APBD Tour de Friends Rally for Research

The 2025 APBD Tour de Friends Rally for Research team raised a record-breaking $178,404 with the support of 287 donors. This achievement was made possible by our Board of Directors’ $50,000 match and Dr. Ora Gordon’s $36,000 match. We also acknowledge our peer-to-peer fundraising team leaders: Kathy Arky, Melanie Robinson, Faye Rosenberg, Alan Rosenthal and Robin Knoll, Carol Rosenstock, and Sharon Young. 

On June 8th, our APBD Tour de Friends team gathered on the ground in Philadelphia, biking, walking, and scootering, while over 271 virtual participants and donors joined in support from across the country. Our community set a new fundraising record this year, reaching $134,742. 

We had our largest group yet: 290 eager and imaginative riders, walkers, and donors on the APBD Tour de Friends team participated in the 2023 Million Dollar Bike Ride (MDBR) on June 10. It was our eighth consecutive year participating in the rare disease research fundraiser hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Orphan Disease Center (ODC). 

We had 104 enthusiastic and imaginative virtual riders on the APBD Tour de Friends team this year! Together, we raised $99,000 including the dollar for dollar match up to $30,000 from UPenn, for APBD research. This was our largest group yet who joined us for the sixth consecutive year at the 2022 Million Dollar Bike Ride (MDBR) hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s MDBR program for rare disease research.

On June 12, our Foundation had a record-breaking 89 enthusiastic and imaginative virtual riders join our Tour de Friends team for the University of Pennsylvania’s Million Dollar Bike Ride (MDBR) for rare disease research. By the time our last wave of cyclists crossed their virtual finish line, we raised $95,200, including $30,000 in matching funds from UPenn.

For the fifth consecutive year, the APBD Research Foundation was invited to participate in Penn Medicine’s 2020 Million Dollar Bike Ride. Held as a “virtual” event, the Foundation was pleasantly surprised to see its participation triple to 80 APBD Tour de Friends riders and to raise $121,268, including the dollar for dollar match up to $30,000 from UPenn, for APBD research.