THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, THE 2015 RIDE HAS OFFICIALLY REACHED HALF A MILLION DOLLARS!!
THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER.....
BUT WE'RE NOT DONE YET!
We set our fundraising goal extremely high this year, at $750,000 because being
"the largest Team Fox fundraiser for MJFF in the entire country"
is not a title we are ready to relinquish AND every dollar gets us closer to a cure!
It is our sincere hope that most of us have a little more in us. That if we are to look ourselves in the mirror, we know we haven't done our very best...not yet. We know we have one more email in us, or one more letter. Maybe we didn't get the same response we did last year, so we quit trying. But we can't quit. That's not an option for the 42 of our cyclists who have PD and rode right along side of us. Or the dozens who can no longer ride but came out to help in any way they can just to say thanks to the rest of us for having their backs. Or the ones at home or gone before us, the ones we rode
for. They are your friends and your family and they need a cure that won't come without you!
We also know that some of you have in fact done your very best...you raised thousands of dollars, you earned your full VIP Kit, you've recruited every friend you have and now, you are officially tapped out. You did the heavy lifting and you need to celebrate your accomplishments, knowing you gave your all.
So we turned to you for inspiration....to help the rest of us
dig a little deeper, reach a little higher, try just a little bit harder until we
all know we have done everything we can and the rest is out of our hands.
Here are some of the inspirational ways shared by others that just might get us to our goal...even our ultimate goal of a cure!
- Do the math. We need $250,000 to reach our goal. That is a huge number, until you break it down by 814 cyclists. Can you push yourself to focus on just one piece...$312.50?
- If friends, coworker, clients didn't respond to your big ask, can you get a bunch of them to 'buy you lunch" by donating just the $10 that would cost?
- Can you give up one dinner out a month, one lunch a week, one coffee, and make your own donation?
- Put a challenge out on Facebook that you need 13 friends to donate $24.04 to get you to $312.50 and if you meet that goal you will meet a challenge of your own...shave your head, make a video of yourself singing in the rain, or any other unique thing you can come up with. Be sure to include a link to your donation page...AND share your ideas with US on Facebook!
- Hold a New England Parkinson's Ride night at your local restaurant. Many like Pizzeria Uno, Texas Road House, and Margaritas will do it just for the asking and 10 or 15% of the money taken in that night gets donated to the ride. We have yet to see a check for less than $100 and many were for several hundred dollars.
- Have a painting party though a company like drinkablearts.com . They will donate $10 of every entry fee toward the cause and what a fun way to do it!
- Have a yard sale, bake sale, lemonade sale, or even a watch sale (go SwissTime4aCure!) and indicate the proceeds will go to MJFF.
- Request a free booth at a craft fair and sell your wares noting that the proceeds will support a cure for Parkinson's Disease.
- Get creative, involve your kids, involve your friends.
REMEMBER, DONATIONS WILL ACCEPTED THROUGH MID DECEMBER!
WE CAN DO IT... IF WE ALL DO OUR PART!
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WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY WE HAD...
AND ALL OF IT WAS CAPTURED IN PICTURES!!
Thousands of pictures taken by our
amazing volunteers at the Start/Finish Line, along the route, and at the rest stops have been uploaded to
"Tiny Owl Gifts".
Tiny Owl Gifts works much like Flickr or Snapfish except that a portion of proceeds from all purchases are donated to the Ride, and the gifts photo gifts are awesome!
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS:
Within 24 hours you will receive an email with a
special link to Tiny Owl.
Click on the link set up your account.
Copy your favorites to your free personal album.
Order prints & photo gifts,
just in time for the holidays!
A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the ride, so feel free to use your Tiny Owl account for personal pictures and gifts all year long once it has been set up! If you have any questions specific to Tiny Owl, please contact
[email protected]. Happy shopping!
REST ASSURED THAT NONE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
WILL BE SHARED AND YOU WILL RECEIVE NO SOLICITATIONS.
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CHECK YOUR FUNDRAISING NUMBERS!
NEARLY 100 MORE OF YOU ARE VERY CLOSE TO EARNING YOUR FIRST OR SUBSEQUENT PIECE OF VIP GEAR!
In order to qualify though, you must meet the individual fundraising levels (or notify us of your intent to) no later than November 6th.
As a reminder, cyclists may select from the 2015 VIP Jersey, Jacket, or Vest,
simply by reaching $1,000!
Anyone who reaches
$2,500 receives a
second selection, and at
$5,000 a
full kit including bibs or shorts!
You will be notified that you have met the various levels via email, shortly after the November 6th deadline. A size chart will accompany that email so that you can make your selection(s).
URGENT: Since this will be the last order for 2015, if you are still collecting donations or holding events that will get you to those levels and/or are willing to personally commit to the fundraising requirement, please be sure to contact Cindy at [email protected].
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SOME STATISTICS FROM THE 2015 RIDE
- 814 Registered Cyclists (including 48 walk-ons)
- 75 were Youth Riders, under the age of 18
- Our most senior cyclist, Jim Feldman, rode the 50 mile route for the 3rd year in a row at 84!
- Cyclists came from 19 states, as far away as California, and 3 provinces of Canada!
- Nearly 200 volunteers provided everything from rest stops, to raffles, and registration to manipulation (osteopathic of course)!
- 131 of you signed up for 100 miles
- 279 was the largest group of all, the 50-milers
- 223 set out on the 30
- 181 families and friends rode the 10
- 27 of you indicated you ride because you work in the PD Community
- 250 indicated you ride for a friend with PD
- 413 of you ride for a family member who has/had PD
- Dozens of you are apparently just good people who came out for a beautiful ride for a wonderful cause. You committed your time and your money...because you know that it matters!
- And the most incredible group of all....the 42 of you who ride as a living example to the rest of us of what it truly means to LIVE.RIDE.CURE. You are our inspiration!
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| For those of you still receiving checks:
- Checks should be made out to The Michael J Fox Foundation (or MJFF). If you receive one made out to the New England Parkinson's Ride, please write "Payable to MJFF" on the back of the check.
- List YOUR NAME AS THE CYLCLIST then all checks with the donor names and addresses on the MJFF Donor Tracking Form
- Mail to the address on the form.
- Team Fox will credit these to your Personal Page approximately one week from the time received.
- If you are counting on these checks for your VIP Incentive, please send an email indicating the total amount that you submitted to Cindy (Woods) Theberge at [email protected].
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THE WINNER OF THE TRIP TO ITALY...
ELIZABETH LANE!
Congratulations Elizabeth & Family!
Thank you to everyone who supported the ride by purchasing tickets. Your support helps assure that 100% of the funds raised by our cyclists will continue to go directly to the Michael J Fox Foundation for research toward a cure!
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| CONTACT US: Cindy Woods Theberge, Director [email protected] PO Box 1124, Merrimack, NH 03054 603-494-1864
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