Friday, July 28, 2006

Pan Mass Challenge 2006 - Team Avanti: Pan Mass Challenge 2006 - Team Avanti

Pan Mass Challenge 2006 - Team Avanti: Pan Mass Challenge 2006 - Team Avanti

A week and a day and we're collecting wonderful stories about wonderful people who we will be honored to remember and think of as we ride.

We're riding for 25 people so far, including:
Eve Marchiony, Helga Strowbridge, Debbi Finnerty, Ev May, Jack Hoffelder, Janice Hoffelder, Jodi Crego, Ligia Campos, German Campos, Garnet Harrison, Connie and Shel Perkins, Paula Drake, Deborah Bodner, Sherri Garber, Diane, Oui, Maureen, Arthur, Otto Rhoades, Toni Wolffe, Michelle Gorman, Grace A. Beath, Bruno Mozzone.

A few words about the people we’ll be honoring during our ride.

from Bob & Ann Hoffelder:
Jack Hoffelder (Bob's brother)
Janice Hoffelder (Bob's brother's wife)
Jodi Crego (Ann's cousin)

from Judy Campos:
Ligia Campos mother-in-law who died of cancer in 2005;
German Campos, her husband, who is in treatment

from Gary Green
Jennifer Kay, classmate and friend from Dartmouth who worked to get more young women interested in science and technology.

from Sam Zales
Bob Rech,

from Rob Rodgers
Garnet Harrison, Rob’s nana.

from Mary King
my parents Connie and Shel Perkins who both died of cancer in the 70s

from Dan and Serena Silber
Deborah Bodner is currently battling breast cancer. She is the sister of Dan's high-school buddy, Jack.

from Dan and Serena Silber
Sherri Garber, who lost her battle with cancer last year. She is the mother of a good friend of Dan's and Serena's, Jeremy.

from Sarah & Ned Rossiter:
Diane (Sarah's friend)
Oui (Sarah's friend)
Maureen (Sarah's friend)
Arthur (Ned's father, who died)

from Ted Rhoades
Otto Rhoades, his father

from Artie Rice
Toni Wolffe (age 54) is undergoing chemo for breast cancer
Michelle Gorman, a very close friend who battled and died of breast cancer at the age of 47.

from Mary Beath,
To Grace A. Beath, the most wonderful mother, friend and role model in the world. XO, Mary.

Bruno Mozzone, the best Dad ever!

from John Marchiony
for Eve Marchiony, my Mom, and her best friend Helga Strowbridge. They were quite a pair, playful and just throughout their lives.

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