Patient Bikes
East Coast
to Fight Myeloma
Alan Wolfson’s eight-day 260-mile bicycle ride through the state of Virginia last year was just one of the many he has made over nearly 20 years in support of the UAMS Myeloma Center.
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ince 2002, Alan Wolfson of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, has taken an annual bike ride most years along the east coast to raise money for the UAMS Myeloma Center. Averaging about $20,000 in contributions from his friends and supporters for each ride with the donations divided between the Myeloma Center and two other
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programs, he has already pedaled his way to nearly $250,000 for the center. In 2019, Wolfson, 70, took an eightday, 260-mile ride from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Front Royal, Virginia, and raised $9,443.40 for the Myeloma Center. “My goal is to raise money to help people overcome damage to their lives caused by myeloma. It’s easy for me.
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