2022 Napa Valley Ride to Defeat ALS and Walk

Team (s)Miles

On Saturday, September 24th we are participating in the 18th Annual Napa Valley Ride to Defeat ALS and Walk. We will be raising funds for the ALS Association, which provides care services; funds global, cutting-edge research; and supports important public policy initiatives.

As most of you know, Miles was diagnosed with a slow progression type of ALS 8 years ago. He is still doing well given his condition, but progression has slowed Miles a bit more this year, as with every year. He is not really walking at all any longer but he still has upper body strength. He is now back to having body work and his home health care worker is now with us 3 days a week.

Miles verbal skills have declined so no long phone calls for him. He can still make himself understood. He prefers taking his time to talk or text instead of talk apps. Those of us who are around him most can understand what he wants to communicate, and we can also translate for the rest.

At home Miles is remarkably busy in his ‘shop’. He can be in the shop for hours every day, keeping himself active and engaged.

Now for the ride…We'd love to have you part of team (S)Miles if possible, this year. This team is such a boost for all of the McConnell/Breens and we love everyone who has joined with us. If you cannot be with us on ride day you can still be a part of the team and help to fund raise. If you cannot be part of the team but you would like to support me and Miles, you can donate below. Raising awareness of the urgency to find treatments and a cure is our goal. We know that you all have different goals and different charities you want to support. With the pandemic and other financial concerns associated with it we understand if your goals this year go beyond Team (s)Miles. There is never any pressure to donate or ride. This fund raiser is only if you are willing and able.

We are happy to report that Last year Team (s)Miles raised over $100,000 for the bike ride and we hope to do it again. All your support means so much to Miles, Spence, Jay and me and you are all so appreciated.

