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Words
from Matt Klainer:
In
addition to paying tribute to my father, this journey will also serve as a
way to raise money for the entrepreneurial scholarship that my family has
set up in honor of my father at the University
of Rochester Graduate School of Nursing.
Jerry Klainer was an entrepreneur at heart who always looked to support
emerging entrepreneurship in places where it was not yet recognized.
Before his death, my father had become interested in promoting nursing
entrepreneurship as a way to help solve the need for affordable health
care in America. My father believed that the one way to help fix our health care system
was to empower nurses, the men and women in the trenches, to make a
difference by finding new and better methods for saving lives.
In order to continue this work, my family established the Dr. Jeremy A.
Klainer Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund at the
University
of
Rochester Graduate School of Nursing. The Scholarship Fund's mission is to provide funds for healthcare
professionals to learn the skills of entrepreneurship, thereby empowering
themselves to seek out new and better ways to provide healthcare in America.
In order to endow this scholarship, we need to raise $100,000. My family
pledged $50,000, and we're raising the remaining $50,000 through
fundraising efforts that honor the memory and the legacy of my Father. I
ask for your support in achieving this goal.
An important note - the Klainer family and the University of Rochester
Medical Center are underwriting the entire cost of the bicycle trip, so
100% of your donations will go directly to the Dr. Jeremy A. Klainer
Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund. Additionally, all donations to the Fund
are 100% tax deductible - you will receive a confirmation notice from the University
of
Rochester for use with IRS tax returns.
Many
people have asked me why I want to do this ride. Part of the reason is
that I want to complete an unfinished dream for my father. The ride is
also a way for me to feel closer to my father now that he's gone from my
day to day life. He was always an amazing cyclist; it was his passion and
his joy. My dad and I would go out for leisurely rides, but it was more to
spend time together than to actually ride the bikes. Cycling is a
different and more meaningful experience now. And I'm actually starting to
enjoy it, slowly.
There's a lot more to my life and who I am as a person, but hopefully as
you read my email travelogues, you'll gain a deeper understanding of who I
am and why I am setting off on this journey.
Thanks - Matt
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