Help Me In The Fight Againt MS

Join the Mitzvah Milers as a rider or donor as we gear up for our 6th year of participation at Waves to Wine! We are enthusiastic, supportive, and inclusive, and consistently a Top 3 team in both size and fundraising. With over 40 riders at Waves to Wine each year, the Mitzvah Milers have raised over $200,000 to date for the MS Society. 2008 was our most successful year yet, as we raised $53,500 from 653 donors, placing us 2nd for fundraising and as the top non-corporate team by over $10,000! With your support, we can do even more to help those with MS this year!

Come join us on a gorgeous one or two day fully supported ride of between 40 and 175 miles with fun-loving cyclists at a wide range of skill levels. Those riding with the Mitzvah Milers for the first time at Waves to Wine will receive a free team jersey! New riders at Waves to Wine will also not have to pay the registration fee. Just come ride the distance of your choice and meet the event’s very doable $350 minimum fundraising requirement by sending out e-mail messages asking your friends and family to contribute to this worthy effort. Please contact me for more info at mitzvahmilers@pacbell.net

Who are the Mitzvah Milers? We are 200 predominantly Jewish cyclists from throughout the Bay Area who share a love of cycling and building community. We treasure our diversity, drawing members from over two dozen synagogues, from renewal to orthodox, and the unaffiliated. Our members’ skill range is from intermediate to advanced. We participate at event rides throughout the Bay Area, and have ongoing casual rides in the East Bay. For current ride information, join our growing e-mail list by contacting me at mitzvahmilers@pacbell.net There is no fee required to be part of the Mitzvah Milers.

I formed the Mitzvah Milers six years ago as a way to do something positive and empowering after being diagnosed in 2002 with MS just two years after his mother, Joan, passed away after a long battle with MS. Fortunately, my symptoms have remained mild and I have been able to ride 150 miles at Waves to Wine for 7 straight years. Please join me to help make a difference in the lives of those with MS, including tens of thousands in Northern California. The MS Society funds $46 million each year for research towards finding a cure for this often devastating disease. Let's help them do even more. Thank you!

Why I Ride

I've registered for Bike MS: Waves to Wine Ride 2009 because I want to do something for the people who have been diagnosed - NOW! Today, there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, and with a diagnosis occurring most frequently between the ages of 20 and 50, many individuals face a lifetime filled with unpredictability.

Why You Should Sponsor Me

MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. The Society addresses the challenges of each person living with MS. In 2008 alone, through the national home office and 50 state network of chapters, nearly $126 million was devoted to programs that enhanced more than one million lives to move us closer to a world free of MS, the Society also
invested more than $46 million to support 380 research projects around the world.