On July 12, 2025 I will for the 2nd time be participating in the New England Classic Charity Bide Ride event. I have registered for the two day/150 mile ride, that goes from Massachusetts to Maine. The net proceeds from the New England Classic will be donated to the American Diabetes Association to support the search for a cure. A portion of the proceeds are also earmarked for the ADA’s Camp Carefree in New Hampshire, serving children with diabetes. I am now raising money to prevent diabetes, to fight the impact of and to improve the lives of all of those affected. Because I want to find a cure.
So many people are affected by diabetes and I want to do something about this disease. Personally, I had gestational diabetes with my first son. Both my mom and my Oma (grandmother), had diabetes before they passed. By donating to the American Diabetes Association on my behalf, it would truly mean so much to me.
Every donation makes such a big difference. The money raised for the Association funds critical diabetes research, information programs, and advocacy efforts that support the nearly 30 million children and adults in the US with diabetes, and the 86 million with pre-diabetes.
Truly, I am forever grateful for all of those willing to help and thank you for supporting me!
New England Classic Charity Bike Tour 150/550 - 2025
The New England Classic Charity Bike Tour is a multi-day fundraising cycling event that offers two-day and seven-day options starting Saturday, July 12, 2025 in Billerica, Mass. at Courtyard Marriott. The 150-mile NEC 150 and 550-mile NEC 550 travel the same route for the first two days. Indoor, air-conditioned accommodations and breakfast and dinner are included with the fundraising minimum of $600 for the NEC 150 and $3,000 for the NEC 550.
The 2025 New England Classic Charity Bike Tour will benefit the American Diabetes Association. Through research, education and advocacy, the ADA pursues its mission to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. More than 30 million Americans live with diabetes.
NEC 150 riders travel the back roads of the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts into southern New Hampshire and along the seacoast with a destination of Durham, N.H. The Day 2 route takes riders to coastal Maine past beaches, rocky coves and quaint villages. Day 2 ends with dinner and a celebration, then riders take chartered buses back to Bedford while their bicycles are transported there safely.
As Day Three begins, the NEC 550 riders will leave coastal Maine, heading west into the White Mountains region, where the challenge rolls north through Conway and on to the Attitash Grand Summit Resort in Bartlett, New Hampshire.
The journey continues on Day Four with a climb up Crawford Notch on the way to Bethlehem and Littleton, N.H., before turning South at the Connecticut River and riding through the Upper Valley. After a night in West Lebanon, NH, riders cross the river into Vermont and pedal on scenic Route 100 to the Killington area and the welcome comfort of a ski resort.
The trek continues through Vermont and then back into the Monadnock region of New Hampshire with an overnight in Keene, N.H. The final leg heads to Central Massachusetts, winding its way to the finish at the Courtyard by Marriott in Billerica, Massachusetts, on Friday, July 18.
The New England Classic Charity Bike Tour (NEC Bike Tour) is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. The purpose of the NEC Bike Tour is to raise funds exclusively for charitable purposes in support of the American Diabetes Association and their summer camp for kids with diabetes, Camp Carefree.