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Motorcycle Club Five Kicks into High Gear for Cancer Patients
What do motorcycles, bikers and breast cancer patients have in common? Read below to find out.
On a recent Saturday morning, the lobby at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown was filled with leather vests; people nicknamed Tee, Pixie and Diesel (just to name a few); and some of the biggest hearts in all of Baltimore County.
That’s because about 45 bikers from Motorcycle Club Five in Reisterstown turned out to show their support for breast cancer patients at the Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center. They presented a check for $25,005, to Brian White, president of Northwest Hospital, and Dawn Leonard, M.D., medical director of the Samuelson Breast Care Center.
“On behalf of Northwest Hospital’s breast cancer patients, their families and our employees, I want to thank Motorcycle Club Five for their heartfelt generosity and continuous commitment to some of the most vulnerable members of the community who need some extra help during a critical time in their lives,” said White. “Taking the financial worry away from patients who are coping with life and death is an amazing gift.”
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The money was raised through MCVcares.org, the charity arm of Motorcycle Club Five, and the added $5 on the check was in honor of the club. This philanthropic, family-oriented club is known as much for helping others as it is for its participants’ love of riding bikes and having fun. This year’s donation was mainly raised through two major fundraisers, the Spring Fling and the Thanks For Giving Party.
Fivers for Survivors, members of Motorcycle Club Five, chose the patients of the Samuelson Breast Care Center as the recipients of their incredible generosity for the second year in a row. The funds donated will be used to help patients undergoing treatment and recovery.
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If you are interested in becoming involved with future Motorcycle Club Five events to support next year’s recipient, go to www.MCVcares.org.
Northwest Hospital is part of LifeBridge Health, one of the largest most comprehensive providers of health in Maryland. LifeBridge Health also consists of Sinai Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, and related subsidiaries and affiliates. For more information, go to www.lifebridgehealth.org