Riding for Research - Pedaling for a Cure
On September 3rd, Emmet and Patrick Davitt will set out on a journey and a mission. They will be PEDALING FOR A CURE to benefit ALS research.
A letter from Emmet:
Our journey will be to cycle the East Coast Greenway; a 3000-mile bike ride from Calais, Maine (on the Canadian border) to Key West, Florida. We hope to complete our trip in 10 to 12 weeks. (We will be supported by my wife Julie who will meet up with us periodically to resupply us as well as put in some miles of her own). Our mission is to raise both money for and awareness of medical research to help find treatment for and finally a cure for ALS (commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s’ disease). Our journey will be an adventure; our mission will be deeply personal!
My cousins, the Kennedys, my mother’s identical twin’s family, has been ravaged by this horrible, hellish disease. My uncle, Chris Kennedy, died in his mid-sixties. My younger cousin, Jimmy Kennedy, newly married with a newborn son, was stricken at 29 and, after a valiant struggle, succumbed at 31. My Cousin Jake Kennedy, a father of 4, died a few years ago at 66. Another cousin, Richard (“Ratt”), has been courageously battling the disease for several years. Other family members, though not yet stricken, have learned that they carry the ALS gene. Their children, the next generation, need to make the painful decision whether to be tested genetically and decide whether or not to have children of their own.
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