Donations still coming... !!

I seem to have LOST my access to Facebook and the fundraiser page??? (NOT the first time).

But I've sent an email to everyone I originally reached out to to THANK all of YOU for the substantial and various forms of support (cheers, bike loans....and donations to GCC of course.

I attached a report of our success and details of how we ranked nationally, within the state (CT), and within my age group. If you didn't get the report, just email me at psbrind1@gmail.com or text to 860 739 4668. I'd love to hear from you.

183 miles done!...90+% of goal...and still riding, now in Niantic, CT.

One more ride (or two?) to reach our 200 mile goal!

Pic with new grandson, is the reason we're in Maine...

Getting there!... I've completed 145 miles (about 70%) and just 55 to go !!

Thanks to each an everyone of you for encouraging me...I'm almost there, while YOU stepped up to the plate, hitting a home run for the Great Cycle Challenge team...putting us over the $3,000 goal. Congrats and again: Thank YOU.

Early Statistics from GCC on 2024's Great Cycle Challenge... YOU supporters DESERVE kudos: Great work!

STATS for 2024 GCC as of 10-4-24

• Your collective miles ridden would lap the circumference of the earth 80 times!

• Over 97,256 donations have been made to fight kids' cancer!

• 107 riders pedaled over 1,000 miles for their challenge.

• 37 riders raised over $10,000 to fight kids' cancer, becoming GCC All-Stars.

• 1,701 participants have survived their own personal fight against cancer.

• 138,687 individual rides were completed throughout September.

• The average donation made to sponsor a rider was $89.

• Once again, Guillermo Pous was our #1 fundraiser across the country, riding 1,007 miles and raising a mind-boggling $69,458! This stunning effort for our kids takes his all-time total raised over 8 years in the challenge to $294,655. He is a cancer-fighting phenomenon.

• Our Facebook group GCC Friends USA gained 1,311 members. Group members have shared 5,758 posts and left 82,459 comments and reactions!

• 15 kids under 5 years old took on the challenge to kick cancer's butt for other kids.

• Brooke Verges rode 162 miles and raised $4,002 to kick cancer's butt. She fought melanoma after being diagnosed at just 6 years old. Brooke is now cancer-free (WOOHOO) and living a happy life, and wants the same outcome for ALL kids diagnosed with cancer.

• We've received countless messages from families affected by cancer thanking you for your fantastic efforts.

• 2,056 riders raised $1,000+ and became members of the Peloton Club.

• Riders from Delaware raised an average of $650 - the highest in the country.

• This GCC community rallied on Facebook, liking, commenting, messaging and sharing our posts 1,020,235 times.

• Crystal Dunnings, a 9-year legacy rider, rode 400 miles and raised $6,383 for family and friends affected by cancer. She rides year-on-year to "keep others from losing their loved ones to this horrible disease."

• Steve Link rode 651 miles and raised $11,505 to fight kids' cancer, making him the #1 fundraiser among our first-year riders = EPIC stuff. He rides for his 26-year-old son and his mom, who are both battling cancer.

• Together, we've been in the saddle for the equivalent of 367,611 days, 6 hours, and 28 minutes.

• Over the 10 years of GCC, we've ridden 33,471,564 miles and raised $79,884,352 to fight kids' cancer!

Enjoyed achieving over 100 miles today; I'm catching up to my 200 mile promise to you all.

A bonus today: I took a "left" from my last ride north towards Ogunquit from York, ME and found FLO'S, a 65 year old hot dog stand (see pic) run by an "old" couple. Cash only, and 11-3 only, and Thurs to Sunday only. It's WORTH it. $4 for the best hot dog ever (very special home-made relish). Only in Maine.

Hey...YOU have made the $3,000 Goal ! WOW...and Congrats and thank you so much.

While we've stepped up to the Great Cycle Challenge fundraising goal... I've yet to reach the riding goal of 200 miles (yes, due to a vacation, and illness interruptions). BUT I'm in the groove at almost 70 miles and climbing (oof, that hurts). I WILL finish, albeit in October I'm sure. Thanks for all the support; I will NOT let you down. Paul.

I'm still riding...Liliana still fighting cancer...we need your help to keep hope alive

I thought you'd appreciate an update on Liliana, my inspiration the last 4 years, a letter we received from the leaders of the Great Cycle Challenge:

Dear Paul and your supporters,

Look at that smile. That’s a happy little girl. But it’s also a little girl fighting cancer.

At 3 years of age, Liliana—“Lily” to her friends and family—was cheery, full of energy. But then she got pale, and she seemed to be tired all the time. Maybe it’s anemia. Lily’s mom, Tiffany, is a nurse. She knew to give her daughter iron supplements for anemia. But they didn’t help.

The pediatrician urged a hospital visit. The emergency room doctor called Oncology. Very quickly, Lily received a diagnosis of leukemia. But then . . .

Thanks to the giving of caring friends like you, Lily went into a clinical trial for a new drug . . . one that researchers believe could be not only more effective than other cancer treatments for children like Lily—but also less harmful, with fewer difficult side effects.

Paul and friends, through your generous support of Children’s Cancer Research Fund, you make clinical trials possible for Lily and countless other children.

“Trials like this help find less harsh treatments,” Tiffany says, “and we want to find ways to make things easier and more tolerable for kids like Lily.”

But funding for such trials, and the research they represent, is scarce. Which means your support today is critically important.

“These are kids who are just starting their lives,” Tiffany says. “They need this research.”

Today, Lily is a giggly 7-year-old who is still on her cancer journey. She loves her older siblings and is obsessed with unicorns. When Lily is feeling well, she loves to play “pretend.” She’s “funny, shiny and full of life,” Tiffany says.

There are so many children, just like Lily, who need help . . . I’m hoping you’ll help launch and sustain cancer research by the best and brightest leaders in the field. That’s what your donation right now will help to provide.

Gratefully,

The Great Cycle Challenge, and

Elizabeth Crippen Allen, CEO Children’s Cancer Research Fund

P.S. Your gift will make it possible for kids fighting cancer to get back to being kids. It’s all of us against childhood cancer!

https://greatcyclechallenge.com/Riders/PaulBrindamour

9-1-2024 1st September ride for GCC, the Great Cycle Challenge

At our York, ME camper following 1st GCC 10.2 mile ride 9-1-2024

(Again, be aware I won't be able to post for a bit... due to travelling, but will try to keep the GCC page updated. I WILL finish the 200 miles! .... 190 to go!

Please support my ride; it's for little kids with cancer

...from Protector...to Guardian level.

Way to Go !

A picture for you to consider

This is a pic of Liliana's family.