WELCOME!!

Welcome to the Mamma Jamma Blog, we're glad you're here! The Texas Mamma Jamma Ride is the largest charity bike ride in the country that raises funds for Breast Cancer patient services. 

Perhaps you've heard the statistics - 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed in their lifetime with breast cancer, and though infrequent, men get the disease too. No one wants to hear those words themselves or for a loved one - "You have breast cancer". However, if you live in Central Texas, you should be quick to realize that you will not have to face this disease alone. 

The beauty of the Texas Mamma Jamma Ride is that the money raised by our riders is divided up among our 10 Beneficiaries who provide a continuum of care for these breast cancer patients and their loved ones. For every diagnosis there is a different combination of needs. Alone, each agency fulfills their individual mission and can only do so much. It is powerful and amazing what they are able to accomplish together. This is the spirit of the Texas Mamma Jamma Ride - COMMUNITY IS POWERFUL, THE POWER OF LOVE! Great things happen when we link arms together to get things done. 

Where do you fit in? YOU, are the missing piece of the puzzle; the piece we need. YOU will be the one to make the difference right here in your own community. The money YOU raise will:

• help the 19 year old girl who needs a patient navigator with her at the radiology clinic to check out a breast lump.
• help her mother who couldn't stop crying the day before when she came looking for information and help.
• help a woman who is trying to scrape together $85.00 for the co-pay she needs to buy her medication.
• help the woman shocked to learn she doesn't qualify for a free screening mammogram because she has a lump.
• help the woman who can't afford a prosthesis or a wig.
• help the woman who needs radiation treatment every day the next 7 weeks and has no transportation or childcare.
• help the survivor who lost insurance coverage and needs a follow-up.
• help the man who is shocked to find out he has a "woman's disease".
• help the woman who needs radiation treatment every day for the next 7 weeks and has no transportation or childcare.
• help the woman who feels like her life is over when it isn't.
• comfort and guide a terrified young mother who just lost her insurance when she lost her job through the process of getting the help she needs. Help she needs today. Right now.

Don't be embarrassed to ask your dentist, your hairdresser, your friends, and even complete strangers on the street to support you in this ride. You're not asking for your light bills to be paid, you are asking for theirs. It's good to know there is help out there because you never know when you, or someone you love might be the next person needing that help.

If you are new to TMJR, we hope you will find inspiration to get on board and join us - not just this year, but every year - until there is no more need to ride. If you are already a rider, we hope to provide you with useful information as well as heartwarming stories to share with your supporters. 

Please Join Us!!

The Need is Great, Act Today!!

 (Thank you Marjorie Galeece!)