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Cycle News 2021 Issue 37 September 14

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IN THE WIND P34 Charlotte Abbott Fundraiser R oad2Recovery is assisting Destry Abbott with a raffle to raise funds for Charlotte, Destry's wife, who is battling cancer. The motorcycle up for grabs is a fully loaded 2019 KTM 150SX. From Destry Abbott: "I wanted to give you an update regarding how my wife, Charlotte, is doing and also ask for a favor. As most of you know, Charlotte's breast cancer has returned, and this time has spread to her bones. In addition, she broke her back due to brittle bones not long after her diagno- ses. It's now been five months since her accident, and a little less than that since starting her chemo treatments. She's cur- rently doing a lot better with her back and has relearned to walk and can now take care of herself which is awesome! She finished her main chemo treatment, but the cancer hasn't fully disap- peared so they're keeping her on a three-week maintenance cycle to see if that helps. Unfortunate- ly, she wasn't able to complete her last treatment due to results from her last echocardiogram, so now she's having to see a car- diologist to make sure her heart is able to handle the treatment before we move forward. "The good news is we have her scheduled to go to MD Anderson in Houston, Texas, at the end of October for a sec- ond opinion and she's staying positive and working towards rebuilding her strength. This is where I went for my treatments, and we feel it's the best place to go in the world! They have a lot of trials and advanced medicine that can possibly help her out. Of course, we've also had an amazing support system and we are so overwhelmed and thank- ful to everyone that has stepped up in so many ways to help. Our kids and family have gone above and beyond to help take care of her during this time. We've had amazing close friends such as Cody Miller (from CM Off-Road), who surprised us by donating and building up a KTM 150 from the ground up with help from sponsors specifically for the purpose of raffling it off to help raise funds for the battle we have in front of us. Road2Recovery is taking care of the logistics for the raffle and helping make a push to the community for us. "Many of you are aware of the non-profit DA8 Strong Founda- tion (501c3) that we started (Above) Road2Recovery is teaming up with the DA8 Strong Foundation to raise funds for Charlotte Abbott who is battling cancer. This fully loaded 2019 KTM 150SX is up for raffle.

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