Three years ago, my Niece died of cancer that had spread through most of her body. She was in the Army and 24. Two years ago my wife's Niece died after a second round of chemo and a double mastectomy. We found out then that her father, my wife's brother carried the "gene". He died last year from esophageal cancer.
I retired and became involved with a local grassroots organization called Bike4BreastCancer, Inc. I've since been appointed President of an all volunteer organization using cycling events to raise funds.
June 20th, I'll do an ME-MD fund raiser ride from Bar Harbor, Maine to Bel Air, Maryland. Mr. Tim Leeper from Michigan just finished his cross country ride March 2nd riding from the Pacific in L.A. to the Atlantic in Jacksonville to raise more than $10,000 for Bike4BreastCancer.
Our founder, Kathy Betz, initiated this charity 10 years ago riding from Maryland to California.
Our main source of funds come from Pink Ribbon rides though. We currently have them scheduled in Northern Michigan and Detroit, Maryland, and soon North Carolina.
I'm in the photo with my wife, stepdaughter and granddaughter supporting our 2009 Maryland Pink Ribbon Ride.
Visit our web site, Facebook pages, and local events on Active.com.
God Bless everyone who tries to help!
Bel Air, MD
