[bmba] Lance Armstrong's "Tour Of Hope" Riders in EP Sat!

[ERDOC12 at aol.com]

To BMBA Members:
 
   Many of you know that I have been raising funds for the 2005  Lance 
Armstrong Cancer Foundation. With the help from many of you, various  retail stores, 
and most of the area bike shops, we have raised a total of  $57,000.00.  
 
   Of the 4,381 individual fund-raisers nationally and worldwide,  we here in 
the El Paso/Las Cruces/ Juarez area, have raised the third  largest amount of 
donations in our very first year!  I want to thank  everyone who helped us. 
 
   And yes, Lance Armstrong now knows that we have a pretty good  bunch of 
cyclists (road and mountain bike) here in the El Paso vicinity. 
 
   This Saturday, the Lance Armstrong Foundation's "Tour Of Hope"  Peloton 
Project riders will be passing through El Paso. They're a group of  riders who 
are raising cancer awareness by doing a 24-hour a day, relay ride  from San 
Diego to Washington DC and eventually on to Austin, Texas by  October 21-23, for 
Lance's annual "Ride For The Roses" weekend cycling  extravaganza.
 
   We're having a local group ride this Saturday October 1st, to  meet the 
"Tour Of Hope" riders at the west side El Paso Cancer Treatment Center  where an 
afternoon of festivities will take place. Our ride is for all cyclists  
(mountain and road bikes). If you'd like to participate, we're going to meet at  the
 Crazy Cat Cyclery store on Mesa St. at 3 pm. We'll begin the ride at 3:30 pm 
 sharp and arrive at the Cancer Treatment Center shortly before 4 pm. where 
we'll  present our check in the amount of $57,000.00, to the Lance Armstrong  
Foundation representative and a number of cancer patients who will also be  
there. 
 
   Please join us. It'll be fun and rewarding. 
 
   Thanks again, 
   Doc