We send you love and (s)Miles,
Dubie, Miles, Spencer and Jay

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Team Roster
Raised
Team Captain I've raised more than $10,000 for Team Challenge ALS! Personal Gift Dubie Breen
$24,122
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Colleen Beck
$1,450
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Megan Beck
$900
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Ray Beck
$550
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Ron Beck
$200
I've raised more than $10,000 for Team Challenge ALS! Personal Gift Aaron Bortel
$20,955
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Gregory Brubaker
$1,388
Personal Gift Amy Kuschel Brugger
$536
Personal Gift William Brugger
$725
Lynda Bunn
$0
Julia Cabral
$0
Tim Cabral
$0
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Monika Cooper
$1,875
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Ken Dahl
$150
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Dean Daniel
$150
Suzanne Daniel
$0
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Mary Dowden
$1,065
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Marv Downey
$1,450
Richard Graf
$0
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Joan Haynes
$250
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Merton Howard
$250
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Susan Jordan
$500
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Michael Jue
$150
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Noelle Jue
$150
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Katherine Kandler
$225
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Carolyn Kenneray
$150
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Loren Kertz
$986
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift David Lampert
$150
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Jarrett Mahoney
$750
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Jim Margolis
$500
I've raised more than $10,000 for Team Challenge ALS! Personal Gift Jane McConnell
$28,950
I've raised more than $10,000 for Team Challenge ALS! Miles McConnell
$20,150
I've raised $150 for the Napa Valley Ride! Personal Gift Laura McDonnell
$500
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Michelle McLaughlin
$851
Danielle O'Doherty
$0
Garrett O'Doherty
$0
I've raised $3,000 for the Ride to Defeat ALS! Personal Gift Matt Petri
$8,100
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Nell Petri
$750
Kenneth Piper
$0
Personal Gift Sally Relova
$65
I've raised $3,000 for the Ride to Defeat ALS! Personal Gift Gabe Rosen
$5,975
Bria Ruben
$0
Jason Ruben
$0
David Schneider
$0
Dylan Skerrett
$0
Lisa Surman
$0
Emerson Sutliff
$0
I've raised $750 for the Napa Valley Ride Personal Gift Gregory Sutliff
$1,175
Cliff Whitlock
$20
Personal Gift Kale Wisnia
$200
Team captain
Denotes a Team Captain
Team (s)Miles
of Goal
$126,313 Raised
$125,000.00
Team Honor Roll
Anonymous
$10,000
James H. Greene, Jr.
$5,000
Jane McConnell and TJ Heyman
$5,000
Lori and Joe Geraty
$5,000
Julia and Timothy Cabral
$5,000
Allan and Sydne Bortel
$4,000
Ed & Liliane Schneider
$3,000
George Guarini
$2,500
Aaron Bortel
$2,100
Mrs. Dubie Breen
$2,000
Thad Partridge
$1,500
Jarrett Mahoney
$1,500
peter bortel
$1,500
Mrs. Jane E. Mraz
$1,300
Tom and Cheri Flood
Terri Hulse
$1,000
Mary Rudden
$1,000
Matt and Kassy Ockner
$1,000
Don and Liz Gips
$1,000
Robin Pryor
$1,000
Charlene Harvey
$1,000
Anonymous
$1,000
Anonymous
$1,000
Matt Petri
$1,000
Tom and Steph McConnell
$1,000
Friends of Jane & Miles
$1,000
Geri Thayer
$750
Diane Galliano
$750
Jack Christopher Interiors
$600
Susana Noles
$500
The Bowlin Family
$500
Jim Margolis
Kevin Arquit
$500
Patrick OCONNOR
$500
E.Meshel
$500
Cindy and Peter
$500
Karen Richardson
Wilber Law
$500
Gabe Rosen
$500
Jarrett Mahoney
$500
Ms. Laura Ellen McDonnell
$500
Roger Beck
$500
Anonymous
The Pasha Group
$500
Tim Rastello & Marion Taylor
$500
Gregory Sutliff
Kevin Smead
$500
Forrest Family
Lori and Mark Litwin
$500
Katie & Amnon
$500
David and Lisa Allen
$500
Anonymous
$500
Mr. Loren Kertz
$500
Jane Mraz
$500
Fred Fisher & Jan Silver
$500
Mrs. Linda B. Plant
$500
David Brubaker
$500
Lori and Phil Byer
Bill & Carol Beck
$400
Paul Schwartz and Daphne Petri
$400
Rob and Judi
$400
David Schneider
$300
Steve & Christy Bottomley
$300
Phyllis Garrick
$300
Lesie & Nelson Tilling
$300
Rob and Susan Lee
$300
PHYLLIS GARRICK
$300
Match by Leslie Tilling
$300
Kris & Tom Petro
$300
kathy and jeff hastings
$250
Mary Dowden
$250
Peter & Mary Anne
$250
Jennifer and Jon Mosle
$250
Mr. Merton Howard
$250
Anthony Martorana (Martorana-Bohegian & Co)
