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RATPOD 2026

Wed January 14 - Sat June 27, 2026
Dillon, MT 59725 US
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$3,300

Raised of $4,000

Help Me Help 1,000+ Kids Fighting Cancer

Dear friends,

Would you help me pedal 127 miles, up and over an iconic Montana mountain range, and raise funds to support an amazing program which helps kids fighting cancer? I would be so grateful - and 1,000+ kids and their families would be REALLY grateful!

So what's the deal? On June 27, for the very last time (see below), I'm riding 127 miles on RATPOD (Ride Around the Pioneers in One Day). It's a challenging ride, over and around the Pioneer Mountains, with steep climbing, headwinds, sometimes snow! I've done it seven times before, the last time in 2024 when I was a top fundraiser (thanks to many of you).

All of the funds we raise will go to a nationally unique place in the heart of Montana which provides medically safe, cost-free camp and program experiences for kids fighting cancer. Camp Mak-A-Dream helps these kids live with and live beyond the disease afflicting their lives. It gives them hope and a chance to bond with other kids and families who are also fighting the good fight. As one teen volunteer put it: "It can be life-changing for campers — medicine for the part of the body that doctors can't fix.” Please donate here as generously as you can to support the camp and the kids.

Thank you for your consideration. In these volatile times, we know more than ever the value of health and hope. With a gift in support of Camp Mak-A-Dream and nearly a thousand brave kids and their families, you'll be sparking health and hope in a direct and powerful way.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. In the meantime, I wish you the very best in the coming year.

Jim

Recognitions

Top Donors

$3,300 Raised By 37 Donors

$500 on behalf of Tom Middaugh
$250 on behalf of Hill Abell
$250 on behalf of Jeanne Morency
$250 on behalf of Steve Resnick
$200 from Anonymous
$122 on behalf of David Yardas
$100 on behalf of David Harwood
$100 on behalf of Josh Parker
$100 on behalf of Kim Thorburn
$100 on behalf of Larry Orman
$100 on behalf of Lys Burden
$100 on behalf of Matthew Cohn
$100 on behalf of Melody Cunningham
$100 on behalf of Peter Yedidia
$60 on behalf of John Wider
$50 on behalf of Bill Watson
$50 on behalf of Bridget Johnson
$50 on behalf of Dave and Degen Sayer
$50 on behalf of Donna and Linda, the Florida Girls
$50 on behalf of Jacob Kirkman
$50 on behalf of Jeff Miller
$50 on behalf of Jim DeFrisco
$50 on behalf of Keith Schneider
$50 on behalf of LORI LEWIS
$50 on behalf of Robert Cone
$50 on behalf of Sheila Snyder
$50 on behalf of Susan Hay Patrick
$50 on behalf of Theresa Maloughney
$25 on behalf of Anne Hedges
$25 on behalf of Candace Horton
$25 on behalf of Dara Newman and Scott Samuels
$25 on behalf of Heather Labbe
$25 on behalf of Jude Rowe
$25 on behalf of Mel Vollbrecht & Steve Hiniker
$25 on behalf of Ray Hanson
$25 on behalf of Virginia Tribe
$18 on behalf of Abraham Bonowitz
$0 transferred to/from other fundraisers.

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