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Mayo Clinic Cancer survivor wins PossAbilities Mustang for brother
Tue, Sep 4th, 2012
Posted in Rochester Health & Wellness
Posted in Rochester Health & Wellness
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ROCHESTER, Minn. – When Dick Read’s refrigerator broke his older brother Mike got him a new one. When his garbage disposal broke Mike replaced that too. And when Dick was bed-ridden with illness it was Mike who insisted he go to Mayo Clinic for care.
The Hugo, Minn., man spent July 2011 in Rochester undergoing extensive treatments for multiple myeloma. He needed another repair done – a replacement door panel for his 1998 Ford Taurus. In cruising the Rochester Ford website, Dick happened upon an ad for the annual PossAbilities Classic Car Raffle and decided to try his luck at winning the prize – a new Mustang convertible – for his Good Samaritan brother Mike to repay him his favors. A long-time Mustang lover, Mike also vied to win the raffle. That summer neither Read brother took home the Mustang; it was won by a retired farmer in Oronoco. But on Aug. 17, 2012, at Strikers Corner in Stewartville a different tale unfolded.
Dick left his job at Delta in Bloomington, Minn., at 6:30 p.m. and hit the road hoping to make the 8 p.m. raffle, held in conjunction with the Stewie Cruisers Car Show in Stewartville. He parked by a fire hydrant outside Strikers and joined the gathered crowd just as PossAbilities client Merle reached into the raffle wheel and pulled out a ticket Dick had bought in Mike’s name. “I heard Mike’s name announced clear as a bell,” Dick said afterward. “I was a little teary and totally psyched.”
Mike was reached at home in Mounds View and said he was watching Scooby-Doo with his four-year-old granddaughter. On Aug. 20 he, his wife Karen and Dick car pooled to Rochester to claim the 2012 V6 convertible Mustang. Mike drove it home and added it to his Mustang collection of a 1966 rebuilt convertible and a 1967 coupe that he’s been “resurrecting for the last 32 years.” It’s Mike, older by one year, who is the jokester of the family. In fact, remarked Karen, many of Mike’s friends didn’t believe him when he announced he won a new Mustang through a non-profit raffle in Rochester. Dick is the effusive brother, prone to tears, hugs and photo taking. PossAbilities staff nicknamed them “the Read boys” and sent them off with the car and Agency t-shirts on Aug. 20.
As for Dick’s health, his Mayo doctors cleared him of all restrictions so he’s back on the treadmill, lifting weights and plans to snowmobile this winter. And as for the PossAbilities 2013 Classic Car Raffle the Read brothers agree, “We’ll be there.”
PossAbilities is a non-profit agency serving children and adults with disabilities in Rochester, Minn. Its Classic Car Raffle is a fundraiser held each summer.
The Hugo, Minn., man spent July 2011 in Rochester undergoing extensive treatments for multiple myeloma. He needed another repair done – a replacement door panel for his 1998 Ford Taurus. In cruising the Rochester Ford website, Dick happened upon an ad for the annual PossAbilities Classic Car Raffle and decided to try his luck at winning the prize – a new Mustang convertible – for his Good Samaritan brother Mike to repay him his favors. A long-time Mustang lover, Mike also vied to win the raffle. That summer neither Read brother took home the Mustang; it was won by a retired farmer in Oronoco. But on Aug. 17, 2012, at Strikers Corner in Stewartville a different tale unfolded.
Dick left his job at Delta in Bloomington, Minn., at 6:30 p.m. and hit the road hoping to make the 8 p.m. raffle, held in conjunction with the Stewie Cruisers Car Show in Stewartville. He parked by a fire hydrant outside Strikers and joined the gathered crowd just as PossAbilities client Merle reached into the raffle wheel and pulled out a ticket Dick had bought in Mike’s name. “I heard Mike’s name announced clear as a bell,” Dick said afterward. “I was a little teary and totally psyched.”
Mike was reached at home in Mounds View and said he was watching Scooby-Doo with his four-year-old granddaughter. On Aug. 20 he, his wife Karen and Dick car pooled to Rochester to claim the 2012 V6 convertible Mustang. Mike drove it home and added it to his Mustang collection of a 1966 rebuilt convertible and a 1967 coupe that he’s been “resurrecting for the last 32 years.” It’s Mike, older by one year, who is the jokester of the family. In fact, remarked Karen, many of Mike’s friends didn’t believe him when he announced he won a new Mustang through a non-profit raffle in Rochester. Dick is the effusive brother, prone to tears, hugs and photo taking. PossAbilities staff nicknamed them “the Read boys” and sent them off with the car and Agency t-shirts on Aug. 20.
As for Dick’s health, his Mayo doctors cleared him of all restrictions so he’s back on the treadmill, lifting weights and plans to snowmobile this winter. And as for the PossAbilities 2013 Classic Car Raffle the Read brothers agree, “We’ll be there.”
PossAbilities is a non-profit agency serving children and adults with disabilities in Rochester, Minn. Its Classic Car Raffle is a fundraiser held each summer.
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