Marc
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If you clicked on the post and are now reading this, you have at least shown the possibility of interest in donating money to a very worthy cause. Congradulations, you aren't heartless. :dunce:
Please take the time to read the below letter and consider donating a bit of your hard earned cash. If you don't want to take the time to read the letter, the long and the skinny is I'm riding in the Pan Mass Challenge bike-a-thon to benefit the Jimmy Fund. I need money, and you can donate using a credit card with this link:
All major credit cards accepted.
You can view my profile page here.
PM me if you'd prefer to donate with a personal check. And thanks.
Dear family and friends,
Two months ago I was going about my daily routine like I would any other time of year. The snow was melting quickly, the end of my ski season was approaching and I was a bit depressed. I often draw an entertaining reaction when I say I get depressed at the end of the winter; but then every year at that time, when the warm weather returns, I begin to look ahead to my other passion, cycling.
I began cycling in earnest in high school and I have not stopped since. My involvement in trail and mountain riding recently led to the addition of road cycling to my skill set. My passion for my hobbies has always made me content, and has kept me fit and healthy. While pondering this fact, I began thinking about how fortunate I have been to be so healthy these last 24 years. Inevitably I began thinking once again, about those who are much less fortunate.
In the year 2006, asking any average American if they know anything about professional cycling, the question will almost always yield the name “Lance Armstrong.” I too was taken with his incredible recovery and even more unbelievable return to and then dominance of the most famous of professional cycling stage races, the Tour de France. After following he career since his second victory in the year 2000, a learned a great deal about this remarkable man. I have read his book through three times and parts of it many more times than that. It has been a constant reminder and source of motivation for my cycling, and now I hope to be equally motivated by his story to raise money to fund research into the most indiscriminating of diseases, cancer.
Each year for the last 27, cyclists have been participating in a bike-a-thon across the state of Massachusetts to raise money for the Jimmy Fund and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Over the event’s history, the Pan-Mass Challenge has raised over $145 million and this year has set a fundraising goal of $24 million. Money from the even now represents almost half of the annual revenue for Dana Farber.
I am asking you as your friend or relative to sponsor me in this year’s event. I will be riding a one day, 74 mile route from Sturbridge to Wellesley. Last year 99% of the money donated went directly to the Jimmy Fund. This year the organization is striving for 100%. Your generous donation will go exactly where it is needed.
Most sincerely,
Marc
Please take the time to read the below letter and consider donating a bit of your hard earned cash. If you don't want to take the time to read the letter, the long and the skinny is I'm riding in the Pan Mass Challenge bike-a-thon to benefit the Jimmy Fund. I need money, and you can donate using a credit card with this link:
All major credit cards accepted.
You can view my profile page here.
PM me if you'd prefer to donate with a personal check. And thanks.
Dear family and friends,
Two months ago I was going about my daily routine like I would any other time of year. The snow was melting quickly, the end of my ski season was approaching and I was a bit depressed. I often draw an entertaining reaction when I say I get depressed at the end of the winter; but then every year at that time, when the warm weather returns, I begin to look ahead to my other passion, cycling.
I began cycling in earnest in high school and I have not stopped since. My involvement in trail and mountain riding recently led to the addition of road cycling to my skill set. My passion for my hobbies has always made me content, and has kept me fit and healthy. While pondering this fact, I began thinking about how fortunate I have been to be so healthy these last 24 years. Inevitably I began thinking once again, about those who are much less fortunate.
In the year 2006, asking any average American if they know anything about professional cycling, the question will almost always yield the name “Lance Armstrong.” I too was taken with his incredible recovery and even more unbelievable return to and then dominance of the most famous of professional cycling stage races, the Tour de France. After following he career since his second victory in the year 2000, a learned a great deal about this remarkable man. I have read his book through three times and parts of it many more times than that. It has been a constant reminder and source of motivation for my cycling, and now I hope to be equally motivated by his story to raise money to fund research into the most indiscriminating of diseases, cancer.
Each year for the last 27, cyclists have been participating in a bike-a-thon across the state of Massachusetts to raise money for the Jimmy Fund and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Over the event’s history, the Pan-Mass Challenge has raised over $145 million and this year has set a fundraising goal of $24 million. Money from the even now represents almost half of the annual revenue for Dana Farber.
I am asking you as your friend or relative to sponsor me in this year’s event. I will be riding a one day, 74 mile route from Sturbridge to Wellesley. Last year 99% of the money donated went directly to the Jimmy Fund. This year the organization is striving for 100%. Your generous donation will go exactly where it is needed.
Most sincerely,
Marc
