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You can make your purchase of the book help benefit any of three organizations whose work I value highly:  Pan Massachusetts Challenge, Habitat for Humanity, and the American Cancer Society. For those of you who wish to do so, I will be pleased to forward $5.00 from each book you purchase to any of these three organizations as a charitable contribution. (Be sure to take the deduction on Schedule A of your tax return!) Just specify which charity on the order form.

Or, between now and the end of August, you can enjoy a free autographed copy of the book for a $15 tax deductible contribution to the Pan Mass Challenge. Either send the order form and a check (payable to "Pan-Mass Challenge") to me, or go on-line to http://www.pmc.org/egifts/  and make your donation there. My eGift ID# is PS0099.  Be sure to include your address and email so I may mail you your copy of the book.

Why, you ask? The book is dedicated to my sister, Arlene Pipkin, who died in March, 2002 after a four year dance with breast cancer. Several years earlier she served as the first Executive Director of the Habitat for Humanity chapter in Goshen, Indiana. In honor of her work, in 2007 the Elkhart County Chapter dedicated a house in her name that I had the pleasure of helping to build.

The Pan Mass Challenge is now in its 32nd year raising funds for cancer research and treatment at the world famous Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Last year, 5,000+ cyclists (including my brother and me), raised over $30,000,000 for the 3rd consecutive year (and 100 cents of every rider raised dollar goes to Dana-Farber!) Watch the fun of this year's ride - 2 days, 192 miles across Massachusetts - at www.pmc.org.

If you know of groups who might wish to use book sales to help raise funds for similar groups, please call or e-mail me to discuss arrangements.

Thank you.

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