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Brain Cancer Survivor Will Cycle 4,170 Miles Across USA to 'Outsmart' Disease
Date:2/26/2010

Together with Gundula Hennig, Feeley – who is American but lives in London – has now climbed the three highest mountains in the UK in 24 hours, competed in the International Indoor Rowing Championship, and rode 135 miles across Britain. These challenges, in addition to running a business and raising a family, have prepared her for the cross-country feat of Brains on Bikes – a 4,171 mile journey.

With the costs of the campaign already covered, every dollar raised will directly fund badly needed research and patient support. Brains on Bikes is a charitable services Fund of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), a 501 (C) 3 nonprofit organization which serves as its charitable fiduciary.  All donations to Brains on Bikes are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law and will be disbursed to four leading charities:

  • Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) – to support research projects conducted by interdisciplinary, multi-institutional translational and clinical research "Dream Teams," as well as by young individual investigators conducting  innovative, "high risk/high reward" research.
  • American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) – to continue ABTA's mission of providing critical funding for brain tumor research and comprehensive information and compassionate support for brain tumor patients, fa
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