I ride for my health and, in charity events, to raise money, which helps others. That help might be in current treatment, or it may be in funding research. It doesn’t matter to me, both are important. We all know people or families that have been hit hard by Diabetes, Cancer, MS, Leukemia…

I ride some rides for specific people I know, or have known: for Don, Tom, & Carla. I ride the JDRF events for my Dad, for my nephew Robert and for Lauren, my 8 year-old Youth Ambassador from Georgia. My Dad was a Type I Diabetic for about 75 years, and was able to avoid most of the most serious complications of the disease with insulin, good diet management and exercise. But he had 175,000 blood checks and shots to do that. Sadly, he passed away in early 2007. Funding a CURE would help Robert and Lauren and millions of other Type I Diabetics lead normal lives. These rides fund that research.