THE COMFORT NEWS - COMFORT, TX

Pictured left to right are Michael Libenson, co-founder of SammyRides, Adolf Lex, John Bear and Mike Brown.  All are members of "SammyRides" and are making a 2400-mile bicycle ride to promote awareness and fund raising efforts for pediatric cancers.  They will stop in Comfort on March 25.  (Photo courtesy of SammyRides)

Four members of SammyRides will     mitted to raising public awareness and  across the Southern Tier of the US
make a stop in Comfort on March 25   funds for childhood cancer research      in order to raise awareness of the
during their 2400-mile bicycle journey  through a mixture of cycling activities   many thousands of children who
designed to promote advocacy and     and events.                                         are being diagnosed every year
raise funds for pediatric cancer re-      Team Will was founded in 2005 and       with some form of Pediatric  
search and support of families with     named after Will Kiefer, who was diag-   Cancer.  One of these couples 
children going through cancer treat-    nosed with a rare form of cancer just      was Lois and Mike Libenson who
ment. The riders will arrive in Comfort  after  his first birthday.  He died shortly  lost their granddaughter, Sammy,
from Hunt and will leave the following   after, and his family created this foun-   at the age of 9 to Osteosarcoma.
day for Blanco.                                  dation in support of the thousands of     From their dreams, SammyRides
The riders began their journey March   other kids and their families who are in  was born.
2 in Phoenix, Ariz., and will end it on   similar situations.                                Nick Watson of Comfort is coordi-
May 1 in Sun City, Fla. SammyRides  In 2009, two couples from Greater         nating a luncheon meet and greet
is a project of TeamWill, a community  Sun City Center, Fla considered the     for riders Michael Libenson, Adolf
of cyclists of all levels and ages com-  possibility of bicycling 2400 miles         Lex, John Bear and Mike Brown.
                                                                                             For more information go to www.
                                                                                                                    SammyRides.com and www.
                                                                                                                    team-will.org.