Message from Nora & Cat

Hi Everyone!

Team Amazon finished the Aids/Lifecycle Ride 8 with flying colors!  It was by far the most challenging thing we have ever done and we are crazy enough to want to do it again next year. 

The ride was both physically and emotionally challenging but we came away with the most amazing sense of peace and calm.  To see so many of us who have lost loved ones to Aids or know someone who is fighting Aids and HIV everyday, including some of the riders themselves, come together and approach this grueling event with such optimism and joy was so awe inspiring that we will certainly carry that sense of compassion all the days of our lives.  It was both heartbreaking and heartwarming to say the least.  We can only believe that because our community has spent so much time sidestepping hurdles and obstacles that label us second class citizens, we have chosen to embrace the battles with laughter and an amazing sense of humor.  To say the days were filled with much laughter and unconditional love, would be an understatement.  In the end Team Amazon will have raised approx $13,000 and overall, the ride raised 10.5 Million Dollars for both the San Francisco Aids Foundation and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center.  Well done for your part Xenaverse!! 
 
Our bikes held true although Cat may have broken the record for total flats on the ride.  Her number being 8!!  Except for whenever we passed horses or bookstores along the way, our mascot kept true to her post and kept an eye on the road and made it a safe ride all the way to camp everynight.  Thanks again for all your amazing support before and during the ride.  We could NOT have done this without you.   
 
Team Amazon has so many people to thank and would like to start with the following:  First and Foremost the most amazing and talented MaryD!!  We owe you so much but you will have to do with our eternal support, love, and servitude!!  For donating auction items we thank; Lucy and Renee (Divas of the Greater Good!!), Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Sharon Delaney, Creation, Ms Romero, Kim, Paige and the Cast of 3Way, Andrew Miller and Eden Reigel, Godd-ess and She, the cast of NCIS, Lida, and KT.  Thank you Ann, for your assistance.  To Maureen, Tidds, Pam, and the entire UK Xenite group for having a xena get-together on orientation day of our ride and calling to tell us they raised 160 pounds to our effort.  You guys Rock!!  Christa and Missy Good for your efforts.  We each have our own individual thanks we will give but send out massive love to our friends and family who stood by us before, during, and after the ride.  We are fortunate people indeed!!! 
 
Much Love,
Cat, Nora, and Roadie Sandy!!

Message from Nora & Cat!

Hello Everyone,

Cat and I would like to thank everyone for all your support in our effort to participate as Team Amazon in the Aids/Lifecycle Event 8 taking place in three weeks!!!  The seven day ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles will test us physically and mentally but we could not be more determined to complete it for ourselves, and for those that never will get the opportunity. 
 
We especially want to all of you who returned to our Aids Lifecycle Auction that MaryD has so graciously hosted at Ausxip.com.  As you may well know, her site was hacked and when this happened our auction page and all the bids were totally erased.  Mary, the magician that she is put everything back up and we are just so grateful to see everyone coming back to continue biding.  The first phase of the auction ends this Sunday May 10, 2009 and we want everyone to go check out what awesome goodies are available and consider bidding and become an honorary Team Amazon Member.  We will bring you along with us in spirit every mile we ride. 
 
I will leave you all with the words of our cycling representative that has instilled such pride in this effort for Cat and I:  Revel in the knowledge that YOU are making a difference.  Your very presence on the Ride (And those of you who have supported us) means you have allowed someone to receive an HIV test, free of charge.  It means you allowed someone, who has just lost their health insurance, to turn to the Jeffrey Goodman Special Care Clinic and receive personal, professional care.  It means that someone can receive their lifesaving medications.  It means they get to wake up tomorrow and spend another day on this planet we call home. 
 
Together we are the keepers of light and hope.  Thank you so much for your support, it means the world to so many of us.

peace,
Nora and Cat

Team Amazon / AIDS LifeCycle Auction New Items
» Lucy and Renee Autographed Bitch Slap Postcard
» 3Way DVD Poster and More
» Jennifer Ward-Lealand Autographed CD
» God-dess and She Autographed CD
» Renee Autographed Diamonds and Guns DVD #2
» Renee O'Connor Autographed TV Guide
» Renee Autographed Diamonds and Guns DVD
» Wicked A Xena Musical Signed DVD #2
» Wicked A Xena Musical Signed DVD
» Lucy Lawless 8 x 10 Photo - Not Autographed
» Lucy Lawless Autographed Xena Poster
» Lucy Lawless Autographed Xena Photo
» Lucy Lawless Autographed Xena Photo #2
» Lucy Lawless Roxy Photo Not Autographed by Lida Verner
» Lucy Lawless Photo Not Autographed by KT Jorgensen

6 May 2009

Team Amazon AIDS LifeCycle Auction Now Underway

Main Team Amazon Life Cycle Auction!

