There are a small number of members from other countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, China, and South Africa.
The aims of Positive Pedalers[1] are: Positive Pedalers has a presence in AIDS/LifeCycle, an annual fund-raising event produced by two of the largest organizations in California that provide services for people living with HIV/AIDS: the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Many members of Positive Pedalers are clients of those organizations, and participate in AIDS/LifeCycle[2] among other multi-day cycling events around the US.
AIDS/LifeCycle 7, held in June 2008, raised $11.6 million for the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.
In California AIDS Ride 3 (1996), Jonathon Pon, Donald David Ferhenbach and others formally launched Positive Pedalers.
Jonathon Pon worked with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation to secure a telephone number and mailing address for Positive Pedalers.
[citation needed] The group gained recognition and community support in the following few years.