TSB #2 Friends & Family Fundraiser 2016

More accolades for Team Sugarbee during the recent MS Top Fundraiser Banquet at the Westin in downtown Denver. The Team was awarded 2nd place for Friends & Family team fundraising for the Colorado/Wyoming MS Society. Together you raised a total of $105,901 for the Bike MS event held in June 2016. 

Tim "Terrific" Walker, Jr. (Captain of Team Sugarbee), accepted the award on behalf of the Team. Also of note, Tim Walker, Jr. and Eric Walker were recognized as returning members of the Top 100 Fundraiser Club. As we learn of other TSB members who reached this goal, we'll list them here. 

Tim Walker, Jr. accepting the award for 2nd place fundraising for a Friends and Family Team

NMSS Lifetime Achievment Award for Mom & Pops Sugarbee

Congratulations to Betty & Tim Walker aka (Mom and Pops Sugarbee) who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National MS Society at the recent MS Top Fundraiser Banquet. They are being honored for their 20+ years of volunteer service as co-captains of the Team Sugarbee Volunteers at rest stops and the lunch stops for Bike MS-150 Tours since 1996. 

I know every Team Sugarbee volunteer and rider is so proud of these two and the entire Walker family for their tireless efforts.

In an email to Team Sugarbee supporters, Betty had the following words of thanks, "Thank you to all of our family and friends who have helped us work the Team Sugarbee rest stops all of these years. This award is a result of all of the work you have done to help Team Sugarbee TAKE THE STING OUT OF MS! We couldn't have done this without YOU! ALL OF OUR LOVE COMES BUZZING YOUR WAY!!!"

(L to R) Tim Walker, Sr., Betty Walker, Kelly (Sugarbee) Walker, Tim Walker, Jr. and Heidi Walker. Not pictured (but very much there in spirit): Eric Walker and Angie Walker.

Mom & Pops Sugarbee

Kelly Walker Named 2014 Bike MS Champion

Kelly 'Sugar Bee' Walker 

We've just learned that Kelly Walker has been selected as a Bike MS Champion for the Orange Bandanna Project for 2014. Kelly is the namesake and inspiration behind Team Sugar Bee.

She is one of 12 Champions featured on the bandanna with a signature, photo and their MS story. All CO & WY riders will get a bandanna in their packet to wear during their ride. We are so proud of her and ability to inspire so many other people to help work to eradicate MS.

Read her entire story and be inspired. Here's an excerpt: "I can relate to the saying “Life is 90 percent attitude and 10 percent situation.” Sure, I face challenges living with MS, but my choice is either to be angry, bitter, and think of myself as ill, or to lead my life centered around wellness, love, laughter and hope to walk or even ride a bike again someday. I choose the wellness option! I want to help “Take the Sting Out of MS!”

Circle of Distinction Award

Team Sugarbee were inducted into The Circle of Distinction at the NMSS Leadership Conference in Denver on Nov. 7, 2013 at the Opening Session. This award is given to teams, corporations & individuals who have raised over $1,000,000 for the fight to eradicate MS.

This is the perfect time to thank all of the wonderful people that continue to support Team Sugarbee. Many of YOU have been with us from the very beginning of the Teams' existence. We are so grateful for all of you:

• Family & friends who have volunteered and donated funds and time at The Bee Stop. The best rest stop on the ride.
• Friends who have helped us load and unload and haul equipment
• All of the riders of Team Sugarbee who have dedicated themselves to riding and raising funds
• EVERYONE who has helped us, in any way, WE THANK YOU!

What an extraordinary group of folks YOU are! We could not have done this without YOUR continuous support.

MS Volunteer Hall of Fame Members

Kudos to the Walker Family who were inducted into MS Volunteer Hall of Fame for Funding the Mission on November 9, 2012, at the Nat'l MS Society's Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX. We are so proud of them!

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(L-R) Tim Jr., Betty, Board Member, Christina Stroh, Tim Sr., NMSS President Cyndi Zagieboylo and Eric. Kelly was unable to attend, but she viewed it all via live streaming at her home with Sugarbee team members, friends and neighbors.