Let's get together and do one of our favorite runs. Backroads and Battlefields! And this time, it will be for a good cause.
One of our club members- Wolfman- works for the Washington branch of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and has requested that we do a run to help raise money for that foundation.

We are asking that each participant donates $10 (or more if you like) that will go directly to the CFF. Let's help!!

The money raised will be going to the Metro DC Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. From there it will be used to support local Cystic Fibrosis (CF) care centers by helping to provide educational materials to patients and their families or to fund research to find new therapies and drugs to treat this disease.

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that:

• clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and
• obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.

When the CF Foundation started its work back in 1955, the average child with the disease did not make it to elementary school. Now the average lifespan is almost 37 years old.

The Foundation is one of the most efficient organizations of its kind. In 2006, nearly 90% of every dollar of revenue raised was available for investment in CF research, care and education programs. The National Institutes of Health and many prominent publications, including Forbes and USAToday, have heralded our innovative business model, which fuels drug discovery and development programs.

Our Mission statement:
The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, a nonprofit donor-supported organization, is to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease.


Meet place: Monocacy National Battlefield

Direction to the start from the beltway:

1...Beltway to 270 North
2...270 North to 85 North Exit 31A (MD 85N/Buckeystown Pike)
3...Turn RIGHT onto SPECTRUM DR. 0.2 miles
4...Turn LEFT onto LOWES RD. 0.1 miles
5...Turn RIGHT onto MD-355 / URBANA PIKE. 1.4 miles
6... End at Monocacy National Battlefield

4801 Urbana Pike Rt 355 S, Frederick, MD 21704, US

Meet Time: 10:00 AM- Depart 10:30 AM

Fee: Free for DCMM members, $5 per car non-DCMM member

What to bring: Radios Set at Channel 7 Sub 21, camera, sense of adventure! Either cash or checks for donations $10 each person

Lunch at Red Byrd Restaurant: 19409 Shepherdstown Pike, Keedysville, MD 21756

RSVP on the calendar, please PM MINInurse with more than one person attending.

 

Will there be a cling?

 

I will bring it up to the powers that be

 

That's not you?

 

OOh yeah!

 

Awesome - I've missed B&B in years past (with the entire group, anyway). I'll make this if I can. TBD... so much activity going on with work lately.

 

Can I get a route sheet so I can digitize & map it?

 

I am in the process of retyping it. Unfortunately, I have only been able to find a scanned copy of the route...no file...oh well, gives me something to do I guess

 

Let me dig around, I may have a copy also...
NOPE, can't find it - darn

 

I have it, I just dug it up... the original PDF that Paul! posted back on 06/01/2005 for B&B III. Unfortunately the link he posted doesn't work any more (probably because he's no longer using *** Communications cable Internet). I'll send it to Alan and anyone else that asks for it.

 

Thanks Haemish! I hope this works, here is the pdf that I received. If it doesn't work, let me know and I can email it.

 

If we do DO clings, I've got a different idea. The old design (although likeable) is getting a little redundant on the car; we need some new pazzazz!!

 

send me some ideas! I want to include the CFF as well...

 

Will do! I'll work on fine tuning the idea after I get off work at Giant tomorrow.

 

What time is this run anticipated to be done? I'm not sure we can make it due a prior evening commitment.

 

Honestly I am not sure when it will be done. But you can always leave after lunch. I sent a PM to Wolfman asking about timing. Hopefully he will be able to shed some light on it. If I remember last year, we left after lunch, we got home around 4ish. But we didn't leave for the run till noon or something like that. We are planning on leaving a couple of hours earlier this year.

 

I worked for me. Thanks. We should be there too. may be just me, wife may be on a business trip.

 

I grew up knowing two kids that had CF. The older boy made it to his late teens, and his sister made to her early twenties. They were the only children of my mothers friends..very sad.

Paul! and I will not be able to attend this event because we will be in Florida. I would still like to contribute to the fund. Could I still get a cling? Both Paul and I have motored this route before.

 

Ugh, and I really wanted to make this one too... Unfortunately, this is the last gauranteed weekend that I have off until November!! And it being my Father's 60th birthday, family takes precidence. (And hey, it's a trip to Florida! )


-Paul!

 

you should take yourself off the RSVP list, perhaps..

 

Oh, yah! Forgot!


-Paul!

 

This'll be my first DCMM event. I'm looking forward to it quite a bit.

 

Looking forward to see you on the day.
Btw, don't forget to bring a 2-way radio, set @ 7 -21.

 

I don't have a 2-way radio. Can I borrow one from someone?

 

I will bring an extra one.