The first chopper tour didn’t exactly start off with a bang. The boss was out of town, the printer was on hold and we got the call that the paperwork was finalized and we were beginning that day. But when the call did come, we busted our asses to get the tickets out, made an appearance on a local TV show and got to work setting up for our first one-day event.
We’ve learned a lot since then. We are still working with AIDS Vancouver and we are happy that our motorcycle raised a good chunk of dough with them in 2007. We are spending more time taking our charity chopper to bars and events and now where you find the choppers you’ll find the chopper girls who are accepting donations for AIDS Vancouver.
We’ve even started to throw our own events with upcoming AIDS Awareness Custom Chopper Parties being planned in Lower Mainland clubs, pubs and venues. We are even planning our first annual North Shore Show ‘N’ Shine where we will be promoting AIDS Awareness in our own backyard. There have been talks about having our girls out and washing vehicles for the cause but we’ll see how it goes.
One of the things that we’ve learned along the way is the importance of keeping an open dialogue with consumers, donors, fans and partners. The more we talk to people on tour, the more we learn about what people are looking for and who out there wants to support our worthy cause and enter to win the badass choppers.
People want to pitch in and help and most times they already have an idea as to how they want to contribute. The more people I talk to the more I believe in our work and want to see AIDS Vancouver with an even bigger pile of dough then they received in 2008. Knowing that there are so many people out there who want to help just reinforces to us that AIDS Awareness is an important cause.
Things are looking pretty good. We’re meeting lots of new people who want to help us take our charitable work across the country and we’re promoting AIDS Vancouver and HIV/AIDS Awareness everywhere we go.
To make a donation and enter to win one of our badass choppers visit www.choppertickets.com.
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