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Annual Texas 4000 riders rolling into Florence
Sixty-seven riders who have
raised more than $485,000 for
cancer research, treatment and
prevention have begun a 4,000-
mile bicycle journey that will
include an annual stop in
Florence on Friday, July 15,
just 42 days after departing
from Austin, Texas, bound for
Anchorage, Alaska.
While in Florence, the 2016
Texas 4000 Team will celebrate
and share hope, knowledge and
charity with friends and family,
as well as a “Thanksgiving din-
ner” hosted by members of the
St. Andrews Episcopal Church.
Riders should roll into
Florence between 3:30 and 4
p.m. on Friday, enjoying their
big meal before resting up at
more than a dozen homes of
church members.
Saturday morning, they’ll be
treated to breakfast at St.
Andrews before continuing on
their 70-day journey.
“This is the 10th year our
church has hosted them,” said
Terri Pennington of St.
Andrews. “They are current
students or recent grads from
the University of Texas, and
each year is a different group.
Their goal is to raise over
$800,000 for cancer research.
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“Several have experienced
cancer themselves.”
The 67 undergraduate and
graduate students from UT at
Austin are braving the rain,
sleet, wind, snow and heat
while pedaling more than 4,000
miles in the fight against can-
cer.
After 18-months of leader-
ship development training, vol-
unteering, fundraising and
cycling, riders are put to the
test throughout their summer
ride to Alaska. Along their jour-
ney, they will visit with cancer
survivors, patients, caregivers
and communities to make edu-
cational presentations about
cancer prevention and early
detection.
They also use this time to
offer hope, encouragement and
share their personal stories to
cancer fighters of all ages and
to those who have been affect-
ed by the disease.
Every encounter is an inspi-
rational story the riders carry
with them on their journey and
quest to fight cancer.
Each of this year’s riders will
take one of three different
routes to Alaska (you can view
all route maps via the Texas
4000 at www.texas4000.org).
Sierra Route: These riders
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head northwest from Austin
and cycle through the
Southwest to California, then
north along the West Coast and
into Canada. Major cities along
the route include Albuquerque,
N.M.; Davis, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Portland,
Ore.; Seattle, Wash.; and
Vancouver, B.C.
Rockies Route: These rid-
ers head north from Austin and
cut over to the Rocky
Mountains.
They’ll
ride
through the western U.S.
before crossing the Canadian
border into Alberta.
Major cities along the route
include:
Dallas,
Texas;
Oklahoma City, Okla.; Denver,
Colo.; Helena, Mont.; and
Calgary, AB.
Ozarks Route: These riders
head east from Austin and cut
northeast through the American
Midwest before crossing the
Canadian border and cycling
across
four
Canadian
provinces.
Major cities along the route
include: Houston, Texas; St.
Louis, Mo.; Chicago, Ill.;
Minneapolis, Minn.; Madison,
Wis.; Winnipeg, MB; and
Edmonton, AB.
In Canada, all three groups
will reunite and ride the final
10 days together to Anchorage,
Alaska, where the journey has
ended since the ride’s incep-
tion. On each of the three
routes, the riders will make
stops along the way to present
grants to cancer research and
treatment centers.
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This year’s tournament
comes at an important time in
the fight to eradicate polio,
which would be only the sec-
ond human disease to be erad-
icated (after smallpox).
With the continuing effort
by Rotary and its worldwide
partners, it could happen with-
in a year.
Rotary International has
contributed more than $1.5
billion to ending polio, includ-
ing more than $35,000 con-
tributed by the Rotary club of
Florence. Funds contributed to
Rotary are tripled thanks to a
2:1 match by the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation.
Rotary and its partners in
the polio eradication effort
have administered 15 billion
doses of vaccine since 2000,
immunizing 2.5 billion chil-
dren.
Immunization campaigns
are made more difficult by a
More than 600 students have
made the trek from Austin to
Alaska, collectively raising
more than $7 million in the
fight against cancer since the
ride began in 2003.
Most of the students ride for
a friend or family member who
has battled cancer — and per-
haps lost. A few ride in honor
of their own battles with can-
cer, and many simply ride
because they want to see an end
to cancer, period.
“This is a truly inspiring
group of young leaders com-
mitted to taking action and
joining the fight against can-
cer,” said David Chayer, who
was named executive director
of Texas 4000 in 2015. “Texas
4000 is a journey that takes
grit, determination and support
— that’s why we think of it as a
metaphor for the fight against
cancer.”
“To me, Texas 4000 is more
about the process than the pay-
off,” said Matthew Schneider, a
University of Texas at Austin
senior and Sierra Route Ride
Director. “What we do is not
easy. Sometimes we fail, and
sometimes that failure is out of
our control. Our success is in
perseverance, knowing as a
team that we are not alone and
that our thoughts and actions
can be a pillar of support for
others.”
To learn more about the 2016
Texas 4000 team, to make a
donation or to read the riders’
blogs, visit www.texas4000.
org.
lack of understanding in third
world countries, as well as ter-
rorism, civil unrest and gov-
ernment rejection of outside
assistance.
And yet Rotary perseveres
and the number of cases con-
tinues to decline.
So on Saturday, Aug. 6,
when 136 players tee off at
Ocean Dunes for the seventh
annual Cool at the Coast, they
are not just playing golf. They
are participating in a world-
wide initiative that could elim-
inate polio from the planet by
2017.
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Resort and Ocean Dunes Golf
Links.
Premier sponsors include
Coldwell Banker Coast Real
Estate, Oregon Pacific Bank,
Peace Harbor Medical Center,
ServePro of West Eugene and
Florence, and Banner Bank.
For registration and infor-
mation, call 541-997-3232 or
visit www.coolatthecoast.com.
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