Wesley Regenbogen on Cobras MC and "Be The Match"

Wesley Regenbogen is a biker in Second Life. He's a member of the Cobra's Motorcycle Club, or Cobra's MC. But he also wants to raise money for "Be The Match," a group that helps people with blood donor matches. Deaflegacy recently met up with him, and gave him an interview. He had a few things to say.

Read the interview in People.

A Busy Weekend

Quite a bit happened this weekend. The Burn2 art and music festival ended this weekend with the high points being the Burning of "The Man" (pictured above) and the Temple Burn. The "Creepy Club Crawl" took place between four clubs over ten hours. Caledon had the "Screampunk Ball" and a Halloween party at the Goblin Cave. There was a "Be the Match" fundraiser for bone marrow testing and transplants. There was the Halloween Madness in the Confederation of Democratic Simulators, and more.

More on some of these events later.

Press release : "24 hour Ride for Be The Match in Second Life This Weekend !

This weekend ( October 26 th and 27 th, 2018 ) the Cobras MC is doing a 24 hour ride for Be The Match ( http://www.bethematch.org ) .

From Friday, October 26 th at 6 PM SLT untill Saturday, October 27 th 6PM SLT , we will ride on different tracks during this event.

More information about our event and Be The Match :

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Be the Match is a bone marrow/cord blood registry that not only helps people find matches, but helps donors with logistics and expenses so that they can feel free to donate marrow.

PLEASE IF YOU ARE BETWEEN 22 AND 44 AND IN GOOD HEALTH, JOIN THE BONE MARROW AND CORD BLOOD REGISTRY

It is easy, a simple swab in the cheek... go to the website for a test kit to send back.

If you are NOT in this age group or in good health, you can donate or volunteer from the following site as well. They need your dollars and time to coordinate and care for donors as well as those who are ill.

Be the one that can give a ride to the hospital or take a donor to lunch.. Be the one that can put a couple dollars (even $5.00 helps!) in the pot and get an instant email with 501 (c) information back.. go to the Website..

BE THE MATCH TO SAVE A LIFE!

http://www.bethematchfoundation.org/goto/TeamBeTheMatchSL2018

To our free Test Kit page.. go here

http://join.bethematch.org/SecondLife

It costs about $100 to add each new member to the Be The Match Registry. This is to cover the cost of tissue typing and storage, as well as materials and administrative expenses.

If you are age 18–44, Be The Match covers the cost to join for the people on SecondLife (during the campaign only! From October 26th through November 5) through funds provided in part by generous mission supporters.

If you are age 45–60, you will be required to make a $100 payment to cover the cost to join.

The reason: Younger donors, ages 18–44, produce more and higher-quality blood stem cells that lead to better transplant outcomes. Transplant physicians request younger donors more than 95 percent of the time. Requiring individuals ages 45–60 to cover their own cost to join helps Be The Match maintain the best registry for patients and make the best use of its resources.

SL Coordinator = Wesley Regenbogen

MC Coordinator = Mightbe Shelter

Music Club Coordinator = Katsii Tennen

October 26-27th ~ 25 Rides in 24 Hours (motorcycles)

October 28th

October 31st, Halloween

November 3, Cobra Coil Ride N Hunt , Noon till 2pm

2pm Biker's Burlesque Brought to you by Royal Cabaret Entertainers

3pm Tribute to Nickleback by Royal Cabaret Entertainers

Track list of the 24 hour ride :

"DEM BONES" Ride 25 Tracks in 24 Hours raising awareness of Be the Match.. Cord Blood and Bone Marrow Transplants. Information and gifts given out during rides and after..Full Schedule for the 24 hour ride. Everyone will go home with a new vehicle of some type whether you ride one or all 25 rides!

You are welcome to ride just one, any, or all of the 25 rides.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

6 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Viper%20Ridge/150/210/432

7 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lower%20Moradon%20Tor/171/165/22

8 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Westcreek/75/152/1652

9 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20State/46/134/38

10 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Urban%20Style/33/117/22

11 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Heartfelt%20Ridge/107/198/516

SATURDAY OCTOBER 27

12 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Viper%20Ridge/125/177/4001

1 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amarillis/129/99/931

2 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/STURGIS/151/28/29

3 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/StarRiders/108/184/25

4 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hunger%20Battle%20Zone/91/110/519

5 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Amalur%20Isle/59/158/22

6 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mulholland%20Highway/94/180/22

7 AM

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Seductive%20Roads%20South/244/44/27

8 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/KRAL%20Island/38/27/20

9 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mantra/39/244/22

10 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bad%20Boys/158/82/2193

11 AM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mount%20Pengo/104/143/164

12 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chaisuki/130/76/2134

1 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/2RAW%20EXTREME/242/169/1440

2 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aloha%20Memories/89/27/28

3 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hidden%20Creek%20Valley/7/138/22

4 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Soncent/16/126/916

5 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eagle%20Skye/14/129/9

6 PM http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Viper%20Ridge/112/221/292

Closing ceremony after the Mario Cart Race. This special bike given out to those FINISHING all 25 Rides along with trophies and a couple gag gifties :)

Please have lots of fun, enjoy the ride. When you come back to these tracks tip them well. They might even allow us to come back next year :).. See you at the ride!

MORE Be the Match Events to follow.. look for them!

(Sim owners and ride coordinators are allowed to ban people if needed. We are here to have fun. No hate.)

Wesley Regenbogen