Mother nature just isn't cooperating with the idea of lots of people riding their motorcycles with American flags flying on the 11th this month. The entire southern USA got pummeled with a global warming event called "snow".
That's right, first snow on Christmas since the late 1800's and now I'm looking at six inches of snow sitting on a base of frozen sleet topped off with about a quarter inch of freezing rain.
All indications are that this is going to travel right up the east coast to New England and mucky muck up the whole shebang from across the south right up the east coast.
Here's a news article about the Georgia weather.
Believe me when I say it's a mess, which brings me to my point.
Our first responders are out in the elements and just deal with it. If you were to watch the local news and believe the things coming out of people's mouths one could think people have never encountered snow or ice before. Granted, some people in Atlanta drive like they never have, but our service men and service women and first responders deal with the elements all the time.
They go when no one else wants to to deal with things most people would prefer to just conveniently ignore or just watch on TV.
That's one example of why they're better than most of us and a small example of why they deserve our respect.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
I like it when companies do things like this . . .
I read an article about Victory Motorcycles giving away two Vegas Eight Ball Motorcycles to two individuals in the military.
How cool is that?
And what is a Vegas 8 Ball motorcycle you might ask . . .
Clutch and Chrome has the full article, go read it.
Pretty cool thing to do, I say.
How cool is that?
And what is a Vegas 8 Ball motorcycle you might ask . . .
Clutch and Chrome has the full article, go read it.
Pretty cool thing to do, I say.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
What is a charity patch?
This one is an under handed lobbed soft ball right over the plate that we'll just go ahead and knock out of the park.
A patch is little thing made of cloth and thread that in an of itself really doesn't have a lot of material value. They are usually made of cotton or a cotton nylon blend and the materials that go into the patch aren't particularly valuable.
A finished patch however usually has personal meaning to the holder of the patch and depending on the nature of the patch, one can have great personal meaning. Patches have historically been given to symbolize rites of passage through a group's internal codes and ranks. They're used in the military, in law enforcement and in the boy and girl scouts.
A charity patch is a patch that is sold and some or all of the proceeds given to a charitable cause.
Here's an example of a different company selling a charity patch (not CharityPatch.com).
Lowbrow Customs - a really neat-o company out of Ohio, I believe, has a motorcycle patch they have designed to be sold for $5.00 with the proceeds going to charity. They're looking to raise $12,000 for local schools by June. It's a pretty cool retro patch with a motorcycle wheel and wings.
Their stuff is always different and interesting, or at least it is to me.
Check out Lowbrow Custom's charity patch.
You might even want to order 20 for your friends.
That's an example of a charity patch.
A patch is little thing made of cloth and thread that in an of itself really doesn't have a lot of material value. They are usually made of cotton or a cotton nylon blend and the materials that go into the patch aren't particularly valuable.
A finished patch however usually has personal meaning to the holder of the patch and depending on the nature of the patch, one can have great personal meaning. Patches have historically been given to symbolize rites of passage through a group's internal codes and ranks. They're used in the military, in law enforcement and in the boy and girl scouts.
A charity patch is a patch that is sold and some or all of the proceeds given to a charitable cause.
Here's an example of a different company selling a charity patch (not CharityPatch.com).
Lowbrow Customs - a really neat-o company out of Ohio, I believe, has a motorcycle patch they have designed to be sold for $5.00 with the proceeds going to charity. They're looking to raise $12,000 for local schools by June. It's a pretty cool retro patch with a motorcycle wheel and wings.
Their stuff is always different and interesting, or at least it is to me.
Check out Lowbrow Custom's charity patch.
You might even want to order 20 for your friends.
That's an example of a charity patch.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Charity Patch's Other Websites
Since I'm on the tangent of chit chatting about website rankings, and super secret search engine optimization and guru tricks, but mainly just so you know - the website CharityPatch.info links back to this blog, and CharityPatch.org also links back to the CharityPatch.com website.
Why do all that?
It's proprietary, our resident geeky wizards won't let us get into details on what they are doing, why they do it or how they do it, but it sure works!
