For the third consecutive year, rival towns Darien and New
Canaan will join forces to ride for Team Darien-New Canaan in the 8thannual CT Challenge bike ride Saturday in Westport.
The team expects to have more than 20 riders who will raise money for Connecticut Challenge, a non-profit organization based in Southport that creates and supports unique survivorship programs to empower cancer survivors throughout the state.
Kim Kiner, a cancer survivor from Darien, formed the team
along with friend John Murphy of New Canaan in 2010. Kiner will be riding in her seventh CTC on the 25-mile course with her two daughters.
Team members are:
Kim Kiner - Team Captain
Corby Hocker
Scott Logie
Luke Whittaker
Nathan Whittaker
Martin Whittaker
Mimi Griffith
Gregory Makoul
Christopher Price
Chase Jansen
Lauren Jansen
Tracee Jansen
Sammee Mazzone
Kasey Mazzone
John Murphy
Diane Hanauer
Rosemary Fitzgerald
Maya Owainati
Henry Owainati
David Jacobsen
For more information about riding with or donating to Team Darien-New Canaan log onto: http://2112ctchallenge.kintera.org/dariennewcanaan.
The Connecticut Challenge is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit,
founded in 2005, that creates and supports unique survivorship programs and research to empower cancer survivors to live healthier, happier, longer lives.
More than $6 million has been raised to date to benefit programs for cancer survivors. Learn more at www.ctchallenge.com.
