What are you doing Labor Day weekend? Going to the beach? Cooking out?   

We’re riding on Labor Day Weekend. In fact, we’re putting our butts on the line. Literally.

Five women motorcyclists – yes, women - are saddling up to ride 1,000 miles in less than 24 hours. Covering that much ground in that short of a time is called an “Iron Butt” ride. Members of the Iron Butt Association are called the world’s toughest riders.

So why are we doing an Iron Butt? If you have to be tough to do an Iron Butt endurance ride, you have to be even tougher to battle breast cancer.

These five women are members of the Ribbon Riders - a women’s motorcycle organization in central Florida. Ribbon Riders raise money to help breast cancer patients in central Florida with the immediate costs of breast cancer treatment – medicine, co-pays, insurance premiums, transportation, even groceries. We believe these women need to focus on recovery, not on worry of unpaid expenses.

So before Labor Day Weekend, all you have to do is toss in a buck. And come Saturday, September 5th, we’ll do the work. We’ll do the riding. We’ll start before dawn and our goal is to finish our 1,000 miles well before midnight. And then we’ll let you know how we did.

So Carmen, Karen, Lynne, Pam, and Stacey are headed to Myrtle Beach. And back to Orlando. The same day. On motorcycles.

C’mon. It’s a buck. It’s for a good cause. (secure donations can be made by clicking on the link to the left)

The Ribbon Riders are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your donations may be tax deductible.