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Interested in meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking

Hometown

Gloucester, MA

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The Tour de Cure is an annual fundraising bike race with the American Diabetes Association. The North Shore Tour de Cure is on May 31, 2009, and will take riders along the beautiful Massachusetts coastline, through historic sites and breath-taking country landscapes. From the experienced rider to the casual rider, there is a route designed for you in the North Shore Tour de Cure.

All routes start and finish at the Gloucester High School and include rolling hills and sometime challenging road conditions. A map of the routes can be found here: http://www.mapmyride.com/view_event?e=933519307355

 

All of the routes are fully supported by Tour de Cure Rest Stops and on-the-road Support and Gear (SAG) Vehicles. These volunteers are experienced and trained to assist in maintaining fun and safe conditions for riders. Lunch is provided for cyclists and volunteers and will be served from 12pm - 2pm.

After your Sunday morning ride through the North Shore, join in the post-ride celebration! The hard part is over and now it is time for us to come together and enjoy a festival of music, food and fun focused on healthy choices for active lifestyles. Sign-up, bring a friend or form a team and join the North Shore Tour de Cure family for the 15th year of riding toward a cure!

Activities

Biking, Cycling, Diabetes Awareness Our mission is the prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. Our ground level strategy for this mission is through our local and federal advocacy efforts, community education programs ranging from intimate public speaking engagements (15 people) to our Diabetes Expo (50, 000 people) and funding research in search of a cure. Even in this economy we are looking to raise our dollars to the mission from $0.75 back up to $0.78.

Favorite Charities

American Diabetes Association, Tour de Cure How is the Tour de Cure different than other diabetes organizations? There is only one other non profit working on the same cause and are Type 1 research exclusive. They provide no educational programs. They will not fight against discrimination for someone w/diabetes. Their focus is only on seven-tenths of the entire group with no possibility cross-pollinating research between Types of diabetes.

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