BBTC,

I just received this e-mail from one of our LRRH riders. This puts all the hard work bbtc members do to make this ride such a success in a great perspective. If you have not signed up to volunteer and be a part of this ride...you are missing out on a great opportunity to make a contribution.

Thanks,

Penny Perkins

Thanks for organizing this ride to support breast cancer survivors. I come from a family with a history of breast cancer. My older sister found a lump in her breast while tending children about 20 years ago. She felt a sore spot when lifting the children and had it checked up on. It was a malignant cancer lump. She had a lumpectomy, lymph glands removed and radiation. She went for 17 years thinking she had beat it. Then she found another lump in the same breast. She had her breast removed, then found two more lumps, did Chemotherapy and radiation which shrunk the lumps, and is now one year past the treatments and is doing fine so far. Her pet scans have come out clear so far. We pray for her all the time. She is leading a normal life and very grateful for every passing day.

My mother had cancer found in a routine mammogram about 12 years ago. She had a lumpectomy and radiation which has cured her so far. She is turning 88 this August. Myself and my daughter have both had a nonmalignant tumor removed. As you can see, I have hereditary cancer in my family and therefore, I have my yearly mammogram and am doing fine so far. I am proud and happy to ride for the Little Red Riding Hood Bike Ride supporting the fight against Breast Cancer.

My group that are riding just started last year and we are doing it again this year with some riders joining us for the fun of it. We are a group of ladies, mostly over 50 years old and we call ourselves the "Hot Buff Women" and we love to do active things together to prove that we can still do it! We have some younger gals joining us who have heard about the ride and expressed interest. Our motto is "the more the merrier". We also love it when some of our daughters join us. We had two daughters last year and may have several more daughters join us again this year.