With the recent server problems, I have had to remove the old auction site to rebuild it. In the meantime I've re-located the auction to the old AUSXIP Auction site. If you have previously registered here, your username and password are still in the database.

If not or you would like to add a different account go here:

To Change your registration go here:
 
Lost Password go here

Let's support Cat and Nora on their quest to ride from SF to LA!

16 April 2009

Hi folks,

I have to say I am beyond stoked about this figure - I'm thrilled to tiny little bits that in this economic tough time, people have been so generous with their time, their money and their willingness to give for the greater good.

I've just received the final figure from Starship together with the ROC Outreach Fund and Adrienne's charity.

The figure comes to $18,165.24

Last year we raised $16,173.86 which is an increase of $1992!

I want to take the time to thank my two sidekicks - Roger and Christa for their hard work in shipping everything out and the support they have given me throughout the auction. I'm so proud of them and also proud of this fandom. Thank you also goes to those who came up to me at the last convention or emailed and gave me items or offered their help and in particular Julie Eaton, Kim Manrique, Mesh & Bev,  KG MacGregor, Val Foster, Barbara Bruno, Marilyn Edwards, Tiger and Tracy. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone. You guys rock.

I also want to take the time to thank our Xena alumni who took the time to make this auction even more special: Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Adrienne Wilkinson, Katherine Fugate, Steven Sears, Melissa Good and Simone Lahbib (who isn't a Xena alumni but took the time to help out and has been adopted as one).

Thank you everyone!

MaryD

23 February 2009

AUSXIP Supports Team Amazon in SF to LA Bike Ride

12 February 2009

A dear friend decided last year to go on a triathlon to raise money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Despite having knee problems and never having done a triathlon before, Cat embarked on this awesome adventure.
It takes a special kind of person to be able to do something like this and Cat is one very special lady.

Click here to read her report and view some amazing pictures

Cat crossing the finishing line made me smile because Cat not only went in it, competed and finished but she achieved something special for herself as well as raising money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.

Cat's next adventure is AIDS/LifeCycle,  a fully supported, 7-day bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles, May 31 – June 6, 2009. 

AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and is designed to advance their shared interest to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.

Fans of SX Meagher may remember reading about this ride as a backdrop to Sue's great novel I Found My Heart In San Francisco - Book 2 Beginnings

AUSXIP will once again support Cat on this great adventure! As the time approaches, I will be posting a link to the page that will have Cat's donations and other ways to help.

01 October 2008

Coming in 2009 will be the annual AUSXIP Charity Auction to benefit Starship Children's Health and the Renee O'Connor Outreach Fund (several more charities will be included).

These two charities are two of the charities that AUSXIP supports.

Watch this space for news about the upcoming AUSXIP Charity Auction coming in March 2009. We've held our auction for the last 2 years and it's been a mega success thanks to the generosity of Xena fans. We all know enormously generous fans in this fandom and the way we come together.

We look forward to bringing you more news about this auction soon.


28 April 2008

As of today (26 April 2008) the running total for the second AUSXIP Charity Auction totals are:

Starship Children's Health = $8,420

Alissa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation = $2,000

Renee O'Connor Outreach Fund = $4668.48

WGA Fund = $461

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society = $624.38

For a grand total of = $16,173.86 USD

We are waiting on a few more winning bids to be paid for the Alissa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation and that figure will rise once we get those in.

Thank you all once again for making this auction such a success!

January 2007

AUSXIP 10th Anniversary Charity Auction in association with
Starship Children's Health & The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation

Monies raised for The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation is $3180. USD

Monies raised for Starship Children's Health is $4,271 (USD) which converted to $6,185.16 (NZ$)

Monies raised for the Trevor Project is $270 USD