I spent much of yesterday (that would be Sunday) volunteering at the Ride for the Roses. The RftR is put on each year by the Lance Armstrong Foundation and raises money for cancer survivorship programs. The LAF is, of course, set up by super-cyclist Lance Armstrong who is himself a survivor of cancer and all-around incredible role model.
A group from work got together to volunteer in the Food Tent where we had tons of food laid out for the riders after they finished: oranges, apples, bananas, pretzles, grapes, muffins, etc. And when I say tons, I mean literally [dict]tons[/dict] of food. The weather was rainy and thus the turnout for the event wasn’t as great as expected, so there was a lot of food left over. We moved and stacked hundreds of crates of fruit to be donated to food banks and other such charity organizations. I really wish there’d been some pictures taken of all the food stacked up because words simply cannot describe the sheer amount of food we had assembled there.
By the time the truck from the food bank finally arrived, almost all the volunteers had left. I was one of maybe 10 people who helped load up the truck. When it left, it looked like hardly a dent had been made. We proceeded to load a 14-foot U-haul truck completely full of food. I mean packed to the gills. I’m sure the truck was well over its rated weight limit…
I’m rather sore today from all the lifting and stacking we did last night. Hundreds of crates at 40-50 or so pounds a piece will do that to you, I guess. Coincidentally (and it really is a coincidence, though one for which I’m quite greatful), I’m scheduled for a student massage this evening. 1.5 hours for $25 was something I just couldn’t pass up. If this goes well, I think I may be scheduling more of these… :D
Posted Monday October 27, 2003 in Real Life by Chris Curtis
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Oh man… that was so totally worth 25 bucks!! I’m definitely doing that again sometime. I mean, how could I not?!?!?
By Chris Curtis on October 28, 2003 at 04:23pm link
Hehe, reminds me of the scene in KotoR when you’re in Davik’s base and you can mooch massages out of the Twi’lek slave gals.
By Derek Jones on October 28, 2003 at 04:24pm link
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Mmmmmm....student massage....
By Derek Jones on October 27, 2003 at 03:48pm link