TEAM FOR CURES: ENDURANCE EVENTS
SIX MMRF RIDERS COMPLETE COAST TO COAST RIDE TO BENEFIT MMRF
On September 21,
2017, six courageous
and dedicated MMRF
supporters, including
71-year-old myeloma
patient Chuck
Wakefield, completed
a grueling 3,400 mile
bicycle ride that had
started in Manhattan
Beach, CA, seven
weeks earlier.
This epic undertaking, called Road to
Victories and sponsored by Janssen
Oncology, resulted in raising awareness
and funds to accelerate research for
multiple myeloma. The six-man team
was greeted at the finish line at Jennings
Beach in Fairfield, CT, by hundreds of
supporters, including many who joined
the Road to Victories team for the last
62 or 25 miles of the course. Also joining
on the final day were the 12 MMRF
cyclists who had ridden the first eight
days of the course, from Manhattan
Beach to Flagstaff Arizona, including four
myeloma patients, two representatives
from Janssen Oncology, and one rider
from the MMRF.
In all, the Road to Victories ride raised
over $400,000, 100% of which was
directed to the MMRF to fund critical
myeloma research. To read more
about Road to Victories, visit
RoadToVictories.com.
RIDE WITH US IN 2018!
The MMRF is working on plans for
2018 that will continue the Road to
Victories effort, featuring a three-
day ride from London to Paris, and
a six-day ride in Yellowstone and
Grand Tetons National Parks.
For more information, please contact:
[email protected]
MM4MM TAKES ON TWO NEW COUNTRIES!
The Moving Mountains for Multiple Myeloma ® (MM4MM) program continues to
flourish and expand in 2017 and 2018 – reaching two new corners of the world.
This July, we had a team of 20 hikers who took on Mt. Fuji in Japan. The team,
which included six patients from across the U.S., battled some of the steepest
inclines the program has overcome to date! Reaching the world famous summit just
before sunrise, patient and renowned trumpeter Ryan Anthony of CancerBlows
welcomed the victorious day with an emotional rendition of “Amazing Grace”.
In March of 2018, a team of 18, including seven patient climbers alongside
11 doctors and caregivers will climb to the doorstep of the highest mountain in
the world, trekking nine days across the Himalayas to Everest Base Camp in Nepal.
The next available hiking teams for the MM4MM program will be announced in
late fall of 2017. For more information, please contact Jane Hoffmann at
[email protected].
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