At the end of July my dad will be doing a 300 mile bike ride for the Make A Wish Foundation. This is such a great event for so many obvious reason, but it will also be an amazing accomplishment for my dad. For those of you who don't know, my dad had gastric bypass surgery 5 years ago and lost more than half of his post surgery body weight in the first 2 years after the surgery. The decision to have surgery came after suffering a heart attack 2 days before Christmas in 1999 and he has done amazingly well. He doesn't work out or anything like that, just watches his food intake. Now he is training on his own for a 300 mile bike ride to take place over 3 days. I find it very inspiring.
My brother will also be riding and has done this event in the past along with his father in law and sister in law. They raise money for the event and have a make a which child that they sponsor. According the current reports on the website their team has raised almost $ 15,000 so far!
Here is a link about the event if you want to learn more. If you would like to make a general donation to their team you can click on the team donation tab on their team page.
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