Hi! THANK YOU SO MUCH for finding your way here. Please donate as generously as you can. Together, WE proactively save and prolong lives.

WE are riding for Randy.

WE are riding for Jane.

WE are riding for Jared.

WE are riding for Declan.

WE are riding for Brady.

WE are riding for all friends and families so we can see our loved ones reach their potential.

Please dig down deep and donate.

Gratitude and love WILL win the day!

Debbie

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To my family, friends, and loyal supporters,

I am about to ask you to donate generously, more so than ever, to a very special 192 mile ride I'm doing in August! Here goes.

First, I want to reiterate my gratitude to you for supporting my cycling efforts in honor and memory of my brother Randy for the American Lung Association over the past twelve years. I have been so incredibly fortunate to have been physically able to accomplish the feat every fall and use it to help those in need.

Second, since last July, I have been doing a lot of cycling, at a new level, which has not only led me to new personal achievements but has also opened a new set of friendships and a new community of like-minded people. Through a school friend and colleague Steve, I have been warmly invited into a special family of cyclists called Team Kermit, which was founded in 2005 by Steve when his 23 year old son Jared (a Thayer grad) died from a rare form of brain/spinal cancer. Steve and his family started riding in the two day, 192 mile Pan Mass Challenge, 100% of whose proceeds go to Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute, specifically the Sunflowers For Life Fund, whose mission is to address rare forms of pediatric cancers.

Associated with Team Kermit is a now 13 year old Pedal Partner Declan, who is alive today in large part due to Team Kermit funds, which are directed to research in pediatric brain/spinal cancer. Declan has survived of the same class of cancer that tragically took Jared, when no such treatment was yet available.

Third, while I remain fully committed to the ALA ride each autumn and an ALA stair climb each winter, I am expanding my efforts, both in riding and fundraising, to include the PMC. I will be very direct with you. I have received FULL support from my sister-in-law Corinne, nieces Emily and Sarah, my parents, and my brother David, all on behalf of Randy, to shift my major fundraising efforts to supporting the effort to eradicate juvenile cancer through Dana Farber.

My goal is aggressive. But so, unfortunately, is cancer. And we need to stay ahead of it in order to save people from dying too young. I will ride aggressively and have to train aggressively in order to get the job done. In fact, I've been training all winter to be able to handle the upcoming challenge, one far greater than any previous cycling challenge.

Please take this ride with me and donate generously and aggressively. You will help make a difference.

Ending this letter the same way I began, with this ask, I add my sincere and deep gratitude for your thoughtfulness and support.

Feeling your encouragement and grateful for your generosity,

Debbie