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| The 7th Annual Kate Koogler Canine Cancer Ride October 3, 2009 On behalf of The Kate Koogler Canine Cancer Fund, I would like to thank everyone involved in the Seventh Annual Kate Ride to raise money for bone cancer research in dogs. We had a beautiful day and an excellent ride for the 33 motorcycles who participated and the 67 people who turned out for the event. Participation was down quite a bit this year but The Kate Fund raised $9,000.00 from the ride itself. Together with an additional $8,000.00 raised throughout the year, we are donating $17,000.00 to bone cancer research - our best year yet! That brings our total to $77,000.00 in 7 years. The money will be split between The University of Minnesota and Colorado State University’s Animal Cancer Center where research is being done on naturally occurring cases of bone cancer that will not only help dogs but will help people with cancer as well. Your Feedback is Needed We are considering changing the time of the ride from fall to spring - maybe the middle or end of June. We are thinking we may not do a ride next year because it is hard to go back to all our sponsors so soon after they have been so generous with this year's event. So we may skip next year and have it in June 2011. We are trying to figure out if our attendance is declining because of competition for other fall events - we have had as many as 70 motorcycles and 140 people two years ago and nothing else about our ride has changed. We realize the economy has an effect too but think maybe doing an earlier ride may help. Would love to know your thoughts - tkoogs@aol.com. Skipping next year will also give us a chance to get some other ideas off the ground for different fundraisers if the ride truly just can't get any bigger because of lack of interest. Highlights From Previous Rides |
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Kate Koogler Canine Cancer Fund • 12742 Creagerstown Road • Thurmont, MD 21788 • 301-271-3886 • Email us!
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