I received this in e-mail the other day from your teammate and mine MJ:

"Hi Guys!

"I have not talked you you since last years ride but I wanted to share a story with you about the MS Society and what they did for me.

"My son's friend's dad past away about 4 weeks ago, he was only in his 50's and his Mom has MS and I ride for her every year! The dad had not worked in over a year and the mom is in a wheel chair and cant work and Sam is in the 8th grade, they live in section 8 housing in Parma.

"So I contacted The MS Society to see if they were able to help her out and they are getting her a new wheelchair, paying her rent for june and helping her with her prescriptions...

"For all the miles that we ride and hard work we do thru out the year for this ride its nice to see someone that we know benefit from it! It made my day when she called me and she was thrilled that she is able to receive help from someone thru this tough time!

"So I wanted to share that with all my fellow cyclists! It made my day, hope it made yours, too!"

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