Social Action Committee News

We need your help—we need your money—we need your participation.

Lenny Stein and Richard Katz are once again Co-Captains of Team WYD, and will be riding with the team in the MS Bike Tour on October 17^th in NYC. We will circle the city by bike and for the longer tours will ride into NJ. This is an important cause, and we invite each of you to be part of this excitement by riding and/or contributing to MS through Team WYD. Perhaps you know of someone afflicted with MS. We have been told that the MS Society is unique in that most of the money goes directly to the patients and to research.

For the past two years Team WYD has had over a dozen riders participating in the tour. All riders worked hard to obtain contributions, and all had a great time on the tour. The team collected over $22,000 for the MS Society over the past two years, and although we are all proud of our accomplishment, and grateful to those who contributed to the cause, we have set a higher goal for 2004. This year Team WYD is determined to collect at least $20,000 for MSNYC by the beginning of October.

We invite the RSNS Community to participate with us in the bike tour. MSNYC has set up a web site for Team WYD where you can join the team and/or contribute toward our goal. To join our team go to www.msnyc.org click on "MS Bike Tours", and "Search for a Team". Scroll down to "WDY" and click on "Join Our Team". From there just follow instructions.

To donate go to www.msnyc.org click on "MS Bike Tours", on the left side of the page under visitors, click on "Sponsor a Participant" and type in either Lenny Stein or Richard Katz to make a pledge. If you don’t have access to the Internet or if you have any problems negotiating the MS web site you can contact Richard or Lenny (please see Synagogue Directory for contact information).