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“I call it a moving caravan,” joked Cathy Lanyard, executive director of American Friends of ALYN Hospital in Manhattan, who went along. “The logistics of this are quite enormous. It’s a small country and we’re a lot of people.”
Two professional management teams arranged details such as ambulances, bike trucks, and mechanics to accompany each of four riding groups (off-road, on-road, challenge, and touring), accommodations, and meals.
The payoff? The final number is still to be tallied, but Lanyard was hopeful that it will total between the $2 million raised last year and the record-breaking $3 million raised in 2007.
“Cumulatively, we’ve raised $15 million,” said Lanyard. “Each participant commits to raising a minimum of $2,000 in sponsorships, but the average sponsorship is over $5,400.”
The rehab center’s annual operating budget is $10 million, 60 to 70 percent of which is reimbursed by referring health insurance companies. Wheels of Love was conceived as way to make up the shortfall. In its first year, nine Israeli riders contributed $55,000.
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Harvard's Office of Faculty Development and Diversity (FD&D) sponsors several faculty development programs. These sessions are designed to ...