I want to thank my friends and family who are sponsoring me in the 2005 Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope Baltimore to DC Fundraising Ride. They are:

• Kathleen Aiello
• Ernie Aiello
• Jennifer Colangelo
• Ken DeGhetto
• Carol Ann and Bradley Forrest and their kids
• Mark Graber
• Julie, Robert, and Emma Howson
• Joyce and George Kuykendall
• Mary Kuykendall
• Pat McClure
• Lisa McGrath
• Howard and Marion Medow
• Ramona Morel
• Joe and Jennifer Pilaro
• Sesh Rengaswamy
• Claude and Louise Sanford
• Ray and Carole Weisner

I'll add my other sponsors to this list as I'm told about them by the ride organizers.

So far this year, my sponsors have contributed $960 to the cause of cancer research. This is less money than we raised together in 2004, but I think that many of us donated what we could to Gulf Coast Hurricane Relief and gave a bit less to other causes that raise money at this time of year.

It's going to be a great thrill to ride on behalf of my sponsors. I'm taking their stories and those of their loved ones who have been affected by cancer with me to Washington. I'll have a lot of stories and photos from our trip here on Operation Gadget in the 2005 Tour of Hope Section.

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