30 of our members attended the Pony Express Ride-In at BMW Headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey on July 14, 1996. Our club raised over $10,300. for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and we rode as a club in support of principal rider, Diane Sackett Nannary. Diane, a postal worker who is a breast cancer survivor, personally conducted a letter writing campaign that resulted in over 800,000 letters to the postmaster general requesting a postage stamp to promote breast cancer research for a cure. At BMW headquarters she showed the cancelled first issue of the stamp which will appear soon. The Spokes-Women rode with her to Monroe, New York. At Monroe, one of our members, Carol Pieretti, was the principal rider from there to Kingston, New York. She personally had raised over $5000. The club members also rode with her to Kingston.
Be sure to follow the progress of the Pony Express on their own Home Page.
Check out some black and white pictures of the Pony Express ride taken by professional photographer and club member, Miriam Romais.
The following are some scenes captured on a camcorder and transferred via SNAPPY to this Home Page.
The Spokes-Women riders
Sue Slate with the Spokes-Women
Getting ready for registration duty
Chase van for the Pony Express
Starting registration
Spokes-Women assisting arriving motorcyclists
Deni Boyer completing leg 38
Gin Shear and Sue Slate
Gin, Deni, and Sue
Overheated bike on leg 39
Sue Slate taking up the rear on leg 40
