b'VAST NewsVTB2B2BVERMONT BORDER TO BORDERTO BREAKTHROUGHBy Tom Potanovic So to the riders who raised thoseyou decided to do it in a fashion that This January marks the 18thprecious donations and participatedmade a difference and helped saved anniversary of the first of fourin those rides as you pulled into Thelives, and to that I say you guys and Vermont Border to Border in 24Chez Pigeon in Norton at the ridesgals are rock stars! Thank you!Hours Snowmobile Rides. The 360- end, completely exhausted, I want youSo let this update of the VTB2B mile endurance marathon stretchesto know that the incredible burdenRides show how your donation and from Vermonts southern border withyou shouldered that day meant soparticipation in charity events, on or Massachusetts to its northern bordermuch more than an impressive notchoff a snowmobile, whether for The with Quebec. The ride is a fundraiserin your snowmobiling belt. YouAmerican Cancer Society, Make-a-for The Cystic Fibrosis and Donnaliterally helped change the lives ofWish, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Crandall Foundations and features30,000 people and transformed cysticAlzheimers Association, etc, is all hundreds of diehard riders, drivenfibrosis from a terminal disease to avery much appreciated and crucial to and dedicated, who step up andmanageable one. In short, anyone canhelping others less fortunate. go the distance in both riding andtake on a border to border ride, but fundraising. The four rides collectively raised over an astonishing $250,000! I mention this because at the time of this writing, another anniversary is being happily celebrated, the one-year anniversary of release of a drug called Trikafta. It is an incredible, miraculous breakthrough medication for those with cystic fibrosis.Years in the making, the drug has significantly improved, and will extend, the lives of those suffering from CF. Many years of research went into creating this drug, which was made possible only by donations.6 | Snowmobile VERMONT'