Dear Friends, My name is John Clark. My mother, Ruth Vivian Clark passed away from the Alzheimer's disease in 2004 at age 96. I have been doing long distance cycling rides in her memory since 1999, and raising funds for the CT Alzheimer's Association. With the help of countless supporters, I have ridden over 14,000 miles across our country and raised over $165,000 to support the Association's efforts for caregiver support, educational programs, awareness and research. This year's Ride For Alzheimer's is an East Coast 960 mile ride Washington D.C. to Jacksonville, FL. My goal this summer is to raise $18,000. Would you please help me toward my goal?

Courtesy of Kidica 2010 Goal: $18,000

All donations should be made out to "Alzheimer's Association". Mail to:

Ride For Alzheimer's
P.O. Box 574
Gales Ferry, CT 06335

NEW! Now Accepting Online Donations! We are using PayPal for safe, secure credit-card donations. Your donation is routed directly to the Alzheimer's Association Connecticut Chapter on behalf of The Ride For Alzheimer's.

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Highlights from the 2009 Ride For Alzheimer's:

The Ride For Alzheimer's joined the Alzheimer's Association CT Chapter to attend the Public Policy Forum in Washington, DC on March 23-25. This was an excellent opportunity to speak directly with our elected officials, and show them why Alzheimer's support needs to be considered a national healthcare priority. In the photo above, I'm meeting with none other than Maria Shriver, who is just terrific with her dedication to this cause. Click to visit the Public Policy Forum website.

I was honored to speak at the Stone Ridge Senior Living Community in Mystic, CT on May 9th. The presentation included highlights of the longest Ride For Alzheimer's ever, my 2100+ mile ride from San Francisco, CA to St. Joseph, MO. Former Pfizer researcher, Bob Nelson spoke about commonly available, yet oft-overlooked ways to help prevent Alzheimer's Disease. In the photo above, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney was kind enough to attend this event and take a photo with us. Also pictured: Trish Clark (L) Executive Director CT Alzheimer's Association, and my wife, Donna (R).

I have posted complete autobiographies of all the riders out here with me this year. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed collecting them!

Click here for 2009 Rider Autobiographies.

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Highlights from the 2008 Ride For Alzheimer's:

NBC30 (WVIT) had a great interview as I rolled into our hotel in Connecticut - click here to see the whole thing NOTE: File size is over 14MB. Please be patient! Right-click and Save-As to keep a copy for yourself.

The Rock 106.9 WCCC's Sebastian in the Morning radio show was nice enough to have me on twice. I have to thank Sebastian, Pete, Mary and everyone at WCCC for that opportunity. Click here for the second interview, just a couple days after I got home. NOTE: File size is about 4MB. Run time is approx. 5 min, 30 sec.

Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Projections:

At age 65, 1 out of 8 people will have Alzheimer's At age 85, 1 out of 2 will have Alzheimer's Over 100,000 in CT, and over 5,000,000 in U.S. have Alzheimer's right now Projection is that by 2040, the numbers will soar to 15,000,000 in the US Early-onset Alzheimer's can occur in your late 40's Some experts are saying that if a cure is not found, the disease will bankrupt our health care system by 2050.

The good news is there are drugs available now that will slow down the development of Alzheimer's. Hopefully, with high expectations from new research, a cure for this terrible disease will be there for your family or someone you know and care about.

2010 Donation Request Letter

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Previous Rides 2010 - 960 mile East Coast ride from Washington D.C. to Jacksonville, FL. (Aug 24 - Sept 8) 2009 - 700 mile Blue Ridge Parkway Tour, Charlottesville, Virginia - Shenandoah Valley Ride. 2008 - A shorter, yet very challenging 670 mile East Coast Ride from Portsmouth, NH to Washington, DC 2007 - An AMAZING 1450 Mile West Coast Ride from Portland, OR to Los Angeles, CA 2006 - 560 Miles, east from Niagara Falls to the Atlantic Ocean 2005 - Longest Ride Ever! 2116 miles from San Francisco, CA to St. Joseph, MO 2004 - A wild 1750 mile ride down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, LA 2003 - Northern States Ride, 2000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to Niagara Falls 2002 - Sioux Falls, SD to Niagara Falls,NY - 1050 miles in all 2001 - Sioux Falls, SD to Niagara Falls,NY - 1050 miles (first attempt) 2000 - 1023 mile ride from St. Joseph, MO to Erie, PA 1999 - First RFA! 620 mile ride from Erie, PA to Portsmouth, NH

Links & Contact Info The Alzheimer's Association The Connecticut Alzheimer's Ass'n About The Ride For Alzheimer's - Coming Soon! About John Clark - Coming Soon! Alzheimer's Disease Support and Services Email John: Ride4Alzheimers@aol.com How Alzheimer's Association funds are used:

Thanks go to: FITNESS WORLD, Preston & Norwich, CT A Total Fitness Gym Airbrush Works in the Crystal Mall, Waterford, CT Call Tamer 860-514-0635 Taylor Rental in Groton, CT Johnson's Hardware in Groton, CT Alice Acres Farm Market & Greenhouses, Gales Ferry, CT www.AliceAcresFarm.com www.CowsAndCones.com Special thanks to Richard and co. Valentino's Restaurant, Ledyard, CT ValentinosRestaurant.com Vetrano's Restaurant, Westerly, RI VetranosRestaurant.com Art Unlimited in Ledyard Center, Ledyard, CT Alzheimer's Association Connecticut Chapter East Region

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