Help us raise money for Multiple Sclerosis! 150mile bike ride for MS

masraum · 02-16-2020, 02:07 PM

We did it last year. We're doing it again this year. In the process, we learned about many, many more people with MS than we had realized. We met a lot of great people in the process. I like to think that we helped the cause too. I know that there are several folks on the board that have family and friends with MS. I've also met lots of folks at work that have friends and family with MS, and several years ago, I had a colleague with MS pass away.

We're doing it again this year. The route is changing. For many, many years, it's been a 2 day ride from Houston to Austin that is anywhere from 140-180 miles depending upon the routes that you take each day. This year, you can start in either Houston or Austin. The end of the first day everyone ends up in the same place. Then the second day everyone heads from the midway point to College Station (home of Texas A&M). I'm curious to see what the new route is like. I'm a little disappointed that we'll miss the HUGE downhill that we hit last year.

Donation for Missus Masraum (the cute one, she's fallen behind in donations, help her catch up and beat me!)
MS150 Donation for Cheryl

Mr Masraum
MS150 Donation for Steve

Anything that you can do will help.

Last year we each raised over $1000. We'd like to do it again this year!

This money doesn't just go to research (which is important) but also goes to services and items to help those who are dealing with the affects of MS.

$30 Trains two MS support group leaders to facilitate connections for people living with MS
$50 Helps inform a doctor on how to connect those with MS to all the services of the MS Society
$100 Pays for someone to participate in a clinical trial for 3 days, to expand life-changing new treatments
$250 Covers 3 hours’ use of an advanced microscope which critical for certain MS research that is too expensive for most labs to own. But renting one for just 3 hours can help lead to new MS treatments.
$500 Provides half a year of in-person counseling to help someone with MS move their life forward

Here we are at the finish line last year getting ready to load our bikes into the semi to take them back to our starting location. Then a quick shower, lunch, and bus ride back.