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\uFEFFPan Ohio bike riders travel across Buck Creek Dam on Saturday, July 31, as they make their way from Cleveland to Cincinnati. Staff photo by Bill Lackey
Hope Ride pedals inspiration
The event, which rolled through Springfield on Saturday, raises funds for cancer patients.
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By Valerie Lough,
Staff Writer
11:12 PM Saturday, July 31, 2010
The cyclists making their way south through town Saturday, July 31, were participating in an event that could have a lot of winners.
More than 350 people participated in the American Cancer Society’s fourth annual Pan Ohio Hope Ride, and the cyclists breezed through Springfield on their way to Cincinnati.
The noncompetitive tour began earlier in the week in Cleveland and was organized to raise awareness and benefit the Cancer Society’s two Hope Lodges, accommodations for cancer patients receiving treatment, said Peter Osbourne, public relations director.
“They’re homes away from home,” said Osbourne.
Patients stay for free in the lodges and have the chance to meet other patients, he said.
“That support that cancer patients and caregivers give each other makes a big difference,” Osbourne said.
Cyclist Randy Bennett joined the ride after his father died of lung cancer.
Bennett said he is involved with other events, but Pan Ohio is the most “meaningful.”
“It’s a good way to remember Dad and do something positive,” he said.
Many of the cyclists are from Ohio, and 35 participants are cancer patients, said Paul Purdy, Hope Ride coordinator.
The ride, which began Thursday, ends
today.
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