Dear friends and family,
We are taking our ride international again after 5 years! Year 17 will be 50 miles, (25 in the US and 25 in Canada). What makes this ride so emotional is we leave from Roswell in Buffalo as we head over the Peace Bridge for the first leg of our ride. We start off in the early morning ride, the sun has just rose, and we bow our heads to pray for those lives lost and those who are fighting just 500 feet from where we stand. A quick glance up at the hospital and you may catch some nurses or patients looking on as they know the funds raised on this one 8 hour day will bring money in to help fund state of the art machines, scanners, medicine, and sometimes cures. That one glance up is all it takes to realize where you are and what you are doing this for.
Please join me in making a difference this year by donating to my ride. Funds raised support cutting-edge research and compassionate, innovative patient care programs at Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Together, we can help me reach my personal goal of $1700 and add on to the over 5.8 million dollars raised in the past year alone. I continue to ride for Kids Just Want to Have Fun, a top fundraising group that I have been riding for over the last 9 years, focused on pediatrics cancer patients.
As always, thank you for your generosity.
Maria