Those geeky wizards are devoted to seeing American Flags flying in 2011 too, so you just gotta respect that.
Why do all that?
It's proprietary, our resident geeky wizards won't let us get into details on what they are doing, why they do it or how they do it, but it sure works!
Those geeky wizards are devoted to seeing American Flags flying in 2011 too, so you just gotta respect that.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Excellent News for a new website!
CharityPatch.com has managed to grab the number one #1 spot in the Google search engine for the term "charity patch" which is an awesome accomplishment for a simple start up website with just a few links that hasn't been around more than a couple of weeks.
Just goes to show you that doing things the old fashioned way can and still does work. A website hosted using free hosting from GoDaddy.com and built using MicroSoft's NotePad.
Pretty cool.
Since we're now starting to be smoking hot in the search engines, there's really no reason why you shouldn't come by, enter some information about your biker event, ride or rally that you're planning on 911Rides.com.
While you're there, check out the Charity Patch website and sign the Guest Book. There's a place where you can leave your home page in the guest book and if you say something cool, that's a free link right back to your website from a #1 ranked website. How cool is that?
Maybe you should be super Fonzie cool, and also give CharityPatch.com a link back from your website or home page, or social networking site or whatever and support our cause in that small way. Why?
If people can find it, they'll read about it and if they read about it, they'll like it, and if they like it, they'll tell their friends, who will tell their friends, and so on, and so on, and so on.
Which is the objective.
Let's see those flags flying in 2011!
Just goes to show you that doing things the old fashioned way can and still does work. A website hosted using free hosting from GoDaddy.com and built using MicroSoft's NotePad.
Pretty cool.
Since we're now starting to be smoking hot in the search engines, there's really no reason why you shouldn't come by, enter some information about your biker event, ride or rally that you're planning on 911Rides.com.
While you're there, check out the Charity Patch website and sign the Guest Book. There's a place where you can leave your home page in the guest book and if you say something cool, that's a free link right back to your website from a #1 ranked website. How cool is that?
Maybe you should be super Fonzie cool, and also give CharityPatch.com a link back from your website or home page, or social networking site or whatever and support our cause in that small way. Why?
If people can find it, they'll read about it and if they read about it, they'll like it, and if they like it, they'll tell their friends, who will tell their friends, and so on, and so on, and so on.
Which is the objective.
Let's see those flags flying in 2011!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
What sort of donation projects do you have in progress?
CharityPatch.com is currently seeking gifts for three open projects, one for the website and two for injured soldiers:
1) ~ $47.88 to fund CharityPatch.com web hosting through December 31, 2011, at $3.99 a month.
2) $59.25 to fund 15 Patriot Guard coins at $3.95 each. (Patriot Guard delivers these to soldiers in hospitals.)
3) $150 to place a second Wounded Warrior Pack
If you would care to help out, even a small donation matters and is appreciated.
CharityPatch.com is working on identifying the charities it intends to support in the fall of 2011 and will provide additional information about each one as time progresses.
1) ~ $47.88 to fund CharityPatch.com web hosting through December 31, 2011, at $3.99 a month.
2) $59.25 to fund 15 Patriot Guard coins at $3.95 each. (Patriot Guard delivers these to soldiers in hospitals.)
3) $150 to place a second Wounded Warrior Pack
If you would care to help out, even a small donation matters and is appreciated.
CharityPatch.com is working on identifying the charities it intends to support in the fall of 2011 and will provide additional information about each one as time progresses.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Has CharityPatch.com made any charitable donations yet?
Yes, ChairtyPatch.com purchased its first Wounded Warrior Pack from the Under Armour company on January 1st, 2011 and the Under Armour company indicated it had shipped the Wounded Warrior Pack on January 3rd, 2011.
So, the first Wounded Warrior Pack should be arriving at a hospital for delivery to a wounded soldier very soon.
So, the first Wounded Warrior Pack should be arriving at a hospital for delivery to a wounded soldier very soon.
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