The BP MS 150 is a bicycle ride fundraiser for Multiple Sclerosis. Riders will leave Houston on April 17, 2004 and arrive in Austin on April 18, 2004. There is an overnight stop in Lagrange. This is an approximate 180 mile bike ride, even though the name promises only 150 miles!
All the people here have signed up for the fun part -- riding our bikes. What we need help with is the hard part: raising money to help fight MS. We hope to have 13,000+ riders out the weekend of the 17/18 of April, and we hope to raise $8 million to fight MS.
Even a small donation of $10 helps -- of course donations of $25 or $50 help more! :) Pick your rider, click on the link near his/her name and you can make a donation of any amount on-line.
Last year the ride generated over $7 million dollars for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Over $4 million of that went to research projects in Texas. Take a look here at the Lone Star Chapter of the National MS Society and click on the "research" tab at the top for a list of projects.
This year is the 20th anniversary of the Houston to Austin MS150 bike tour. In 1985 the ride had 237 participants and raised a total of $117,000 for MS research. Nowadays, the top teams raise over $500,000 and the top 3-4 individual fundraisers raise over $50,000!
This is how your money gets used:
If you are a local MS150 rider, you can be included in this page
if you email: drjinx `at' texas `dot' net with your e-donate link and
team affiliation (if any).
Don't tell me you don't know what to do with the `at' and the `dot'.
You can send a small jpg or gif. Images will not be edited,
and anything big or unusable will be thrown away.
 | Jean Marie Linhart (Team Sun & Ski) -- I love to ride through Bastrop and Buescher State parks, hills and all, hence the big smile. I also put this page together. Yes, that is why I get to go first! http://ms150.org/edon.cfm?id=136465 |
| Laura Kennedy was planning on the MS, but I hear she's been sick...
Laura -- hope you are well!
Nico Spronk (Team Sun & Ski) got his arm run over by a pickup truck a few weeks ago, and he is still planning on riding in this year's MS150! http://ms150.org/edon.cfm?id=154573 Angela Hardy (Team Sun & Ski) http://ms150.org/edon.cfm?id=144037 |
 | Lara Zuehlke (Team Sun & Ski) is riding in her second MS 150 and hopes to be able to walk at the end of this year's ride. http://www.ms150.org/ms150/donate/donate.cfm?id=27517 |
 | Emily Hollister (Team Mustang Engineering/Wood Group) http://www.ms150.org/ms150/donate/donate.cfm?id=105229 |
 | Billy S. Cox, Jr. a.k.a. The Bald Man (Team Sun & Ski) is riding in his first MS 150 and will be wearing two pedal partner banners. Rookie did his own newsletter on his website http://billycox.home.mindspring.com/id12.html. His donation link is http://www.ms150.org/ms150/donate/donate.cfm?id=130537 |
 | Lenae Huebner (Team Sun & Ski) says "This will be my 4th year riding in the MS150. As in the past, my pedal partners will be 2 wonderful women in the College Station community; Theresa and Sharon. They set a truly amazing example of how to lead a full and productive life while dealing with the effects of MS. I'm also excited to have recruited several friends from our cycling community join me on the Sun & Ski Team. Let's race through the park on Sunday!" http://www.ms150.org/ms150/donate/donate.cfm?id=135205 |
 | Amy Sharp (Team Sun & Ski) is hoping not to hit the wall in Bastrop State Park (read: unforgiving hills). She is riding again this year in honor of a friend, Deb Beard. She will use thoughts of Deb's positive attitude get through the park! http://ms150.org/edon.cfm?id=138277 |
 | Michael Roberson (A&M Cycling Team) says "This is my second year to do the MS150, this year I'm going to be riding with my dad. My Favorite Part last year was the State Park and the little Oranges! Whoop!" http://ms150.org/edon.cfm?id=157177 |
 | If Bill Garrett (David Weekley Homes Team) has learned anything in the 13 previous times that he has participated in the MS150, it is the importance of carbohydrate replenishment. Bill hasn't set up e-sponsoring, but any offers of sponsorship may be directed to WildBill@TAMU.EDU. |
 | Barry Harding (Team Fugro) is riding his 9th MS150 bike tour in 2004. Barry has been in the Top 300 MS fundraisers for 3 consecutive years and in 2003 was No. 47 overall after being No. 38 in 2002. Besides enjoying the MS weekend of cycling and seeing Texas from the seat of a bicycle, Barry is passionate about raising money for MS and his 2 pedal partners -- Deb Cunningham of Houston and Ruth Wiley Solon of Wichita, Kansas. http://www.ms150.org/ms150/donate/donate.cfm?id=15421 |
 | Dorothy Dunsworth is doing her first MS150 and is glad for the chance to use her own good health to help someone else who cannot use her/his own body in such a physical way. http://www.ms150.org/ms150/donate/donate.cfm?id=162061 |
 | Louie Migliaccio (Team Fugro) will be participating in his first MS150. He has recently started cycling and is looking forward to experiencing all that he has heard regarding the MS150, especially the parks. "Riding an exciting 183 miles, all for a wonderful cause. Where can you have more fun than that?" he asks. http://www.ms150.org/ms150/donate/donate.cfm?id=162985 |
 | MMDepot.net is a team consisting of Josh Benn, Robert Casey, Vance Goss, Paul Hawryluk, Larry Isham, Bill Kendall, Cully Lipsey, Ken Newton, Troy Sikes, John Studer and Andy Winn. You can find them online at (MMDepot.net) This is their first team MS150. Donations to the team can be made here: A link too long to include as text! |
