{"id":109,"date":"2008-06-12T03:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T03:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelonelyrider.com\/?p=22"},"modified":"2008-06-12T03:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T03:02:00","slug":"ride-for-sight-rapidly-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/road-safety\/ride-for-sight-rapidly-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride for Sight rapidly approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelonelyrider.com\/uploaded_images\/RFS-logo-751149.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thelonelyrider.com\/uploaded_images\/RFS-logo-751144.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>The Ride for Sight is just over a week away and we are still far from our team goal of $25,000. My personal goal is $1,000 and I have agreed that if I meet my goal&#8230;I will wear a kilt for the celebration part of the day (after the ride of course). Only $250 more to go and the world gets to see me wear a kilt for the first time. If you want to see it, I need your help&#8230;please sponsor me by clicking on this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/my.e2rm.com\/personalPage.aspx?SID=1830014\">http:\/\/my.e2rm.com\/personalPage.aspx?SID=1830014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those who are curious about where the money goes&#8230;here is a break down from last year:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investment in a Miracle (last updated October 30th, 2007)1974-2007<\/strong> $15,199,060<\/div>\n<div>Case Western Reserve University $29,167<\/div>\n<div>Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mere-Enfant $17,500<\/div>\n<div>Columbia University $47,664<\/div>\n<div>Cross Cancer Institute $110,500<\/div>\n<div>Dalhousie University $177,094<\/div>\n<div>Eye Institute of Canada $102,000<\/div>\n<div>Harvard Medical School $52,500<\/div>\n<div>Hopital Sainte-Justine $63,000<\/div>\n<div>Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont $37,750<\/div>\n<div>Massachusetts Eye &amp; Ear $29,950<\/div>\n<div>McGill University $914,299<\/div>\n<div>McMaster University $339,021<\/div>\n<div>Memorial University $168,533<\/div>\n<div>Montreal Children&#8217;s Hospital $202,184<\/div>\n<div>Montreal General Hospital $283,516<\/div>\n<div>Montreal Research Institute $145,000<\/div>\n<div>Scientific Symposia $204,947<\/div>\n<div>Stem Cell Network $203,400<\/div>\n<div>The Hospital for Sick Children $2,944,406<\/div>\n<div>Universit\u00e9 Laval $156,664<\/div>\n<div>University of Alberta $399,453<\/div>\n<div>University of British Columbia $1,323,008<\/div>\n<div>University of Calgary $2,488,299<\/div>\n<div>University of Iowa $28,650<\/div>\n<div>University of Lethbridge $58,250<\/div>\n<div>University of Manitoba $247,500<\/div>\n<div>University of Miami $35,250<\/div>\n<div>University of Michigan $87, 500<\/div>\n<div>University of Montr\u00e9al $55,325<\/div>\n<div>University of Ottawa $683,182<\/div>\n<div>University of Toronto $3,391,228<\/div>\n<div>University of Victoria $107,500<\/div>\n<div>University of Western Ontario $64,820<\/p>\n<p>Cures are in Sight! The group of eye diseases that cause degeneration of the retina affect more than six million North Americans. Macular degeneration, which leads to loss of central vision, is the leading cause of legal blindness in people over the age of 55. The RP (retinitis Policementosa) family of diseases is the leading cause of inherited blindness, and affects 1.5 million people worldwide. The Foundation Fighting Blindness has a mission to support and promote research directed to finding the causes, treatments and ultimately the cures for retinitis Policementosa, macular degeneration and related diseases of the retina.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ride for Sight is just over a week away and we are still far from our team goal of $25,000. My personal goal is $1,000 and I have agreed that if I meet my goal&#8230;I will wear a kilt for the celebration part of the day (after the ride of course). 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