Christmas is here and gone...

Wow is all I can think of... the Christmas season is over as of today the 26th of Dec! All the bargain shoppers were out in full force today! So many grumpy as you by pass them smile a friendly hello don't break their grumpness! I wish more people would remember the reason for the season. Plus remember that family and friends are what its all about too!
I hope that this finds all of you healthy and ready for the 2012 year to start in less than a week! Still wondering where this 2011 year went to. Didn't seem like Christmas with no snow on the ground. We did see a few bikes out on the road! I talked to Santa up at Ernie Wms Harley and asked him for snow for Christmas, a white Christmas is all I asked for, he said no he was enjoying the weather we were having, I said well can we at least have riding weather??!!
I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to you all & to ALL a Happy 2012 New Year! Enjoy your family & friends!
Take Care~ Be Safe~Angel Ride Girl & family

Turned over the fund to TRMC ONCOLOGY!

WOW Rae Anne couldn't believe how much we raised this year! $43,163.29! That is amazing to all the people that helped out to help local breast cancer patients! This is all within a 75 mile radius of Ft Dodge! There are so many people fighting breast cancer that this will help out!

We didn't have all of our Angels there for the picture, but we salute all of them, as we couldn't of done it with out their help! Some helped a little, some helped allot, some lived with it in their homes daily! The businesses, and the people who rode, and donated too! It is a group afford to make any benefit a good success! The patients that benefit from this have a fight ahead of them, its not just one day, week, year... it takes many days, weeks, years to be thankful that they are survivors! I know it would be hard!

We still have some shirts, hoodies, long sleeved t-shirts left and for sale at Party Production in Ft Dodge. The shirt sales have been over the top this year! There is no more orders going in this year... but thats ok, as we have the guy that did the design this year, already thinking of new designs for next year!

Thanks again for following me this year! I will still be keeping this up as until there is a cure found for breast cancer, we still need funds to help the people!
I will leave you with some statements from people that have used some of the funds...

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Just a note thanking you for your assistance. It does make a difference when unable to work due to treatments. Things have been real hard on me lately. Your help with gas cards for traveling to Webster City made a huge difference in my worries.
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Continue what you are doing. If a woman can have a positive experience dealing with breast cancer I did thanks to your help. The wig that you provided allowed me to maintain some sense of normalcy during treatment. Thank you so very much. What you are doing for patients fighting breast cancer is remarkable. I am only one patient but have seen your work in action at the cancer center numerous times!
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I am very happy to say Thank You to this great group! My getting breast cancer was quite unexpected. I was the first in my family to be diagnosed with this. My whole world was out of control after the news. I didn’t know what to do and well-meaning people were offering all sorts of advice that I didn’t need. You will never know how much it meant to pick out a wig and hat and be told there was no charge because of your donations to the cancer center. I actually cried. [Maybe I just needed a reason to cry and release some of my emotions] Any way Thank you. When I have these treatments behind me, I hope to repay the kindness. God Bless you all.


Hope you get another ride in before the snow flies!
Take Care~ Be Safe~
Angel Ride Girl

ANGEL RIDE LAPS for LIFE WALK to SAVE the TATAs!

This Sunday Oct 16th, 2011 the FT Dodge Mall, Three Eagle Communications and the Angel Ride group has teamed up to do a walk called LAPS FOR LIFE!
That's right! Park the bikes, car & trucks in the malls parking lots put your tennis shoes on and join in on the fun we will have walking the mall! Registration starts at noon! The walk will start at 1pm! There will be karaoke, food, prizes & fun! Plus look at it this way, you get some exercise while doing it... They advertise on the radio and TV to Get Iowa Fit, what a way to do it plus help out a great cause!
The walkers should have gone out to get money from sponsors! All the money raised will go to help the TRMC Oncology dept here in Ft Dodge, for uninsured expenses such as wigs, scarves, travel expenses, and so much more!!
There is cool t-shirt(s) that will be given away, 50" flat screen TV, $100 mall gift card and so much more!
Plus if you didn't get your Angel Ride to Save the TaTas shirts earlier this gives you another chance! We will have long sleeved shirts, hoodies, bracelets, rings, koozies, bandannas, and what ever shirts we have left over from the ride! No more will be ordered, as we are already thinking of next years design! :)
On Wednesday Oct 19th the Angel Staff will be handing the money over to Rae Anne the head of the Oncology dept, so we will be releasing the $$ amount that was made this year from the July 30 ride and the Oct 16th walk! I can tell you this much that the $$ is over last years ($30,000) amount! I can't wait to see how much this awesome community has donated plus others that traveled miles to help out too! The people this year have been totally awesome in helping out!

I hope to see you at the Mall on Sunday Oct 16th for the "Laps for Life walk to Save the TaTas" Bring your walking shoes and pink up for a great time!!
"TaTa for Now"
Angel Ride Girl~

Seeing Angel Ride shirts every where!

