'Ride for Life' to raise funds for muscular dystrophy
Key points
- At 18, Randy Texter was able to beat Hodgkin's Disease, cancer of the lymphatic system, because medical research netted successful treatments for the disease.
- "If it had been five years earlier, I would not have been able to beat the disease," he said.
- Today, the 39-year-old owner of Lancaster Harley-Davidson in Willow Street feels compelled to help others who are struggling with another kind of disease.
- This weekend, for the 15th year in a row, his dealership will participate in the annual Ride for Life to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association to help those with the debilitating neuromuscular disease.
At 18, Randy Texter was able to beat Hodgkin's Disease, cancer of the lymphatic system, because medical research netted successful treatments for the disease.
"If it had been five years earlier, I would not have been able to beat the disease," he said.
Today, the 39-year-old owner of Lancaster Harley-Davidson in Willow Street feels compelled to help others who are struggling with another kind of disease.
This weekend, for the 15th year in a row, his dealership will participate in the annual Ride for Life to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association to help those with the debilitating neuromuscular disease.
About 200 local motorcyclists, including Lancaster Harley- Davidson staff and customers, will gather Saturday and Sunday mornings at the dealership to ride to eastern Pennsylvania together to the "Ride for Life XV" events.
Activities will include games and entertainment and will take place at East Penn Manufacturing in Lyons, near Reading, on Saturday, and at Dorney Park, Allentown, on Sunday.
Riders from more than 40 different Harley-Davidson dealership in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and northern Virginia will participate in what is the national MDA's biggest fundraiser.
Nationwide, Ride for Life last year raised $522,000 to benefit the association. Lancaster Harley-Davidson last year was the second largest fundraiser out of all the dealerships last year by bringing in $55,000 for the Lancaster district office of the MDA. Texter predicts his group will raise more this year.
"Lancaster Harley-Davidson has been an incredible supporter of MDA and our local families," said local MDA director Vicki Goodman in a news release announcing the event. "They have set the bar for others to follow."
Texter estimates 200 motorcyclists will represent his dealership this weekend,, about the same number as last year. All motorcyclists are invited to attend and can obtain the required kit by calling the dealership at 464-2703 or by showing up at the dealership by 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Motorcylists will leave the dealership, 308 Beaver Valley Pike, at 9 a.m. Saturday and at 7 a.m. Sunday, he said.
[Lancaster Newspapers]
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Gerald Hurowitz, M.D.
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