2025 PPP and Quin Fund Rider for my second year.  Training for the ride is energizing and a real community builder especially invisioning the cheering crowds in Foxboro and Wellesley.   I will complete the 50 mile ride -- beginning at Babson and ending at Babson-- Wellesley.  Each stroke of the pedal represents an action, a push for all of the folks in their cancer journey-- the diagnosis, the treatment, the recovery -- all fueled by hope, love and great medical research. 

The Patriot Platelet Pedalers Team supports breakthrough reserarch at Dana Faber and I am proud to be a member of this team-- team mates riding on all the routes, expecially to the finish line in P-town.  

I will be out on the road -- please support my ride:  as you may know your gift makes a huge difference.  If you have lost a friend to cancer or if one of your friends is in treatment, please let me know their name and I will be happy to pin it to my shirt.  OK.    We will have a cure in our lifetime.  Peace be with. you/

2024 After completing chemo and radiation for breast cancer in 1993 I rode 300 miles in three days from Boston to New York. My treatment was at Dana Farber and since that date, I have been healthy. Many of my friends and colleagues have received stellar treatment because of the advances in treatment made possible by the Jimmy Fund and I always tell them that by today's standards my treatement was medieval.

I'm a proud supporter of the PMC because it is leading a charge to beat cancer. In fact, last year 100% of rider-raised revenue went directly to support the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's tireless commitment to finding a cure. I am a proud member of the Patriot Platelet Pedalers [PPP] and the Quin Impact Fund. It is a a wonder that I am riding the 50 Mile Wellesley Hills Loop because I broke my arm in April and did not get the go ahead to ride until June only to be sabotaged by trigger finger/carpal tunnel. Good news-- the position of my hand on the bar-- actually relieves the carpal tunnel. Hakuna Matta-- no worries, for the rest of the day.

So now you know why my profile has not been robust. I feel great, I am riding so that others can be healthy and ride through their life. Onwards.