June 24/09--Riding 600km to fight for a cure for breast cancer!!

My friend Kevin is riding 600km on his bike to raise money for breast cancer! WOW! My legs would be like jello. Check out his bio and more details on where the money will be going. Remember everything from $1 to $5 makes a HUGE difference. Thanks for checking it out!

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In 2005, to show support for one of their colleagues who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, six people from Novartis Pharmaceuticals set out on their bicycles and rode from the CN Tower in Toronto to Novartis Head Office in Montreal.  They completed the 600km ride in 4 days and raised $25,000 in support of breast cancer research. This has now turned into an annual event which saw 35 employees make the journey last year raising over $111,000. 

This September, I will be flying to Toronto to join 37 other Novartis employees to cycle the same 600kms over the same 4 days in the hopes of raising even more money to support breast cancer research.

I think it is a great cause and so meaningful I obviously believe strongly in given how many people close to me have battled some form of this disease.

I have attached a link that takes you to my personal donation page that makes on-line donating effortless (we use the CIBC Run for the Cure website for this reason even though we are cycling 600km and not running). Any donation, no matter how large or small, would be gratefully appreciated

https://www.cibcrunforthecure.com/html/p.asp?t=3329749&l=1

If you know someone else who has been personally touched by cancer and may want to support our efforts this September by donating to this cause, please feel free to forward them the link.

Love and thanks,

Kevin