photo taken by the kate dot net.
There were eight of us in total, which made for handy little pairings as we walked with a crowd of fifty thousand. Stuart, Conrad, Mike, Shiv, Biscuit, Jason, Kate, and myself. I kept tabs on everyone by sweeping my eyes through the surrounding crush and mentally going, “camo and red tee, okay, Conrad and Mike. Grey and burgundy, Jason and Biscuit. Red and Green, Shiv and Kate.”
We carried about six bananas, eight water bottles, a couple oranges, a bag of Ritz peanut butter cracker sandwiches, three digital cameras, about twelve umbrellas, SPF 60 and eight red wristbands saying “Imagine a World Without AIDS.”
We want to thank you, all of you, who threw a little cash our way or even plugged our walking with a button on your site. We had a wonderful walk, we saw a lot of wonderfully motivated people, and we raised about 750 dollars. We were sweaty and exhausted when we hugged goodbye at Union Square after pizza and burgers, we all went home to showers and naps and video games and movies and sore feet, but we went home happy.
Footsore, I said at the beginning, and hearthappy.
Thanks! And remember, if you forgot to donate, you still can – through June 1. It’s a good thing.

Advertisement