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My story

 

Thanks for navigating your way onto my TransAmerica Cycle Ride fundraising page...get your credit card out!

Ruby died in July 2007 from a particularly aggressive brain tumour. The picture you can see was taken on our last holiday in Portugal two weeks before she was diagnosed. Unfortunately, these types of cancer don't get as much research dedicated to them as some of the more common ones and so this is why we have set up the Ruby Fund - we want to raise as much as we can to pay for further research. The Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust is the registered charity that the Ruby Fund is part of, so your donations are well looked after.

I completed cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats just before Ruby got ill so when I was thinking of how I could do some fundraising, another cycle ride seemed a good idea. Where to go was the next question - I thought about cycling to Sydney but that would have taken too long, so coast  to coast across the USA became the plan.

I should be setting off from Yorktown, Virginia on the east coast around the 9th July and arriving in Astoria, Oregon on the west coast sometime near the 12th September. The distance between these two places is approximately 4250 miles...that sounds a long way to me too.....

If you haven't donated through JustGiving before, it is dead easy, as well as secure. Just Giving will also claim 25% in Gift Aid if you are a UK taxplayer, plus a 3% supplement, that is added to your donation. Please donate as much as you can afford. It's going to be a long, hard ride, with lots of training beforehand and the thought of lots of money going into Ruby's fund will be a good motivating tool.

If you want to contact me, get me through Facebook or mftbrady@gmail.com. Subject to me obtaining the right computing skills before I go I'll be completing a blog so you will be able to follow my highs and lows as the ride progresses - I'll post the address before I go.

Thanks for the donation - I'll be in touch to let you know how it all goes,

Matt

Fantastic effort completing the ride, Matt and excellent that you've raised so much money! Donation by Dave Wilson S21 18/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 08/11/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Better late than never! Well done! Donation by Austin Michael Murphy 03/11/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well Done Matt! Donation by Mark Hoey 26/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Its very nice to know there is people like you that want to make a difference. I wish you the best with the plans you have for the fund. Donation by Ayda Alvis 26/10/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Definately a worthy cause! Congratulations on completing your epic journey! Donation by Kylie Thompson 26/10/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by Mike Westwood 26/10/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well done Matt from all of us at BikeRight! Hope the kit came in handy! Best wishes Donation by Liz Clarke 17/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Saw your story in the Reporter. Well done. Admiration & respect Donation by a chorlton mum 16/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well done from Family Fox. Ella was in Ruby's class at Chorlton Park. Whenever she sees a star she says that it's Ruby. We're all thinking of you! Donation by Family Fox 16/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Massive congratulations. You can eat chips for a month now! Stephen X Donation by Stephen Hornby 07/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well done Matt - fantastic achievement. See you at 'Home on the Range' soon Donation by john hobson 22/09/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

well done Matt. This donation on behalf of all who donated at Quotient Clinical, Nottingham unit. Donation by Quotient Clinical 21/09/09  

£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 09/09/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

welldonematthew Donation by dr.narinder khroud 07/09/09  

£100.00

What a star. Fab ride, fab blog. Next year? Donation by James Copperthwaite and family 06/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

I am so sorry for your family's loss that motivated the trip - but well done for helping to fight a cancer that has taken too many lives. Donation by Nina Grahame 05/09/09  

£75.00 + £21.15 Gift Aid

Hi Matt, can't believe you're nearly done. Hope you've got some rubber left on those tyres! You 've done great! Love Ang x Donation by Angela Husband 04/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Matt; I am sure Ruby has been watching and pushing you all the way Donation by Jack & Carol (London) 01/09/09  

£75.00 + £21.15 Gift Aid

well done matt, we think you're brilliant Donation by sandra and kevin mcgee 23/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

hope you've not got ' saddle sore' yet! Ruby will be so proud of you, as we all are. xxx Donation by Sarah and her 'Clarke boys' 07/08/09  

£70.00 + £19.74 Gift Aid

I've just met Lysa & wanted to support you! Big love xxRosie Donation by Rosie Frances 07/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I was touch by your story and think its a very courageous thing you are doing to help other suffers. All the very best for the future! Donation by Debbie Ashton 06/08/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

I dont know you but good luck & get home safe Wot a sad loss to your family x Donation by Ann Booth ( driver FSHQ) 05/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Majestic effort Matt. Brilliant. Donation by Gordon McRuvie 30/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

In memory of Ruby & Jake, our little angels xxxx Donation by Paula Rogers 28/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Keep going Matt. Best wishes from Lynda Joe Lan and Xi Lei- Ashwell Road. Donation by Lynda Moore 28/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Keep going Matt. We're thinking of you here at S24 Donation by Jon Bintliff 28/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck from J Preece, M Ward, S Amin, R Syrett, N Kiernan, E Densmore, S Wilson, J Wood, S Pickles, M Bowley, C Taylor, G Dixon and C Cheetham at Rhodesways Donation by Donors at Rhodesway 27/07/09  

£65.50 + £18.47 Gift Aid

Good luck Matt...enjoy the ride...you're a star!!! xxXxx Donation by Liza & Chris Ash 23/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £7,854.54
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