BBMOB Wins Awards at the 2004 MS Ride Celebration!
July 25, 2004
The post MS ride celebration was held on July 25th at Whitlow's on
Wilson. Many riders gathered to toast the success of the ride,
which raised over $480,000 raised for the National MS Society Capital
Chapter.
The Babes and Babe Magnets on Bikes (BBMOB) walked away from the
evening with some first ever accomplishments. After five years
participating as a team, we hit an all time high of $35,487 raised.
This put us in the "Five-Speed" fundraising category. We got a plaque
for that.
We also received a plaque for being the largest friends and family
team with 48 registered riders. We are most proud of winning a
plaque for raising the most money of the 50 registered teams.
Here's to the BBMOB and the MS Society for another successful
fundraising year!
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Report on
the 2004 MS 150 Ride
May 25, 2004
What an amazing ride! The Babes and Babe Magnets on Bikes, which I
like to call the BB MoB, joined 700+ riders in the ride to fight the
devastating effects of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). For the first time in
four years, we rode in sunshine under blue skies with warmth
surrounding us for the entire ride, rather than riding covered in
fleece and raingear with our eyes on the road the whole time.
A number of us were pleasantly surprised by the beauty of Virginia
that escorted us the entire ride. We did the same route last year, but
the weather conditions kept us from seeing the hills and small
mountains that we were climbing, the flowing farm fields (slowly being
taken over by vinyl sided houses with no trees), quaint towns,
pre-Civil War stone walls, old barns, cows (even longhorns), frisky
horses, and smushed roadkill. We enjoyed(?) the odors of spring
flowers, manure, and diesel fumes from the trucks that sometimes get a
little too close. Most of us can say, "We had an exhilarating and
fulfilling two days."
Thank you to the 50 registered riders. We had 38 riders on Saturday
and 20 on Sunday.
Captain Jenn
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