Join the ride! September 26th, 2009

News & Updates

Update for 12.17.08

We were able to help another patient today. I received a call from Paul about a patient who is having treatment at Hubert Humphrey Cancer Center.

We helped her pay her co-pays.

Update for 12.4.08

I just got this from Barb, boy this one made me cry. I know this person can really use the money. Another good feeling that we all should have. Thanks to all of the people who donated there time and efforts to make this event such a success. I just want to let you all know how much Steve and I appreciate all that you have done for this wonderful cause. We want to give everyone a very big

Thank You for all the time you spend making this event so great. It makes us feel good to be able to help others.

Here’s the note from Barb:

Wanted you to know we helped another lady this week.

She is 60 years old, multiple medical problems before diagnosis of breast cancer, and lives with and cares for a disabled grandson! I was very happy to send her a check. Hopefully they can have a little Christmas besides paying bills. Talk to you soon. Thanks, Barb (P.S. When I talked to this lady, she said, "even 50cents would help me now")

Thanks again everyone,

Lynnda and Steve

Update for 8.14.08

It's been kind of quiet on the fundraising drive lately, not much to talk about. Everyone is getting pretty excited though, as we get closer to September 20th. Mark and I mapped out the route last week and we were pretty happy with it and I'm sure everyone else will be as well.

I met with the Rogers City Council this week and I also spoke to the Rogers Chief of Police. I think the entire community is pretty fired up about this years event.

Our web developing friend and sponsor, Five Technology, has done some really nice work on a website for us. Please take a moment to check it out and be sure to spread the word that pre-registration for the ride can be submitted on the site and simply mail in a check to go with it. www.TheBreastCancerRide.org check it out!

We've still got a lot of tickets out that need to be accounted for so if you've got some tickets that don't seem to be selling you might want to get them turned in so we can move them somewhere else. We also now have the $15 Party Tickets if anyone needs them. They can be ordered through the website also.

Update for 7.30.08

Just a couple of quick announements... the Anoka County Fair was a huge success, we sold over $2,000 in raffle tickets etc. We had a lot of highly appreciated help as which is what makes it all happen.

Thanks to those that helped; Cindy, Mark, Sue, Danette, Natasha, Kim, Laura, Doug, Mary and we picked up a new supporter... her name is Sue and she works at Trade Secrets in Rogers. Sue has made some basket donations as well as coming out and working ticket sales with us for a few hours and now you can find Sue at Trade Secrets... wearing a button and still selling tickets.

And I have to mention a special thank you to Sadie, Danette's daughter spent the whole time at our table doing free face painting for kids. When it was all over Sadie decided to donate a pretty large share of her tip money to our cause. I thought that was pretty special and obviously Sadie is pretty special.

Update for 7.17.08

The following is a message we received from Barb at Regions Hospital on July 11th:

Hi Lynnda and gang,

I mentioned to you that we were able to help another patient this week. She has called me after receiving her check and is so grateful! She is 45 y.o. Breast cancer diagnosis, receiving lots of chemotherapy. Her Husband works but the pay is low and their insurance is not very good. She has been unable to work for most of this year and they have 3 children at home. It's such a pleasure to be able to help people like this.