$250
Marc Blatt
$250
Peterson Conway
$250
Tommy
$250
Anonymous
$250
Match by Karen Yu
$250
Keri Buoncristiani
$250
lynn carlomagno Duggan
$250
Eliot Hodges
$250
Anonymous
$250
Susan and George Clark
$250
Lynn & Sven Siekmann
$250
Dave Hood
$250
Miles McConnell
$250
The Campbell-Smith Clan
$250
Joan and Ted Haynes
Jane Singer
$250
Karen Loane
$250
William and Heather
$250
Alex Martin
$250
Anonymous
$250
Robbin Price
$250
Marty Krasney
$250
Craig Sutliff
$250
Robert Casper
$250
Anonymous
$250
John and Amy
$250
Luke Daniell
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Anurag Chandra
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John Campion
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Rex & Marilyn Bell
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Dan and Fran Miller
$250
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Tina McArthur
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Shannan Dugan
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Barbara J Burger
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$250
Sandra Breen
$250
Mary and John Dowden
$250
Michael Linscheid
$250
Jeff Simonsen
$250
Bob and Bobbie Ritchie
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Ryan Leary
$250
Scott & Amy Baer
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Eric Desch
$250
Floyd Construction Inc
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Anonymous
$250
Gary Hirshberg
$250
Charly Franklin
$250
Beth Block
$250
Jacqueline Garcia
$250
Liz & Art
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Garrett O'Doherty
$250
David and Ellen Turner
$250
Karen Yu & Jim Whelpley
$250
Sharon/Woody
$250
Billy and Gladys
$250
Chris Lauderdale
$250
Denise edwards
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Newby Marcie
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Lata Prabhakar
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Melinda Cook
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LInda and James Clever
$200
Mark Kroncke
$200
lavanya reddy
$200
Anonymous
$200
Anonymous
$200
Anonymous
$200
Kale Wisnia
$200
Oakley-Irvine Giving Fund
$200
Marcy and John
$200
Facebook Fundraiser
$200
Julie and Ralph
$200
Stuart Brumbaugh
$200
Sharron Daeley
$200
Nick & Robin Petri
$200
Tom Oertli
$200
Anonymous
$200
Leslie Karren
$200
David & Sue McDonald
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$175
Jennifer Whitley
Kim Molino
$150
Anonymous
$150
Nick Subias
$150
Molly & Ian
$150
Dean Daniel
$150
Claire Flanigan
$150
David Lampert
$150
Ray Beck
$150
Bill McVicar
$150
David Bohegian
$150
Mr. Michael Jue
$150
Robert & Barbara Loane
$150
Noelle Jue
$150
Aaron Bortel
$150
LAURA & LINCOLN Collins
Ken & Kathryn Piper
$150
Alan Bradley
$150
Diane Green
$150
Ms. Colleen Beck
$150
Laurie Minniece
Gregory Brubaker
$150
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$118
Liz Brubaker
$113
Alan Johnson
$100
Denise Bennett
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Loren Pak
$100
Eric and Alison Stone
$100
Guru
$100
Lee Stevens
$100
Mitch & Rosa
$100
The Lopin Family
$100
Lawrence E Biegel
$100
Mary Sue Brubaker
$100
Amy Kuschel Brugger
$100
Marv Downey
$100
Ashley Schuermann
$100
Robin Outwater
$100
Mike & Peggy Oliva
$100
Brian Marsden
$100
Nancy Nebeker
Velds Family
O'Doherty
$100
Gwen and Martin
$100
daniel victor braun
$100
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$100
Ron and Mary
$100
Karl & Jeanine Tede
$100
David Noteware
$100
Stuart Pollak
$100
Lisa M Garaventa
$100
Kevin & Bridget Caracciolo
$100
Barry and Sheila O'Sullivan
$100
Michele McGuinness
$100
Adrienne Karp
$100
Tim Little
$100
Betty (or is it Wilma?)
$100
The Hermanson Family
$100
John and Heather
Ann OGORMAN
$100
Eugenie & Andrew Murray-Brown
$100
Beth Fernbacher
$100
Larry Brugger
$100
Peyton Beck
$100
Mike Shafer
$100
Matthew Scott MacDonald
$100
Sue and Jon Mace
$100
bob brugger
$100
Yolanda Kowalewski
$100
Joan McDonald
$100
Kelley Gelini Klein
$100
Ron Garland
$100
Jon Love
$100
Sonia Sen
$100
Tara Vanderveer Fan
$100
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$100
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$100
Dianne Judith Garcia
Nate Simon
$100
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$100
Pam and David Flynn
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Jeffrey H. Barnes
$100
Rick Hoskins
$100
Tom Bickner
$100
Andrew Jeffrey
$100
Karen Cameron
$100
Paul Lettieri
$100
Gary Norman
$100
Lewis Family
Tre Sayle
Tom Ringer
$100
Mark Levasseur
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Jim Oakley
$100
Anonymous
$100
Amy Flynn
$100
Anonymous
$100
Bailey Beck
$100