I don't get go too many places too often, but have notice lately, that every where I look there is a TaTa shirt of ours somewhere! Which is good!
Went to the FDSH football game to watch my son, and here is a couple of our shirts that younger high school girls were wearing wandering around the bleachers! I thought it was awesome! Went to the store there's a couple more! At the races... there they are!!
Sometimes I wonder when there is benefits, do people just buy the shirt for the day? I know that when I get shirts from many different benefits, I wear them when ever I can! Nice to keep the word out on those benefits as they all work so hard in putting together those rides!
With the summer closing down... and October being Breast Cancer awareness month, I sure hope to see more of the Angel Ride shirts, as we want to remind people that early detection saves lives! Maybe if people see the "Save the TaTas" it will remind them of so many fighting for their lives! Maybe its their mom, sister, grandmother, neighbor, or friend. Or even those that you will meet one day! These people are taking day by day, week by week & month by month! And when the anniversary of their cancer free comes around, those girls know their date! A friend of mine has hers on my birthday! I am so pleased that I can share this special day with her!
Remember to do a self exam often, schedule those mammograms yearly, and don't forget to go to the doctors for check ups! We want to see you all around for many years to come!
TaTa for now~ Angel Ride Girl

Stories that want you keep you motivated!

You know when someone tells me a story of how Breast Cancer has touched their lives, it brings tears to my eyes! It is amazing how not even knowing some of these people that are going through the treatments, that you can almost feel their stories deep inside you!
Yesterday when a gal came to my house to pickup a shirt for someone she knew. She told me that the Angel Ride was a really good ride to be on! And shortly afterwards her best friend found out that she had breast cancer...
As I listened to her talk about her friend, with her hair falling out, her friend wanted her to shave her head, easier than watching it fall out piece by piece... Now this is something that you hear about, but I know I haven't really put much thought into hair loss, I know that our funds we have made helps to buy wigs! But... to ask your friend to shave your head! But that is what friends are for to be there through it all, I know my best friends would love to shave my head! :) She said that it was hard at 1st, but then they played around and had some fun with it, mo-hawked it, and had some laughs while cutting it. Tears also! She was going to have pink added to her hair to show support for her friend! I told her of the pink feathers, and pink clip ins that she could use to add to her hair!
Look into the mirror and think of your self with your hair all fixed up nicely & then think about it again, all gone, bald as the day you were born! These people that go through cancer (any kind of cancer)loose their hair because of treatments... I think myself I would shave it off too, as it would be so depressing to watch it fall to the ground. There is so many things that one can do, wigs, scarves, tattoos, each person does what ever is best for themselves!
This gal also told me that her friend is benefiting from the funds we raise, they got her a wig, and the support group is amazing, along with the gift bags that they are given when going through treatment! She said she never thought much about why she went on these rides, but she now knows 1st hand now!
I was really truly amazed as this gal told me of the meals she was cooking for her friend to make sure she was eating, as she is sick while doing her treatment. She said it is nothing to make an extra potato, or a little extra of what ever she was making for her family. Doing something so small can mean allot to someone in need!
When you are on your bike (or in your car) think about these benefit rides that they are doing for people, all the good that it is helping others! These golf outings, walks, whatever is going on in your community, think of who it is helping, as you never know someday it may come back around to help you!
~~ Angel Ride Girl ~~

Time out to Help Others!

When Luann asked me if we could help out with the Susan G Komen golf outing, there was only one answer we could give her. Yes! As Luann and some of her gals helped us at our Angel Ride event! Our Angel committee donated a couple baskets! I etched on some beer glasses, a tray plus a few goodies to make a simple basket up!
August 20, 2011 was the Rally for a Cure golf outing at Willow Ridge golf coarse in Ft Dodge! I am not a golfer, but like to be outside and helping others! It was an awesome day to be out too, not too hot, and a cool breeze! Just a nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon!
My husband Rob & I worked hole 5 selling 50/50 tickets & chances for a case of wine! Kinda missed the morning round as they were sell Mimosa to the golfers! The golfers are always so nice at these benefit golfing! Plus we get to see many of our friends there too!
They had a silent auction with many awesome things to look at! As I went around looking at the things on the table there is always ones that you bump into that are wanting the same thing as you want... I did get a couple nice things... and as I was waiting for the girls to pull together the paperwork from the silent auction so we could pay and go home to spend the rest of the evening with our sons. They drew for the 50/50 tickets! And as I stood there, my name was called! I had to stand there a moment as I wasn't sure if that was the name I heard or not. Rob was the one that said we needed to buy some 50/50 tickets, and it was my name that was called! We got a 6 pack cooler with it too! So I went up to get the cooler & money, Glenda said the money was in top of the cooler, I unzipped it and let her take the money out of it for the cause! It is all about the cause! And my husbands words rang in my head, you won't miss it if you never had it! It was the right thing to do to hand the money back over to the cause!
For a closing thought... when you think that you are too busy to help others, just remember if you were ever down on your luck wouldn't you want others to be there for you? With handing over the 50/50 money, sure I could of bought somethings for my family or me, but in the long run, I am hoping that the money will help find a cure for the breast cancer!
Take Care- Ride Safe
~~~ Angel Ride Girl~~~

Angel Ride to Save the Ta Tas in fifth year - MessengerNews.net | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Info. - The Messenger

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