Fundraising Update

Well, we've made our goal. Thanks again to all of you who have helped us along way. Your generosity is commendable. We are still asking for donations, however, so if you've been planning to donate but haven't yet gotten around to it, it's not too late. In fact, our fundraising isn't actually due until October.  Even though we've reached our goal, we would still like to raise as much money as possible for the Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. 

To date, we've raised $3,663 for 2008s PMC ride.  We still have some donation requests to send out & I'm still working on getting all those "thank yous" in the mail.   The average donation is $193 (although I'll admit that average was brought up significantly by one large donation).  We've had donations from Hawaii, Washington State, California, Delaware, Maryland, New York, and a great many from Massachusetts (as one might expect since we live here). 

We've only received one request to ride in the memory of a loved one:  George Joji "Papa" Tanabe.  We'll also be riding in the memory of Uncle Richard Nagano as well as in the honor of my mother. We hope that our efforts to help fund a cure for cancer would have been (or, in the case of my mother, are) a source of pride for these loved ones.  We'll continue to keep them in our thoughts along the way.