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Girls With Gears Rides On For Healthy Hearts
The cycling event, started by a Limerick resident, is the largest fundraiser for the CAROL for Heart, an organization that focuses on women’s health awareness.
The Girls With Gears cycling event is gearing up for its eighth-annual outing, hoping to encourage more women to ride their bikes and take care of their hearts. “It’s an exercise event,” Cindy Messerle, co-founder and events director of CAROL for Heart, said. The Girls With Gears cycling event will take place April 21 at Spring Mountain Adventures, located in Spring Mount. The event’s chief purpose is to raise funds for the nonprofit organization CAROL for Heart. According to the Carol for Heart website, the organization was founded in 2003 after Messerle’s mother, Carol Pawelski, was unexpectedly sent to the emergency room, passing away seven days later on Feb. 5, 2002 from heart failure. Carol’s family had found that she had at least 30 …
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