Madison's Darren Kramer Serves As Grand Marshal For Bike MS

Darren Kramer (center), Madison, poses with Kelly Dannahey, (left) Rocky Hill,  and Mike Stacy, (right) Rocky Hill, just before the start of the 2012 Bike MS: Red Thread Ride+Steelcase Ride in Windsor Sunday, June 3. Kramer, who served as the event’s grand marshal for a sixth year, is an evening news anchor at WTNH News 8. His mother-in-law, Barabra Fratamico, battles multiple sclerosis, a potentially debilitating disease.

Kramer is team captain for the News 8 fundraising team. Kramer has been supporting the National MS Society walk and bike events since 2006. The New Haven-based station, WTNH News 8, has been partnering with the chapter since 2000.

Dannahey rode on the Banana team with team captain, Mike Stacy, an on-air personality at Lite 100.5 WRCH in Farmington. Funds raised ensure ongoing scientific research to find better treatments and a cure. Funds also provide for vital programs and services offered by the National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, to the more than 6,000 residents in the state living with multiple sclerosis.

More than 950 cyclists saddled up for Sunday, June 3, to raise approximately $435,000 toward a $500,000. Fundraising for prizes continues through July 29. For more information on Bike MS: Red Thread+Steelcase Ride, presented by Louis Dreyfus Commodities, or to donate to Darren Kramer or his News 8 fundraising team, visit www.ctfightsMS.org or check out Kramer's page.