Hi Good People and Thanks for visiting my JustGiving page.

As many of you may or may not know, each year I curate a list of life bettering challenges for myself. This year, I've included the challenge of completing my first official cycling event (step-one of a bigger challenge to add competitive cycling to my adult hobbies). In true Dr. D fashion, I have chosen the NYC 40-mile Five Borough Bike Tour because it's a ride with a purpose!

TD's NYC Five Boro Bike Tour is an event that brings together people who believe in the power of the bicycle to improve lives and communities. Last year alone, they were able to teach bike skills to more than 17,000 kids and adults! That's 17,000 bodies up, active, and peddling away from so many of the health & social ailments that plague our communities. And c'mon ... who remembers the joy of riding a bike as a kid?!? 

To continue to empower the next generation of cyclists, and celebrate the event's 40th Anniversary, an ask has been put forth that every rider raise just $40—a dollar for every mile. If completed, this ask will produce adequate funding to:  

• Hire five full-time managers for school programs
• Buy 10 mobile bike fleets: two for each borough
• Work with thousands of NYC school teachers to integrate a Bicycle Education Curriculum 
•TEACH BIKE SKILLS TO 75,000 KIDS!!

If this is an initiative you can get behind, I ask you to help me raise a smidgen more than the suggested $40 by making $4 (or more) donation via the button the top right. And if I, or the cause, haven't compelled you in any way, this is also how I am celebrating my 31st Birthday so you can always donate your $4 (or more) as my gift!  

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