroom, but they wouldn't sell anything. Dan felt that would take
away from the event, and I agree. They already do hold numerous bike
intro events every year - they're very popular - but that wasn't why WE
were there. The families of Harold Gantz (Sara his wife, his sister
and her husband, and his son/wife/grandchildren) expressed appreciation
for the event - either privately or publicly. I will be asking the club
to show appreciation to Dan, Lois and Jon (their publicity guy who was
extremely helpful.)
Donations, large and small came in all day. I'll be adding up the
numbers, but we may have met our goal of $10,000 to be split between the
two organizations.
Sorry you were late..
Don
On 8/11/2019 4:02 PM, Manny Carabel via NJSBMWR wrote:
> Hi Don,
> I appreciate the info on the disease and yes since he had it I get
> biannually PSA tested, better safe than sorry. I looked on the site it
> said 12pm had I known it was 11am I would have gone there earlier. I
> understand it was hot etc and perhaps some of the older gents got bored
> but I'm guessing that's because what else was there? Besides Cross
> Country allowing use of the lot, did I miss anything like new bikes out
> on display or gear? That would have been cool. Again I know it was the
> first year and I had NOTHING to do with it so I'm not barking at anyone
> I'm just stating as someone who went to participate in it but I guess I
> was too late. Don I'm sure the family who this event was created
> after was very pleased to have such an event and appreciated it
> greatly. I hope the donations were funneling in as well.
> Manny
>
> On Aug 11, 2019 3:45 PM, Don Eilenberger via NJSBMWR
> <njsbmwr at casano.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/11/2019 2:41 PM, Manny Carabel via NJSBMWR wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Let me preface this by saying I'm sure a lot of hard work went
> into
> > this event and time consuming hours so that's commendable. I
> arrived at
> > Cross Country with my family at 1:25. The lot looked empty
> with the
> > exception of a few bikes, more Harley's than BMW which was
> odd. As I
> > walked up Don was already calling out numbers so I just
> figured I
> > missed the first drawing. I was told that I couldn't buy
> raffle tickets
> > as it was too late. That was disappointing as I figured there
> would be
> > multiple drawings not just at one time. I thought there would
> be
> > things on display at the very least but didn't see anything. I
> actually
> > felt like an outsider when I went up and asked about the
> ticket
> > situation one of the guys said as the guy with the
> microphone.. yeah ok
> > like I'm going to interrupt Don as he is calling out numbers.
> I'd still
> > like to make a donation because my father had prostate cancer.
> So again
> > I didn't take part in the planning so I'm not taking away from
> anyone
> > who volunteered but I was disappointed and felt the trip up
> was
> > wasted.
> > Manny
>
> Manny - sorry. A decision was made about 1:15 that we should start
> pulling tickets since it appeared people with sort attention spans
> were
> getting bored and leaving. That's probably why the lot looked sort
> of
> empty. It was more crowded earlier. There weren't actually more
> HD's
> than BMW's - it just looked like it since they parked in a very
> conspicuous place, each of them taking up about 1.5 parking spaces.
>
> That was fine.. they didn't get bored as easily as some of our more
> senior members. I asked one of the senior members why he was
> leaving
> early - did he have something else to do - and his answer was "No"..
> "actually nothing at all".. he was simply bored. Apparently we
> weren't
> fulfilling his entertainment requirements so he went home to find
> something that would. Items were on display from about 11AM until
> the
> drawing started at 1:15PM - a bit over 2 hours. Many of us had been
> working mostly in the sun since around 10AM, and some even earlier -
> and
> the sun was starting to take a toll on us.
>
> It's the first time we've done something like this - so it was a
> learning experience. We'd welcome your participation if we do it
> again,
> and perhaps you might have some idea how to keep the old pharts
> entertained while the rest of us are doing things. Hey - like I
> said -
> 1st try at this - mebbe we'll get better if we do it more often.
>
> If you still want to make a donation - our website
> https://njrideforthecure.org is still open, and the links to the two
> prostate cancer foundations are working.
>
> BTW - since your dad had prostate cancer - I'd REALLY suggest at
> least
> yearly PSA tests and DRE's. Your chance of suffering from prostate
> cancer when a direct relative (father, brother) has suffered from it
> is
> about 33% (1 in 3) vs the 10-12% number for most guys (1 in 8 or 1
> in 9
> - depends on who you listen to.) The tests could save your life.
>
> --
> Don Eilenberger
> deilenberger at gmail.com
>
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