Todd & Helen
$100
Betsy Keller
$100
Barb & Jim Hasselman
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Nick Rosen
$100
Don Crosatto
$100
Ferroggiaro
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Josie Heath
$100
The Carlstroms
$100
Ward Clar Family
$100
Robert Schulman
$100
Nathan Mintz
$100
Stephanie Grisham
$100
Susan Valva
$100
William Brugger
$100
Sue Morris
$100
Ed Gerstenfeld
$100
Karen Cesari
$100
Susan Jordan
$100
Rebecca Feigelson
$100
Pratt Family Charitable Fund
$100
Emanuel Ferm
$100
Anonymous
$100
Rosecrans Fam
$100
Laura Praszker
$100
Susan Shapiro Rosen
$100
Tonia McCurdy
$100
Karen & Ed Bakos
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Heidi
Miles McConnell
$100
Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino Young
$100
Susan and Jim Summers
$100
Jim juarez
$100
David
$100
Micki and Chuck Walls
$100
Eric Stoelting
$100
Phil and Elva Cooper
$100
Jachyn Davis
Jenelle Dito
$100
Stuart Greenburg
$100
Jen and Joey Marks
$100
Anonymous
$100
Carrie and Jim Burroughs
$100
Anonymous
Brad Honsberger
$100
Robert J Irwin
$100
Candyce Griswold
$100
Jim Barnes
$100
Barbara & Pat Notley
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
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$100
Michelle Bowers
$100
Alisa Wynd
$100
Team Rosen
$100
Facebook Fundraiser
$100
Richard and Anne McConnell
$100
Ingrid
$100
Kelli Horn
$100
Mia Hayes
$100
Carmel Wellingtons
$100
Steve Fox
$75
Claire F.
$75
Peter Van Bemmel
$75
Sally Relova
Facebook Fundraiser
$65
Facebook Fundraiser
$56
Barbara Went
$50
Karri Keller
$50
Mark Scianna
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Becky Brand
$50
Seth B
$50
Anonymous
$50
Charles J Rapp
$50
Match for Thomas Woolley
$50
JM
$50
Benay Todzo
$50
monika cooper
$50
John Douglas Colbert
$50
Barb Went
$50
Anonymous
Melody Pagee
$50
Praveen Srinivasan
$50
The Haun Family
$50
BodyByBinay
$50
Patrick Poon
$50
Cassie, Pig's Bestie
$50
Brian Casey
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Devincenzi
$50
Giuliano family
$50
Anonymous
$50
Tom Woolley
$50
Jim & Peggy Lynch
$50
Miriam Hiser
$50
Kari Bushnell
$50
Gregary Howell
$50
Ken and Janice
$50
Matt MacDonald
$50
Peter Heimerdinger
$50
Sheri Strahl
$50
Match by Greg Howell
$50
Audrey Gans
$50
JoDee (Szwejbka) Cooper
$50
Anonymous
$50
Meave Ward
$50
Mike Walker
$50
Jimmy Hawkins
$50
Brittany Allen
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Zach Franklin
$50
Terri Larson
$50
Lynn Gray
$50
Anonymous
$50
Ava Eitzen
$50
Kevin whalen Kevin whalen
$50
Covert Family
$50
Kirk and Terri Paulson
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Greg Corvi
$50
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$50
Paul Gehrman
$50
David Payne
Courtney Larson
Jenny Desmond
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Jordan
$50
Kathleen Baer
$50
Joshua Petri
$50
Nikki Rohan
$50
The Pourtabibs
$50
Cathy St. Sure
$50
Doktor Baer
$50
Eloy Trujillo
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Joe Went
$50
Nakamura
$50
Irene & Jeff Jacobs
$50
Thanks for the SWAG
$50
Craig Lynch
$50
Jaydee Cohen
$50
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Colin Sebastian
Alex Kowalewski
$50
frank mainzer
$50
Mrs. Michelle McLaughlin
$50
Jan Bird and Allen Lifson
$50
David Sawaya
$50
Cathy and David Anderson
Facebook Fundraiser
$50
Peggy Dahl
$50
David Kobe
$50
Jordan Downey
$50
Angel Olmedo
$40
Facebook Fundraiser
$40
Lee Lightfoot
$40
Gail Greenberg
$36
Mary Ann Holman
$35
Facebook Fundraiser
$35
Anonymous
$35
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$35
Adrienne Karp
$31
Anonymous
$30
Fruzsina Molnar
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$30
Sharon
$25
Amy Olein
$25
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$25
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Bill A
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Marie Holman
$25
Irish Pod Sean
$25
The Furrer Family
$25
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Jane Ritchie
Denis Kelly
$25
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Jen L
$25
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Dawn Aiken
Rita Emami
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$25
Meghan Brand Stauf
$25
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Adrienne Karp
$21
Mrs. Diane M. Farley
$20
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$20
Mark S Holman
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$20
Eliza Perkins
Colin Macdonald
$20
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$20
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$18
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